Domhnall Ó Cobhthaigh (died 1446) was an Irish poet. A brother of Maeleachlainn Ó Cobhthaigh (died 1429) and a son of An Clasach Ó Cobhthaigh (died 1415),

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was a member of a

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ic family. However, he was also famous as a

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. One of his surviving poems, '' T'aire riot, a mheic Mhurchaidh'' – addressed to the Mac Murchadha Caomhánach – urges the men of

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to resist the

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. He was killed, along with his two sons, on the island of Cróinis on

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, by Art Ó Mael Sheachlainn and the sons of Fiacha Mag Eochagáin.

References

* ''Ó Cobhthaigh family'', pp. 435–436, in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', volume 41, Norbury-Osbourne, September 2004. 1446 deaths Irish soldiers People from County Westmeath 15th-century Irish poets Year of birth unknown 15th-century soldiers Irish male poets Irish-language writers {{Ireland-poet-stub