Tadhg Mór Ó hUiginn was an
Irish poet.
Ó hUiginn was a member of a highly regarded
Connacht O'Higgins family
O'Higgins (Irish: '' Ó hUiginn'') is an Irish noble family. Its Ballynary line is descended from Shean Duff O'Higgins (fl. 1600 C.E.), Gaelic Baron of Ballynary, who was married to a daughter of the royal family of O'Conor at Ballintuber Cast ...
of
bards
In Celtic cultures, a bard is a 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 ancestors and to praise ...
. His surviving poems include:
* ''Gach éan mar a adhbha''
* ''Slán fat fholcadh''
See also
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O'Higgins family
O'Higgins (Irish: '' Ó hUiginn'') is an Irish noble family. Its Ballynary line is descended from Shean Duff O'Higgins (fl. 1600 C.E.), Gaelic Baron of Ballynary, who was married to a daughter of the royal family of O'Conor at Ballintuber Cast ...
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Tadg Óg Ó hUiginn
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Tadhg Dall Ó hUiginn
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Philip Bocht Ó hUiginn
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Maol Sheachluinn na n-Uirsgéal Ó hUiginn
External links
* http://celt.ucc.ie/published/G402121/index.html
* http://celt.ucc.ie/published/G402137/index.html
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Writers from County Mayo
Medieval Irish poets
Year of birth missing
Year of death unknown
Irish male poets