Ceallach ua Maílcorgus (died 999),
Chief Poet
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of
Connacht
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.
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 ...
record his death under the year 999. No surviving poems by him are known.
References
* http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005B/
* http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&UserID=
Writers from County Mayo
People from County Galway
Writers from County Roscommon
10th-century Irish poets
999 deaths
10th-century Irish writers
Year of birth unknown
Irish male poets
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