Gilla Aenghus Ua Chlúmháin (died 1143) was an
Irish poet
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.
Gilla Aenghus Ua Chlúmháin, ''
ollamh
An or ollamh (; anglicised as ollave or ollav), plural ollomain, in early Irish literature, was a master in a particular trade or skill.
Bard
Generally, ''ollam'' referred to a professional poet or bard of literature and history, and a membe ...
of
Connacht
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in poetry'', who died in 1143.
No surviving poems by him are known to still exist, except perhaps anonymously. A later bearer of the name, who died in 1438, is listed as ''O'Clumain, Chief Poet to
O'Hara'', a
Chief of the Name
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Ireland
There are instances where Norman lords of the time like ...
in
County Sligo
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. The name was later rendered as
Ó Chlúmháin
Ó Cluanáin was the name of a brehon family from what is now County Galway - MacLysaght calls it "Essentially a Co. Galway name."
Joseph Mannion notes that in 1551 one Nicholas O Clowan, an official of Tuam, was granted custody of the Franciscan ...
and Cloonan.
His son,
Aindileas Ua Chlúmháin
Aindileas Ua Chlúmháin (died 1170) was an Irish poet.
Aindileas was the son of Gilla Aenghus Ua Chlúmháin, ''ollamh of Connacht in poetry'', who died in 1143.
No surviving poems by either are known to still exist, except perhaps anonymously ...
, was chief poet of Connacht upon his death in 1170.
External links
* http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005B/
References
* ''The Surnames of Ireland'',
Edward MacLysaght
Edgeworth Lysaght, later Edward Anthony Edgeworth Lysaght, and from 1920 Edward MacLysaght (; 6 November 1887 – 4 March 1986) was a genealogist of twentieth-century Ireland. His numerous books on Irish surnames built upon the work of Rev. Pat ...
, 1978.
* ''The Life, Legends and Legacy of Saint Kerrill'', Joseph Mannion, p. 93, 2004.
Writers from County Galway
12th-century Irish writers
1143 deaths
12th-century Irish poets
Year of birth unknown
Irish male poets
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