Aodh Ollbhar Ó Cárthaigh
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Aodh Ollabhar Ó Carrthoidh aka Aodh Ollbhar Ó Cárthaigh, Gaelic-Irish poet, fl. mid-15th century.
Overview[edit]
Ó Cárthaigh was an Irish poet who was active sometime in the middle years of the 15th century. His family were natives of Uí Maine.
He is known from a single surviving poem, Tosach féile fairsinge, which survives in the following manuscripts:
- NLS Adv 72/1/37 Bk Dean Lism. first half of the 16th century
- RIA 743 (A/iv/3) 17th century
- RIA 785(23/G/8)T.ONeachtain et al.1711
- RIA3(23/L/17) S. OMurch.na R. 1744-5
It was published in 1938. It concerns the families of Ó Maol Ruanaidh rí Céise and Mac Diarmata of Moylurg. It mentions Tomhaltach Mac Diarmuda/mac na ríoghna ó Ráith Chruachan, and so may date from during or after Tomhaltach's lifetime. Rulers of Moylurg named Tomaltach were:
- Tomaltach na Cairge mac Diarmata, ruled 1196-1207
- Tomaltach Cear mac Diarmata, 1331–1336
- Tomaltach an Einigh mac Diarmata, 1421–1458
The Bardic Poetry Database [1] lists the subject of the poem as Tomaltach mc Conch.mhcAodha mhcCon MacDiarmada, who died in 1458.
Other poems by Ó Cárthaigh may survive, but if so, are unattributed.
See also[edit]
- Muireadhach Ua Cárthaigh (died 1067) was Chief Poet of Connacht
References[edit]
- Dioghluim Dána Láimhbheartach Mac Cionnaith Lambert McKenna (ed), Dublin, Oifig an tSoláthair [Government Publication Office], 1938, pp. 415–419
- The Surnames of Ireland, Edward MacLysaght, 1978