Mathghamhain Ó hIfearnáin (; ), was an early modern Irish poet. Ó hIfearnáin was living in the Shronell district of

County Tipperary County Tipperary () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. The county is named after the town of Tipperary (tow ...

in the late 16th century, and wrote poems on the decline of the profession of poetry. His best-known poem, , describes his journey across

Munster Munster ( or ) is the largest of the four provinces of Ireland, located in the south west of the island. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" (). Following the Nor ...

in search of a buyer for a well-wrought poem. Another is .

References

*''Ceist! cia do cheinneóchadh dán?'' in Irish Bardic Poetry, Ed. Osborn Bergin. Dublin, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (1970) page 145-146 16th-century Irish-language poets Writers from County Tipperary People of Elizabethan Ireland {{Ireland-hist-stub

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