Maol Sheachluinn na n-Uirsgéal Ó hÚigínn () was an
Irish bardic poet.
Background
Ó hÚigínn was a member of a well-known Irish family of
bards
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 ...
or poets, based in
Connacht
Connacht or Connaught ( ; or ), is the smallest of the four provinces of Ireland, situated in the west of Ireland. Until the ninth century it consisted of several independent major Gaelic kingdoms (Uí Fiachrach, Uí Briúin, Uí Maine, C ...
. His surviving works include:
* ''
Foraire Uladh ar Aodh''
* ''Do bhriseas bearnaidh ar Bhrian''
* ''Each gan aradhain an fhearg''
See also
*
Sean mac Fergail Óicc Ó hUiccinn, died 1490
*
Philip Bocht Ó hUiginn
Philip Bocht Ó hUiginn, Irish poet, died 1487.
Background
Ó hUiginn was a member of a Connacht-based family of bards. His father was Conn Crosach, but nothing else is known of his place within the family, or where he lived. His obituary in ...
*
Tadhg Mór Ó hUiginn
Tadhg Mór Ó hUiginn was an Irish poet.
Ó hUiginn was a member of a highly regarded Connacht O'Higgins family of bards. His surviving poems include:
* ''Gach éan mar a adhbha''
* ''Slán fat fholcadh''
See also
* O'Higgins family
O' ...
External links
Do bhriseas bearnaidh ar Bhrian
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13th-century Irish writers
Medieval Irish poets
Writers from County Mayo
People from County Sligo
People from County Galway
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Irish male poets
Irish-language writers