Tomás Ó Cobhthaigh (died 1474) was an Irish

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Ó Cobhthaigh Ó Cobhthaigh is a Gaels, Gaelic-Irish surname, generally Anglicised as Coffey, Cofer, Coffer, Copher, Caughey, Coffee, Coffie, Coughey, Cauffey, Cauffy, Cauffie, Coffy, Coughay, Coffay, Coffeye, Couhig and many more. Overview Ó Cobhthaigh was t ...

was a member of a

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family from

County Westmeath County Westmeath (; or simply ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. It formed part of the historic Kingdom of ...

. The

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contain his obit, ''sub anno'' 1474. * ''Thomas, the son of Donnell O'Coffey, died.''

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* http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005D/ * http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&UserID= People from County Westmeath 1474 deaths 15th-century Irish poets Year of birth unknown Irish male poets {{Ireland-poet-stub

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