Eoghan an Mhéirín Mac Cárthaigh

Eoghan an Mhéirín Mac Cárthaigh (1691–1756) was an Irish poet and historian. Born in Aherla (in the parish or Kilbonane) in County Cork,^[1] Mac Cárthaigh was a Jacobite who wrote in support of Charles McCarthy (Cormac Spáinneach Mac Cárthaigh) during the Williamite War in Ireland.^[2]

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^ "Biography: MAC CÁRTHAIGH, Eoghan (1691–1756)". Ainm.ie (in Irish). Dublin City University. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
^ Éamonn Ó Ciardha (2001). Ireland And The Jacobite Cause, 1685–1766: A Fatal Attachment. Four Courts Press. pp. 50, 254. ISBN 9781851825349. Eoghan an Mhéirin [Mac Cárthaigh, the Munster Jacobite poet] rejoiced at Major General [Charles] McCarthy's return to Ireland ('Fáilte is fíche i gcrích Fáil do Major Cormac MacCárthaigh')

[1] "Biography: MAC CÁRTHAIGH, Eoghan (1691–1756)". Ainm.ie (in Irish). Dublin City University. Retrieved 11 December 2017.

[2] Éamonn Ó Ciardha (2001). Ireland And The Jacobite Cause, 1685–1766: A Fatal Attachment. Four Courts Press. pp. 50, 254. ISBN 9781851825349. Eoghan an Mhéirin [Mac Cárthaigh, the Munster Jacobite poet] rejoiced at Major General [Charles] McCarthy's return to Ireland ('Fáilte is fíche i gcrích Fáil do Major Cormac MacCárthaigh')

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