Biography

A member of the Mac Cruitín bard

Bard

In medieval Gaelic and British culture a bard was a professional poet, employed by a patron, such as a monarch or nobleman, to commemorate the patron's ancestors and to praise the patron's own activities.Originally a specific class of poet, contrasting with another class known as fili in Ireland...

ic family, Aindrias was born at Moyglass, Milltown Malbay, County Clare

County Clare

-History:There was a Neolithic civilisation in the Clare area — the name of the peoples is unknown, but the Prehistoric peoples left evidence behind in the form of ancient dolmen; single-chamber megalithic tombs, usually consisting of three or more upright stones...

, where he was educated and spent much of his life. He worked as a teacher

Teacher

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 and scribe

Scribe

A scribe is a person who writes books or documents by hand as a profession and helps the city keep track of its records. The profession, previously found in all literate cultures in some form, lost most of its importance and status with the advent of printing...

, some dozen

Dozen

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 manuscripts in his hand surviving. He worked for a Dr. Brian Ó Lochlainn in 1727, and wrote a number of poems for the family.

In his old age, he wrote his best-known poem, on the subject of the passing of the old Gaelic order, and with it, his patrons and his livelihood.

Other members of his family included

• Gilla Duibin Mac Cruitín
  Gilla Duibin Mac Cruitín
  Gilla Duibin Mac Cruitín, Irish musician, died 1405.The Annals of Ulster note his death:U1405.1 Gilla-Duibin Mac Cruitin died this year, namely, the ollam of Ua Briain, to wit, one eminent in music and in history and in literary distinction in lreland....
  
  , musician, died 1405.
• Aodh Buí Mac Cruitín
  Aodh Buí Mac Cruitín
  Aodh Buí Mac Cruitín, Irish poet, tutor, and soldier, 1680-1775.-Biography:Mac Cruitín was a descendant of a bardic family of Thomond. Other members of his family included the musician, Gilla Duibin Mac Cruitín , and the poets Aindrias Mac Cruitín and Seamus Mac Cruitín .-See also:* Piaras...
  
  , poet and soldier, 1680-1775.
• Seamus Mac Cruitín
  Seamus Mac Cruitin
  -Biography:Mac Cruitín was a native of County Clare, apparently the area of Ennistymon. He was a member of the same family as Aindrias Mac Cruitín and Aodh Buí Mac Cruitín. Seamus claimed he was sixth in line of descent from Sean, a brother of Aindrias. He is thought to have been the product of an...
  
  , poet, 1815-1870.

External links

• http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/literature/clare_poets/aindrias_maccuirtin.htm
• http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/literature/bardic_poem/textual_notes.htm
• http://books.google.ie/books?id=vDsAaXKLGvYC&pg=PA331&lpg=PA331&dq=Aindrias+Mac+Cruitin&source=bl&ots=tGBZ32rlP0&sig=2FOKH_ten8hqbqQ3T77aGOTqopE&hl=en&ei=9TT6Td6lKtSZhQfF5uWUAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Aindrias%20Mac%20Cruitin&f=false
• http://www.ricorso.net/rx/az-data/authors/Mac/M-Cruitin_A/life.htm
• http://www.jstor.org/pss/20517573