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Muircheartach Ó Cobhthaigh

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Muircheartach Ó Cobhthaigh, Irish poet, fl. 1586.

A member of the Ó Cobhthaigh clan of poets from County Westmeath. He is known as the author of six extant poems:

  • - Le dís cuirthear clú Laighean
  • - Dlighidh liaigh leigheas a charad, one hundred and forty verses, (edited by Lambert McKenna in 1949)
  • - Mairg as dáileamh don digh bhróin, on the death of Garret Nugent, Baron of Delvin (NLI MS G 992 (Nugent Manuscript) f.33v)
  • - Do-ní clú áit oighreachda one hundred and twenty-four verses on William Nugent (MS G 992, f.34v)
  • - Geall re hairlachd ainm barúin on the death of Christopher Nugent, 14th Baron Delvin (MS G 992, f. 35v)
  • - Séd fine teisd Thoirrdhealbhaigh (edited by Ó Cróinín)
  • Other poems by him may yet survive but cannot now be ascribed.

    References

    Muircheartach Ó Cobhthaigh Wikipedia