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Ó HUiginn
Ó hUiginn is the surname of a Gaels, Gaelic-Irish people, Irish family of soldiers, poets, and historians located in Connacht. Originally part of the southern Uí Néill based in the Irish midlands, they moved west into Connacht. They were especially associated with what is now County Sligo, settling at Dooghorne, Achonry and Ballynary, as well as other locations in County Mayo, County Roscommon and County Galway. More than half of those bearing the surname in Ireland today still live in Connacht. The name is commonly anglicised as Higgins or O'Higgins. People bearing the name include: * Tadc Ó hUiginn (died 1315), ''a general master of all arts connected with poetry'' * Gilla na Neamh Ó hUiginn (died 1346), poet :: Fercert Ó hUiginn (died 1418), ''head of the family descended from Gilla na Neamh Ó h-Uiginn'' :::: Lochlainn Ó hUiginn, Lochlainn, son of Fercert Ó hUiginn (died 1464) * Doighre Ó hUiginn, scribe of ''The Book of Magauran'' * Donnchad Ó hUiginn, ''a learned h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surname
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several given names and surnames are possible in the full name. In modern times most surnames are hereditary, although in most countries a person has a right to name change, change their name. Depending on culture, the surname may be placed either at the start of a person's name, or at the end. The number of surnames given to an individual also varies: in most cases it is just one, but in Portuguese-speaking countries and many Spanish-speaking countries, two surnames (one inherited from the mother and another from the father) are used for legal purposes. Depending on culture, not all members of a family unit are required to have identical surnames. In some countries, surnames are modified depending on gender and family membership status of a person. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Ruaidri Oc O hUiginn, in her own house at Machaire na nAilech, most unhappily.'' She would appear to have been related to Brian Ó hUiginn, who died in 1476, as both of their fathers were called Fergal or Farrell. Her brother, '' Niall son of Fergal Oc O hUicinn'', died in 1461. Another brother, Sean mac Fergail Óicc Ó hÚigínn, died as Chief Ollamh of Ireland in poetry Poetry (from the Greek language, Greek word ''poiesis'', "making") is a form of literature, literary art that uses aesthetics, aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meaning (linguistics), meanings in addition to, or in ... in 1490. External links * http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100011/index.html 1471 deaths 15th-century Irish wome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian O'Higgins
Brian O'Higgins (; 1 July 1882 – 10 March 1963), also known as Brian na Banban, was an Irish writer, poet, soldier and politician who was a founding member of Sinn Féin and served as President of the organisation from 1931 to 1933. He was a leading figure within 20th century Irish republicanism and was widely regarded for his literary abilities. Family and early life Brian O'Higgins was born in 1882, the youngest of fourteen children of small farmers in Kilskeer, County Meath. His great-grandfather, Seán Ó Huiginn, was a poor scholar from County Tyrone who was travelling to Munster before he encountered a group of men who were rushing to Tara to fight in the Rising of 1798. He promptly decided to partake in the rebellion and fought in the Battle of Tara Hill, where he was wounded and carried away to the small glen of Kilskeer to recuperate, but in Kilskeer he married and remained for the rest of his life. His father and uncles were members of the Irish Republican Brothe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. Chile had a population of 17.5 million as of the latest census in 2017 and has a territorial area of , sharing borders with Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. The country also controls several Pacific islands, including Juan Fernández Islands, Juan Fernández, Isla Salas y Gómez, Desventuradas Islands, Desventuradas, and Easter Island, and claims about of Antarctica as the Chilean Antarctic Territory. The capital and largest city of Chile is Santiago, and the national language is Spanish language, Spanish. Conquest of Chile, Spain conquered and colonized the region in the mid-16th century, replacing Incas in Central Chile, Inca rule; however, they Arauco War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernardo O'Higgins
Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme (; 20 August 1778 – 24 October 1842) was a Chilean independence leader who freed Chile from Spanish rule in the Chilean War of Independence. He was a wealthy landowner of Basque people, Basque-Spanish people, Spanish and Irish people, Irish ancestry. Although he was the second List of presidents of Chile, Supreme Director of Chile (1817–1823), he is considered one of Chile's founding fathers, as he was the first holder of this title to head a fully independent Chilean state. He was Captain general, Captain General of the Chilean Army, Brigadier general, Brigadier of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, General officer, General Officer of Gran Colombia and Grand Marshal of Peru. Early life Bernardo O'Higgins, a member of the O'Higgins family, was born in the Chilean city of Chillán in 1778, the Legitimacy (family law), illegitimate son of Ambrosio O'Higgins, 1st Marquis of Osorno, a Spanish officer born in County Sligo, Ireland, who be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Higgins Of Tyrawley
Hugh Higgins of Tyrawley was a blind Irish harper, 1737-after 1791. Higgins was a descendant of the Ó hUiginn family of poets, scribes, and historians. He was a native of Tirawley in north-east County Mayo and noted as having a more "respectable appearance and retinue than most travelling musicians." O'Neill remarks that "his parents being in comfortable circumstances. Blindness in early life led him to the study of the harp, and being gifted in a musical sense, he made rapid progress." Higgins was a friend of the harper Owen Keenan, who was imprisoned in Omagh for attempting to break into the house of a Mr. Stuart of Killmoon, near Cookstown, County Tyrone. He was conducting an affair with Mr. Stuart's French governess. Upon hearing of Keenan's plight (according to Captain Francis O'Neill), Higgins He was the ''Hugh Higgins, blind Native of Mayo age 75 years'', who performed at the Belfast Harp Festival in 1791. He had performed at Granard Granard () is a town in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambrosio O'Higgins, 1st Marquis Of Osorno
