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Gilla na Naemh Ua Dunabhra

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Name
  
Gilla Naemh


Role
  
Poet

Gilla na Naemh Ua Dunabhra (died 1101) was Chief Poet of Connacht, Ireland.

The Annals of the Four Masters state, sub anno 1101, that "Gilla-na-naemh Ua Dunabhra, chief poet of Connacht, died."

The previous chief poet of the kingdom, In DruĂ­ Ua Carthaigh, had died in 1097.

No known surviving poems are ascribed to Ua Dunabhra. His origins are uncertain.

References

Gilla na Naemh Ua Dunabhra Wikipedia