Flaithem Mac Mael Gaimrid, Irish

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, died 1058. Flaithem Mac Mael Gaimrid was

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. The

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give his obit as follows- "AI1058.8 Flaithem son of Mael Gaimrid, chief poet of Ireland, rested in Christ in Ard Ferta Brénainn."

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* http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100004/index.html 11th-century Irish poets 11th-century Irish writers 1058 deaths Year of birth unknown Irish male poets {{ireland-poet-stub