Ambrosio Bernardo O'Higgins y O'Higgins, 1st Marquess of Osorno (c. 1720 – 19 March 1801) born Ambrose Bernard O'Higgins (''Ambrós Bearnárd Ó hUiginn'', in Irish language, Irish), was an Irish-Spanish colonial administrator and a member of the O'Higgins family. He served the Spanish Empire as a Captaincy General, captain general (i.e., military governor) of Captaincy General of Chile, Chile (1788–1796) and as the Viceroy of Viceroyalty of Peru, Peru (1796–1801). He was the father of Chilean independence leader Bernardo O'Higgins. Early life A member of the O'Higgins Family, O'Higgins family, Ambrose was born at his family's ancestral seat in Ballynary, County Sligo, Ireland. He was the son of Charles O'Higgins and his wife (and kinswoman) Margaret O'Higgins,The National Genealogical Office (Dublin), MS 165. pp. 396–399. who were forced off their lands in 1654 by Oliver Cromwell and became tenant farmers at Clondoogan near Summerhill, County Meath .Ibañez Vergara, Jor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lammas
Lammas (from Old English ''hlāfmæsse'', "loaf-mass"), also known as Loaf Mass Day, is a Christian holiday celebrated in some English-speaking world, English-speaking countries on 1 August. The name originates from the word "loaf" in reference to bread and "Mass (liturgy), Mass" in reference to the Eucharist. It is a festival in the liturgical year, liturgical calendar to mark the blessing of the First Fruits#Christian perspective, First Fruits of harvest, with a loaf of bread being brought to the Church (building), church for this purpose. Lammastide falls at the halfway point between the summer solstice and the September equinox, autumn equinox. Christians also have Procession#Christian processions, church processions to bakeries, where those working therein are blessed by Christian clergy. While Lammas is traditionally a Christian holy day, some Modern paganism, neopagans have adopted the name and date for one of their harvest festivals in their Wheel of the Year. It is als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Óge Ó HUiginn
Brian Óge Ó hUiginn, Irish poet, died 1505. Brian Óge was a member of a branch of the Ó hUiginn brehon family. The Annals of the Four Masters The ''Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland'' () or the ''Annals of the Four Masters'' () are chronicles of Middle Ages, medieval Irish history. The entries span from the Genesis flood narrative, Deluge, dated as 2,242 Anno Mundi, years after crea ... recorded his death, ''sub anno'' 1505, as follows: * ''Brian Oge, the son of Brian, son of Donnell Cam O'Higgin, died.'' Mentioned in the same obituary was his kinsman, Cairbre mac Brian Ó hUiginn. External links * http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005D/ People from County Sligo Writers from County Mayo Writers from County Galway 16th-century Irish writers 16th-century Irish male writers Medieval Irish writers 1505 deaths Year of birth unknown 15th-century Irish poets 16th-century Irish poets Irish male poets {{ireland-poet-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cairbre Mac Brian Ó HUiginn
Cairbre mac Brian Ó hUiginn, Irish poet, who died in 1505. He was a member of a branch of the Ó hUiginn brehon family. The Annals of the Four Masters recorded his death, ''sub anno'' 1505, as follows: * ''Carbry, the son of Brian O'Higgin, Professor of Poetry, died in Westmeath.'' Mentioned in the same obituary was his kinsman, Brian Óge Ó hUiginn Brian Óge Ó hUiginn, Irish poet, died 1505. Brian Óge was a member of a branch of the Ó hUiginn brehon family. The Annals of the Four Masters The ''Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland'' () or the ''Annals of the Four Masters'' () are .... His father was Brian Ó hUiginn, whose other sons included the poets Domnall mac Brian Ó hÚigínn and Aed mac Brian Ó hUiginn. External links * http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005D/ {{DEFAULTSORT:O Huiginn, Cairbre Mac Brian Writers from County Mayo People from County Westmeath 16th-century Irish writers 16th-century Irish male writers 1505 deaths Year of birt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tadhg Dall Ó HUiginn
Tadhg Dall Ó hUiginn (c. 1550 – c.1591) was an Irish poet. Background A well-known late-Gaelic era poet, Tadhg Dall Ó hUiginn was a member of a family of professional poets from north Connacht. His mother's name is unknown. His father was Mathghamhain mac Maolmhuire, a direct descendant of Tadg Óg Ó hUiginn (died 1448), prominent poet of his day. His brother, Maol Muire Ó hÚigínn, was a priest who became Archbishop of Tuam, yet also followed family tradition in composing poetry (little surviving). He died in 1590. Tadhg had lands at Doughrarane in Achonry, and Coolrecuil in Kilmactigue, among other parcels in County Sligo, where he served as a juror. The twentieth-century editor and translator of his works for the Irish Texts Society, Eleanor Knott, suggests that these were lands originally granted to his ancestors by the O'Conor Sligo family, who were the patrons of this bardic family. That he was called by the soubriquet ('blind') suggests that Ó hUiginn's vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tadhg Mór Ó HUiginn
Tadhg Mór Ó hUiginn was an Irish poet. Ó hUiginn was a member of a highly regarded Connacht O'Higgins family of bards. His surviving poems include: * ''Gach éan mar a adhbha'' * ''Slán fat fholcadh'' See also * 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 Castl ... * Tadg Óg Ó hUiginn * Tadhg Dall Ó hUiginn * Philip Bocht Ó hUiginn * 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 {{DEFAULTSORT:O Huiginn, Tadhg Mor Writers from County Mayo Medieval Irish poets Year of birth missing Year of death unknown Irish male poets ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
