Brian Ó hUiginn, Irish

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator (thought, thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral t ...

, died

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, 1476.

Biography

Brian was a member of a branch of the

Ó hUiginn Ó hUiginn is the surname of a Gaels, Gaelic-Irish people, Irish family of soldiers, poets, and historians located in Connacht. Originally part of the southern Uí Néill based in the Irish midlands, they moved west into Connacht. They were espec ...

brehon Brehon (, ) is a term for a historical arbitration, mediative, and judicial role in Gaelic culture. Brehons were part of the system of Early Irish law, which was also simply called " Brehon law". Brehons were judges, close in importance to the ...

family, based in what is now

County Mayo County Mayo (; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. In the West Region, Ireland, West of Ireland, in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht, it is named after the village of Mayo, County Mayo, Mayo, now ge ...

. The

Annals of the Four Masters The ''Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland'' () or the ''Annals of the Four Masters'' () are chronicles of Middle Ages, medieval Irish history. The entries span from the Genesis flood narrative, Deluge, dated as 2,242 Anno Mundi, years after crea ...

recorded his death, ''sub anno'' 1476, as follows: * ''Brian, the son of Farrell Roe O'Higgin, head of his own tribe, superintendent of the schools of Ireland, and preceptor in poetry, died on Maunday-Thursday, and was interred at Ath-leathan''. Brian had at least one son, Aed mac Brian Ó hUiginn (died 1487). Others sons may have been Domnall mac Brian Ó hÚigínn and

Cairbre mac Brian Ó hUiginn Cairbre mac Brian Ó hUiginn, Irish poet, who died in 1505. He was a member of a branch of the Ó hUiginn brehon family. The Annals of the Four Masters recorded his death, ''sub anno'' 1505, as follows: * ''Carbry, the son of Brian O'Higgin, ...

(died 1505).

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