Fearghal Ó Dálaigh (born before 1368 - died 1420) was an Irish poet.

Genealogy

His pedigree was: Fearghal Ó Dálaigh, son of Tadhg, son of Aonghus Ruadh, son of Donnchadh Ruadh, son of Aengus, son of Donnchadh Mor, son of Aenghusa, son of Tadhg doichligh, son of Con Connacht na scoile, son of Dalaigh, son of Muiredhaigh, son of Tadhg, son of Giolla coimded, son of Dalaigh (from whom the Ó Dálaighs were named), son of Fachtna, son of Cuirc, son of Adaimh, son of Maile duin, son of Fergaile, son of Maile duin, son of Maile fithrig.

Birth

His father died in 1367 and his grandfather, the poet Aonghus Ruadh Ó Dálaigh, died in 1350, so he would have been born before 1368. His family had lands in both the barony of Corcomroe,

County Clare County Clare () is a Counties of Ireland, county in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster in the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern part of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, bordered on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. Clare County Council ...

, and in

Kilkenny West Kilkenny West (), previously Maherquirke or Dillons country, is a barony in west County Westmeath, Ireland. It was formed by 1542. It is bordered by County Longford to the west; it is also bordered by three other Westmeath baronies: Rathconra ...

barony,

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, so it is likely he was born in one of those.

Poet

In 1415 the

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, John Talbot, the

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6th

Baron Furnivall Baron Furnivall is an ancient title in the Peerage of England. It was originally created (by writ) when Thomas de Furnivall was summoned to the Model Parliament on 24 June 1295 as Lord Furnivall. The barony eventually passed to Thomas Nevill, who ...

(later

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) plundered Ó Dálaigh's land in what is now Bryanmore Upper townland,

barony, County Westmeath. The

Annals of Connacht The ''Annals of Connacht'' (), covering the years 1224 to 1544, are drawn from a manuscript compiled in the 15th and 16th centuries by at least three scribes, all believed to be members of the Clan Ó Duibhgeannáin. The early sections, commenc ...

for 1415 state: ''Many Englishmen came to Ireland with Lord Furnival, lieutenant of the King of England. In the following summer he plundered O Dalaig of Corcumroe, Fergal, son of Tadc, son of Aengus Ruad, at Bruiden Da Coca in Machaire Cuircne''. 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 ...

for 1415 state: ''Lord Furnival came to Ireland as Lord Justice. In the ensuing Summer he plundered O'Daly of Corcumroe, i.e. Farrell, the son''. Ó Dálaigh quarreled with Cormac O'Maoileachluinn,

King of Meath In medieval Ireland, the kings of Mide were of the Clann Cholmáin, a branch of the Uí Néill. Several were High Kings of Ireland. After the collapse of the kingdom in the 12th century its dynasty, the Ua Mael Sechlainn or Ó Melaghlins, wer ...

from 1401-c.1420. He then addressed a poem to the king asking for forgiveness, entitled ''Maith fear mar chách, a Chormaic''.MacKenna, Lambert, 'Some Irish Bardic Poems: XCIII', in ''Studies Review'', Vol. 39, No. 153 (March 1950), pp. 91-99

Death

The

for 1420 state: ''Farrell O'Daly, Ollav of Corcomroe in poetry, died''.

References

{{Ó Dálaigh People from County Westmeath Writers from County Clare 15th-century Irish writers 15th-century Irish poets Irish male poets 1420 deaths