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Lacky Ó Máille

Irish poet

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About Lacky Ó Máille

Lacky Ó Máille was a friar and poet.

Lacky Ó Máille (fl. 18th century) was an Irish friar and poet.

Ó Máille, called "the troubled friar" by Brien O'Rourke, was a native of Partry, County Mayo. He was expelled from a seminary "for rakish behaviour" by his cousin, an Athair Maolmhuire Ó Máille. This event inspired the first of two songs of his, both titled Leaici an Chuil Bhain.

He married a Widow Badger who ran an inn near Partry, but she was troubled by the unseemingly attention he paid to other women. Few of his poems and songs have survived.

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Important facts

Occupation
Friar, poet
Also known as
Lacky O Maille

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Who was Lacky Ó Máille?

Irish poet

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Lacky Ó Máille was a friar and poet.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Lacky Ó Máille

· Wikidata: Q6468742

· DBpedia: Lacky Ó Máille

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