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Eochaidh Ó hÉoghusa (1567–1617) was a well-known Irish bardic poet.[1][2]^: xii

Life

A native of Ulster, born probably in Baile Uí Eodhasa (Ballyhoo), in what is now County Fermanagh,[1] Ó hÉoghusa was employed for much of his life by the Mág Uidhir (Maguire) chiefs of Fermanagh.[1] Among his most well-known works are several poems included in the Leabhar Branach, a literary compendium of mostly Gaelic poets of Leinster,[2]^: xii dedicated to the O'Byrne chiefs of Wicklow who "by their success in maintaining the independence and integrity of their mountainous territory against great odds until the final collapse, they were in a position to attract poets of repute from distant parts of Ireland."[2]^: xiii

Selected works

Some of his compositions include:

• An tú ar gcéadaithne, a charrag?
• A-tám i gcás eidir dhá chomhairle
• Bíodh aire ag Ultaibh ar Aodh
• Dealg athálaidh othras Taidhg
• Fód codarsna críoch Bhanbha
• Fúar liom an adhaighsi dh'Aodh
• Ionmholta malairt bhisigh

See also

• Filí, the elite bardic poet class of Gaelic Ireland
• Aodh Mág Uidhir, Lord of Fermanagh, and a patron of Ó hÉoghusa

References

Further reading

• Filíocht Ghrá na Gaeilge/Love Poems in Irish (eag/ed.) Ciarán Mac Murchaidh, 2008. ISBN 978-1-901176-86-5
• An Leabhar Mòr/The Great Book of Gaelic, ed. Theo Dorgan and Malcolm Maclean, 2008.

External links

• CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts
  • CELT Index of Published Irish Texts: Bardic Poetry

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