Niall mac Fergal Óge Ó hUicinn, Irish

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator (thought, thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral t ...

, died 1461. 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 ...

''sub anno'' 1461 note the death of a number of Irish poets, including Niall: * ''O Dalaig of Corcomroe, Niall Oc O hUicinn and Niall son of Fergal Oc O hUicinn died.'' His sister,

Elec Ní hUicinn Elec Ní hUicinn, was an Irish noblewoman, murdered 1471. The Annals of Connacht, ''sub anno'' 1471, * ''An attack was made by Mac Gosdelb after his own kinsmen and they killed Elec daughter of Fergal Oc O hUiginn, wife of Conchobar son of R ...

, was murdered at her home in 1471, while his brother Sean mac Fergail Óicc Ó hÚigínn, died as Chief

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 Ireland in poetry in 1490.

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* http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100011/index.html 15th-century Irish poets Writers from County Mayo 1461 deaths Year of birth unknown Irish male poets {{Ireland-poet-stub