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Cú Connacht Ua Dálaigh, (a.k.a. ''Cu Chonnacht na Sgoile'', "Cu Connacht of the school"), died
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Overview

Cú Connacht was a member of the
Ó Dálaigh The Ó Dálaigh () were a learned Irish Bardic poetry, bardic family who first came to prominence early in the 12th century, when Cú Connacht Ó Dálaigh was described as "The first ''Ollamh'' of poetry in all Ireland" (''ollamh'' is the title g ...
bardic In Celtic cultures, a bard is an oral repository and professional story teller, verse-maker, music composer, oral historian and genealogist, employed by a patron (such as a monarch or chieftain) to commemorate one or more of the patron's an ...
family, originally from
County Westmeath County Westmeath (; or simply ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. It formed part of the historic Kingdom of ...
. Branches of the family would settle in all four provinces of Ireland. His is the earliest recorded use of the name Ó Dálaigh. Cú Connacht died at the monastery of Clonard in 1139. The
Irish annals A number of Irish annals, of which the earliest was the Chronicle of Ireland, were compiled up to and shortly after the end of the 17th century. Annals were originally a means by which monks determined the yearly chronology of feast days. Over ti ...
accord him "The first ollamh of poetry in all Ireland." It further states that ''He was of Leacain'' in
Mide Meath ( ; ; ) was a kingdom in Ireland from the 1st to the 12th century AD. Its name means "middle," denoting its location in the middle of the island. At its greatest extent, it included all of County Meath (which takes its name from the k ...
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Family Tree

In the introduction to ''The Tribes of Ireland'' by
Aonghus Ruadh na nAor Ó Dálaigh Aonghus Ruadh na nAor Ó Dálaigh, Irish poet, 1550–1617. Ó Dálaigh was of the Muintir Bhaire sept, and lived at Balliorrone, County Cork County Cork () is the largest and the southernmost Counties of Ireland, county of Republic of ...
, the editors give the following family tree. Adhamh, a quo Corca Adhamh of
County Westmeath County Westmeath (; or simply ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. It formed part of the historic Kingdom of ...
, , Corc , , Fachtna , , Dalach, a quo Ua Dálaigh , , Gilla Coimhdheadh , , Tadhg ua Dálaigh , , Muireadhach Ua Dálaigh , , Dalach Ua Dálaigh , , Cú Connacht Ua Dálaigh, died 1139. , , Tadhg Doichleach Ua Dálaigh, died 1181. , , Aonghus Ó Dálaigh, ''the common ancestor of all the O'Dalys extant'' , , _______________________________________________________________________________________________ , , , , , , , , , , , , Cearbhall Fionn Donnchadh Mor Cormac na Casbhairne Muireadhach Albanach Gilla na Naemh Tadhg , , (issue) , , , , , , , Ua Dálaigh Fionn Ua Dálaigh Ua Dálaigh of Duhallow of Finvarra of Breifne Co. Cork. Co. Clare and Dunsandle Co. Galway


See also

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Máel Íosa Ua Dálaigh Máel Íosa Ua Dálaigh was an Irish poet. He died in 1185. Biography Máel Íosa (meaning "Follower of Jesus") was a member of the Ó Dálaigh family of bards, of whom some forty are attested in Ireland and Scotland between the 12th and 17th ...
, died
1185 Year 1185 ( MCLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * August – King William II of Sicily ("the Good") lands in Epirus with a Siculo-Norman expeditionary force of 2 ...
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Donnchadh Mór Ó Dálaigh Donnchadh Mór Ó Dálaigh was an Irish poet and master of the Irish classical style called Dán Díreach, who died in 1244. Mor is the Irish word for ''"great"''. Family background Donnchadh Mór was a member of the Ó Dálaigh family of poets ...
, died
1244 Year 1244 (Roman numerals, MCCXLIV) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * March 16 – Siege of Montségur: French forces capture and destroy Château de Montségur in Languedoc, after ...
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Muireadhach Albanach Muiredach (Old Irish), Muireadhach or Muireach, anglicized variously to Murdoch, Murtagh, Murray, Murdac, Mordacq and other forms, is a Goidelic name (meaning "chieftain") popular in Scotland and Ireland in the Middle Ages: * Muiredach Bolgrach, m ...
, alive 1228 *
Gofraidh Fionn Ó Dálaigh Gofraidh Fionn Ó Dálaigh (died 1387), of Duhallow, County Cork, was an Irish poet and Chief Ollamh of Ireland. He is known to be one of the most important professional poets of fourteen-century Ireland.''The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing ...
, died
1387 Year 1387 ( MCCCLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * Elizabeta Kotromanic, mother of Mary, Queen of Hungary and the regent of Hungary, is murdered in prison by the Croatian ...
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Aonghus Fionn Ó Dálaigh Aonghus Fionn Ó Dálaigh (known as "The Pious"), was an Irish poet, fl. 1520–1570. Thought to have been born in County Meath, Aonghus Fionn was the head of the branch of the Ó Dálaigh family who were poets to the MacCarthy of Desmond. Onl ...
, died 1570 *
Lochlann Óg Ó Dálaigh Lochlann Óg Ó Dálaigh, early modern Irish poet, fl. ca. 1610. A native of Munster and a member of the Ó Dálaigh clan of poets, he wrote poetry lamenting the eclipse of the native society and culture of Ireland. ''Cait ar ghabhader Gaoidhil?' ...
, fl. c. 1610 *
Cearbhall Óg Ó Dálaigh Cearbhall Óg Ó Dálaigh (; fl. 1630), sometimes spelt in English as Carroll Oge O'Daly, was a 17th-century Irish language poet and harpist, who composed the song "". Cearbhall (Carroll) was a common name amongst people of the Ó Dálaigh (O'D ...
, fl. 1630


External links

* http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005B/ * https://books.google.com/books?id=TTBgAAAAMAAJ&q=the+tribes+of+ireland,+aengus+o%27daly {{DEFAULTSORT:Ua Dalaigh, Cu Connacht People from County Westmeath 12th-century Irish poets 12th-century Irish writers 1139 deaths Year of birth unknown Irish lords Irish male poets Irish-language writers