Tadhg Ua Dálaigh, Irish

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, died 1181.

Biography

A son of Cú Connacht Ua Dálaigh (died

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) the

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say that he was the '' chief poet of Erinn and Alba'' (of

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). He was one of the earliest members of the

Ó Dálaigh The Ó Dálaigh () were a learned Irish Bardic poetry, bardic family who first came to prominence early in the 12th century, when Cú Connacht Ó Dálaigh was described as "The first ''Ollamh'' of poetry in all Ireland" (''ollamh'' is the title g ...

clan of poets, and the second to be accorded the title of Ireland's chief poet. His son,

Aonghus Ó Dálaigh Aonghus Ó Dálaigh (fl. c. 1200) was an Irish people, Irish poet. Aonghus was a grandson of Cú Connacht Ua Dálaigh (died 1139) and said to be ''the common ancestor of all the Ó Dálaigh, O'Dalys extant.'' He is recorded as having six sons: ...

is held to be ''the common ancestor of all the O'Daly's extant.''

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ua Dalaigh, Tadhg People from County Westmeath 12th-century Irish poets 12th-century Irish writers 1181 deaths Year of birth unknown Irish male poets