Eochaidh Ó hÉoghusa (1567–1617) was a well-known Irish
bardic poet.[1][2]: xii
Life
A native of
Ulster, born probably in Baile Uí Eodhasa (Ballyhoo), in what is now
County Fermanagh,[1] Ó hÉoghusa was employed for much of his life by the Mág Uidhir (
Maguire) chiefs of
Fermanagh.[1]
Among his most well-known works are several poems included in the
Leabhar Branach, a literary compendium of mostly Gaelic poets of
Leinster,[2]: xii dedicated to the
O'Byrne chiefs of
Wicklow who "by their success in maintaining the independence and integrity of their mountainous territory against great odds until the final collapse, they were in a position to attract poets of repute from distant parts of Ireland."[2]: xiii
Aodh Mág Uidhir, Lord of Fermanagh, and a patron of Ó hÉoghusa
References
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abcBreathnach, Diarmuid; Ní Mhurchú, Máire.
"Ó hÉoghusa, Eochaidh (c.1568–1612)". An Bunachar Náisiúnta Beathaisnéisí Gaeilge [The National Database of Irish Biographies] (in Irish). An Roinn Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
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abcMac Airt, Seán, ed. (1944). Leabhar Branach: The Book of the O'Byrnes. Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies.
ISBN978-1-85500-008-7.
Further reading
Filíocht Ghrá na Gaeilge/Love Poems in Irish (eag/ed.) Ciarán Mac Murchaidh, 2008;
ISBN978-1-901176-86-5