Eoghan Carrach Ó Siadhail (fl. c. 1500–1550) was a poet from
County Donegal
County Donegal ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county of the Republic of Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster and is the northernmost county of Ireland. The county mostly borders Northern Ireland, sharing only a small b ...
who wrote in
Irish.
Biography
Eoghan Carrach was a member of the
Ó Siadhail family of
TÃr Chonaill
Tyrconnell (), also spelled Tirconnell and Tirconaill, was a kingdom of Gaelic Ireland. It is associated geographically with present-day County Donegal, which was officially named ''County Tirconaill'' between 1922 and 1927. At times it also i ...
(now County Donegal). Under the patronage of Niall Connallach (Niall Óg Ó Neill, died 1544), he made a copy of
Beatha Cholm Cille. It now exists as
University College Dublin
University College Dublin (), commonly referred to as UCD, is a public research university in Dublin, Ireland, and a collegiate university, member institution of the National University of Ireland. With 38,417 students, it is Ireland's largest ...
, MS A. 8.
See also
*
Ó Siadhail
*
James Shields (Ohio politician)
*
Frank Shields
Francis Xavier Alexander Shields Sr. (November 18, 1909 – August 19, 1975) was an American amateur tennis player of the 1920s and 1930s, and an actor known for '' Hoosier Schoolboy'' (1937). He was ranked world No. 2 in 1931, and U.S. No. 1 i ...
*
Micheal O'Siadhail
Micheal O'Siadhail ( ; born 12 January 1947) is an Irish poet. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin (TCD) and the University of Oslo. He has been a lecturer at TCD, a professor at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, and has been a fu ...
, poet
*
Seán Ó Siadhail
References
* ''
LámhscrÃbhinnà Gaeilge: Treoirliosta,''
Padraig de Brún, Dublin, 1988.
* ''Tyrone's Gaelic Literary Legacy,'' by Diarmaid Ó Diobhlin, in ''Tyrone: History and Society,'' 403–432, ed. Charles Dillon and Henry A. Jefferies, Geography Publications, Dublin, 2000. .
16th-century Irish-language poets
16th-century deaths
Year of death uncertain
Writers from County Donegal
Writers from County Tyrone
Year of birth unknown
Irish male poets
Irish scribes
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