Brian Ó Corcrán, Irish

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator (thought, thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral t ...

, Ó Corcrán's

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is uncertain. An earlier Brian Ó Corcrán () is listed as a

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. The surname is now rendered as

Corcoran (surname) Corcoran is an Irish surname, the original Irish language form being meaning 'descendant of Corcrán' and MacCorcráin from Leinster meaning Son of Corcrán. The name itself is derived from meaning 'purple'. History The name Corcoran is an a ...

. Ó Corcrán authored two surviving poems, ''Mo chion dot bhronnadh, a Bhriain'' and ''Rí con Éireann Ábhartach'' The first verse of ''Mo chion dot bhronnadh, a Bhriain'' is the following: ''Rí con Éireann Ábhartach'', a poem on Irish kings, begins:

References

* ''Irish Bardic Poetry'', Ed.

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, Dublin, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (1970) page 63-65. * * ''The Surnames of Ireland'',

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, 1978.

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* http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/G402213/index.html * http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&UserID= {{DEFAULTSORT:O Corcran, Brian Year of death unknown 17th-century Irish-language poets Year of birth unknown Place of birth unknown

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