An Clasach Ó Cobhthaigh
An Clasach Ó Cobhthaigh | |
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Died | 1415 |
Occupation | Poet |
Language | Gaelic |
Nationality | Irish |
Citizenship | Irish |
Children | Maeleachlainn Ó Cobhthaigh, Domhnall Ó Cobhthaigh |
An Clasach Ó Cobhthaigh (died 1415) was an Irish poet.
A member of the Ó Cobhthaigh bardic family, An Clasach is noted in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography as "a famous poet and man of learning." He had sons Maeleachlainn Ó Cobhthaigh (died 1429) and Domhnall Ó Cobhthaigh (died 1446), who were also poets.
The O' Cobhthaigh ( Coffey) were known as the heritary brehon (druidic) family of Uisneach
References
[edit]- Ó Cobhthaigh family, pp. 435–436, in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, volume 41, Norbury-Osbourne, September 2004.