Irish poet
Murchadh Bacagh Ó Cobhthaigh |
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| Died | 1478 |
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| Occupation | Poet |
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| Language | Irish |
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Murchadh Bacagh Ó Cobhthaigh, Irish poet, died 1478.
Ó Cobhthaigh was a member of a hereditary bardic family based in what is now County Westmeath. His obit in the Annals of the Four Masters describe him as an ollamh, a professor of poetry, indicating that his verses were very highly regarded. No examples of his work is known to survive.
See also
References
- Ó Cobhthaigh family, pp. 435–436, in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, volume 41, Norbury-Osbourne, September 2004.
