Aodh Buí Mac Cruitín
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Aodh Buí Mac Cruitín, Irish
poet
, tutor
, and soldier
, 1680-1775.
ic family of Thomond
. Other members of his family included the musician, Gilla Duibin Mac Cruitín
(died 1405), and the poets Aindrias Mac Cruitín
(c.1650-c.1738) and Seamus Mac Cruitín
(1815-1870).
Irish people
The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...
poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
, tutor
Tutor
A tutor is a person employed in the education of others, either individually or in groups. To tutor is to perform the functions of a tutor.-Teaching assistance:...
, and soldier
Soldier
A soldier is a member of the land component of national armed forces; whereas a soldier hired for service in a foreign army would be termed a mercenary...
, 1680-1775.
Biography
Mac Cruitín was a descendant of a bardBard
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 of Thomond
Thomond
Thomond The region of Ireland associated with the name Thomond is County Clare, County Limerick and north County Tipperary; effectively most of north Munster. The name is used by a variety of establishments and organisations located in , or associated with the region...
. Other members of his family included the musician, 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....
(died 1405), and the poets Aindrias Mac Cruitín
Aindrias Mac Cruitín
-Biography:A member of the Mac Cruitín bardic family, Aindrias was born at Moyglass, Milltown Malbay, County Clare, where he was educated and spent much of his life. He worked as a teacher and scribe, some dozen manuscripts in his hand surviving. He worked for a Dr...
(c.1650-c.1738) and 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...
(1815-1870).
See also
- Piaras FeiritéarPiaras FeiritéarPiaras Feiritéar was an Irish poet.Feiritéar was a Norman-Irish lord of Baile an Fheirtéaraigh in Corca Dhuibhne. Although best known as a poet, it was his role as a leader of the nascent Catholic Irish community of Norman- and Gaelic- Irish origin which ultimately lead to his execution in...
- Dáibhí Ó BruadairDáibhí Ó BruadairDáibhí Ó Bruadair was one of the most significant Irish language poets of the 17th century. He lived through a momentous time in Irish history and his work serves as testimony to the death of the old Irish cultural and political order and the decline in respect for the once honoured and feared...
- Cathal Buí Mac Giolla GhunnaCathal Buí Mac Giolla Ghunna-Biography:Along with Peadar Ó Doirnín, Art Mac Cumhaigh and Séamas Dall Mac Cuarta, Cathal Buí Mac Giolla Ghunna one of the four most prominent of the south Ulster and north Leinster poets in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries...
- Aogán Ó RathailleAogán Ó RathailleAodhagán Ó Rathaille, also spelt Aogán Ó Rathaille or Anglicised as Egan O'Rahilly , was an Irish language poet. He is credited with creating the first fully developed Aisling poem.-Early life:...
- Séamas Dall Mac CuartaSéamas Dall Mac CuartaSéamas Dall Mac Cuarta was a central figure in the seventeenth and eighteenth century Airgíalla school of poets and songwriters in the Irish language...
- Art Mac CumhaighArt Mac CumhaighArt Mac Cumhaigh was, along with Cathal Buí Mac Giolla Ghunna, Peadar Ó Doirnín and Séamas Dall Mac Cuarta, among the most celebrated of the south Ulster and north Leinster poets in the eighteenth century...
- Seán Clárach Mac Dónaill
- Eoghan Rua Ó Súilleabháin
External links
- http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/literature/bardic/aodh_mac_cruitin.htm
- http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/literature/ar_phosadh.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_AB/life.htm