About Eoghan Ruadh Mac an Bhaird
Lived 1570 – 1630 (aged 59–60). Eoghan Ruadh Mac an Bhaird was a poet and writer.
Eoghan Ruadh Mac an Bhaird (c. 1600 – c. 1610?) Gaelic-Irish Bardic poet.
Eoghan Ruadh was a member of the Mac an Bhaird clan of professional poets, originally from County Galway with a more notable branch settling in County Donegal in the 14th or 15th century.
His surviving compositions are A bhráighe tá i dtor London, Leabhran Gaedhilge, Sgeala Craidhte, Comhdhail Siothchana, and Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill, the latter for Hugh Roe Ó Donnell.
The band The Gloaming has recorded one of his poems.
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Who was Eoghan Ruadh Mac an Bhaird?
Irish poet
When was Eoghan Ruadh Mac an Bhaird born?
Eoghan Ruadh Mac an Bhaird was born in 1570 in Kilbarron.
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Eoghan Ruadh Mac an Bhaird died in 1630.
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Eoghan Ruadh Mac an Bhaird was a poet and writer.
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