Cú Connacht Ua Dálaigh, died 1139.

Overview

Cú Connacht was a member of the Ó Dálaigh

Ó Dálaigh

The Ó Dálaigh were a learned Irish bardic family who first came to prominence early in the 12th century, when Cú Connacht Ó Dálaigh was described as "The first Ollamh of poetry in all Ireland" .-Name derivation:The name Ó Dálaigh means 'descendant of Dálach'...

 bardic family, originally from County Westmeath

County Westmeath

-Economy:Westmeath has a strong agricultural economy. Initially, development occurred around the major market centres of Mullingar, Moate, and Kinnegad. Athlone developed due to its military significance, and its strategic location on the main Dublin–Galway route across the River Shannon. Mullingar...

. Branches of the family would settle in all four provinces of Ireland. His is the earliest recorded use of the name Ó Dálaigh.

Cú Connacht died at the monastery of Clonard

Clonard Abbey

Clonard Abbey was an early medieval monastery situated on the River Boyne, just beside the traditional boundary line of the northern and southern halves of Ireland in modern County Meath...

 in 1139. The Irish annals

Irish annals

A number of Irish annals were compiled up to and shortly after the end of Gaelic Ireland in the 17th century.Annals were originally a means by which monks determined the yearly chronology of feast days...

 accord him "The first ollamh of poetry in all Ireland." It further states that He was of Leacain in Mide.

Family Tree

In the introduction to The Tribes of Ireland by Aonghus Ruadh na nAor Ó Dálaigh

Aonghus Ruadh na nAor Ó Dálaigh

Aonghus Ruadh na nAor Ó Dálaigh, Irish poet, 1550-1617.Ó Dálaigh was of the Muintir Bhaire sept, and lived at Balliorrone, County Cork.He was employed by Sir George Carew and Mountjoy to lampoon the Irish chieftains and instigate enmity between them. The hostile reaction to his satire "The Tribes...

, the editors give the following family tree.

Adhamh, a quo Corca Adhamh of County Westmeath

County Westmeath

-Economy:Westmeath has a strong agricultural economy. Initially, development occurred around the major market centres of Mullingar, Moate, and Kinnegad. Athlone developed due to its military significance, and its strategic location on the main Dublin–Galway route across the River Shannon. Mullingar...

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Dalach, a quo Ua Dálaigh
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Gilla Coimhdheadh
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Tadhg ua Dálaigh
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Muireadhach Ua Dálaigh
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Dalach Ua Dálaigh
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Cú Connacht Ua Dálaigh, died 1139.
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Tadhg Doichleach Ua Dálaigh, died 1181.
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Aonghus Ó Dálaigh, the common ancestor of all the O'Dalys extant
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Cearbhall Fionn Donnchadh Mor Cormac na Casbhairne Muireadhach Albanach Gilla na Naemh Tadhg
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Ua Dálaigh Fionn Ua Dálaigh Ua Dálaigh
of Duhallow of Finvarra of Breifne
Co. Cork. Co. Clare
and Dunsandle
Co. Galway

See also

• Máel Íosa Ua Dálaigh, died 1185
• Donnchadh Mór Ó Dálaigh, died 1244
• Muireadhach Albanach
  Muireadhach Albanach
  Muireadhach Albanach Ó Dálaigh was a Gaelic poet and crusader and member of the Ó Dálaigh bardic family.The Annals of the Four Masters of Ireland, s.a. 1213, tells us that he was the ollamh of Domhnall Ó Domhnaill...
  
  , alive 1228
• Gofraidh Fionn Ó Dálaigh
  Gofraidh Fionn Ó Dálaigh
  Gofraidh Fionn Ó Dálaigh was an Irish poet and Chief Ollam of Ireland.-Biography:Gofraidh Fionn was a member of the Ó Dálaigh family of poets. He is known for his poem, Filidh Éireann go haointeach, which commemorates An Nollaig na Garma...
  
  , died 1387
• Aonghus Fionn Ó Dálaigh
  Aonghus Fionn Ó Dálaigh
  Aonghus Fionn Ó Dálaigh , Irish Poet, fl. 1520-1570.Thought to have been born County Meath, Aonghus Fionn was the head of the branch of the Ó Dálaigh family who were poets to the MacCarthy of Desmond...
  
  , died 1570
• Lochlann Óg Ó Dálaigh
  Lochlann Óg Ó Dálaigh
  Lochlann Óg Ó Dálaigh, early modern Irish poet, fl. ca. 1610.A native of Munster and a member of the Ó Dálaigh clan of poets, he wrote poetry lamenting the eclipse of the native society and culture of Ireland.Cait ar ghabhader Gaoidhil? he asked, and answered himself thus: "In their place we have...
  
  , fl. c. 1610
• Cearbhall Óg Ó Dálaigh
  Cearbhall Óg Ó Dálaigh
  Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh was a 17th century Irish language poet and harpist, who composed the song "Eileanóir a Rún".Cearbhall was a common name amongst people of the Ó Dálaigh surname, and more than one poet of that surname bore the name Cearbhall. The Cearbhall Óg who composed 'Eileanóir a Rún' was...
  
  , fl. 1630

External links

• http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005B/
• http://books.google.ie/books?id=TTBgAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=the+tribes+of+ireland,+aengus+o%27daly&source=bl&ots=VluldvIGaA&sig=mjvcGp_XGrkfMl7cmDT0dyrC9Jc&hl=en&ei=X8WpTdLHIc6zhAf1z-HMCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false