Gofraidh Fionn Ó Dálaigh
Gofraidh Fionn Ó Dálaigh (died 1387), of Duhallow, County Cork, was an Irish
Chief Ollamh of Ireland
.
He is known to be one of the most important professional poets of fourteen-century Ireland.[1]
Biography
Gofraidh Fionn (Geoffrey the Fair) was a member of the
Uí Maine at his castle in County Roscommon
during Christmas of 1351.
His obituary is given in the Annals of the Four Masters as follows- "M1387.4 Godfrey Finn O'Daly, Chief Poet of Ireland died."
Selected bibliography
- Bean Torrach, fa Tuar Broide
- Mairg mheallas muirn an tsaoghail
- A chnuic thoir re taoibh Ealla
- A chros thall ar an dtulaigh
- A fhir théid i dTír Chonaill
- A Ghearóid, déana mo dháil
- Beir eolas dúinn, a Dhomhnuill
- Do tógbhadh meirge Murchaidh
- Fa ngníomhraidh measdar meic ríogh
- Fuirigh go fóill, a Éire
- Gaois Ailbhe i n-inghin Domhnuill
- Iongaibh thú orm, a Iarla
- Maith an locht airdríogh óige
- Teach carad do-chiu folamh
Note
- ^ The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing, vol IV, New York University Press, 2002.
External links
- L. Mac Kenna, A Poem by Gofraidh Fionn Ó Dálaigh, JSTOR.
- Selected Poems
- To a Harp Archived 18 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine
- McKenna, Lambert (January 1919), "Historical Poems of Gofraidh Fionn Ó Dálaigh" (PDF), The Irish Monthly, retrieved 15 October 2010
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