Lochlann Óg Ó Dálaigh, early modern Irish poet, fl. ca. 1610.
A native of
Munster
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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?'' ("Where have the Gaels gone?") he asked, and answered himself thus: "In their place we have a proud impure swarm of foreigners".
He was a son of
Tadhg Óg Ó Dálaigh.
References
*''Uaigneach a-taoi, a theach na mbráthar'' in ''Dioghluim Dána,''
Lambert McKenna (ed),
Dublin
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, 1938, pp. 423–425
*''A Poem on the Downfall of the GaoÃdhil'', William Gillies, ''Éigse'', 13 (1969–70), pp. 203–10
*''Irish Bardic Poetry'', Grene & Kelly (ed.), Dublin, 1970.
External links
*http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/G402145/index.html
17th-century Irish-language poets
16th-century births
17th-century deaths
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