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Mael Ísu Ua Brolcháin (died 1086), Irish churchman and writer.

Biography

A member of a high-class ecclesiastical family in what is now Donegal, "genealogical sources give his father as Máel Brigte and his three brothers as Áed, Diarmait, and Muirecan."[1]

Besides holding a number of benefices and wielding considerable political influence, he was the author of the poem To an Elderly Virgin. He died as a member of the religious community of Armagh in 1086, recorded as being the chief sage of Ireland.^{[citation needed]}

The surname Ó Brolcháin is now mainly anglicised as Bradley. Members of his lineage served as Bishop of Derry.^{[citation needed]}

Works

His best-known work is a Latin and Irish hymn, Deus Meus Adiuva Me.[2] Here are the modern Irish lyrics. For a translation by Professor Gerard Murphy of this well-loved piece see link below:

For translation see Deus Meus, Adiuva Me and live version sung with harp

References

Sources

• pp. 48–50; 396, The New Oxford Book of Irish Verse, edited, with translations, by Thomas Kinsella, 1986.

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