Domhnall Ó Cobhthaigh, Irish

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...

, died 1446.

A brother of Maeleachlainn Ó Cobhthaigh

Maeleachlainn Ó Cobhthaigh

Maeleachlainn Ó Cobhthaigh, Irish poet, died 1429.A son of An Clasach Ó Cobhthaigh and a brother of Domhnall Ó Cobhthaigh , Ó Cobhthaigh was a member of a hereditary bardic family...

 (died 1429) and a son of An Clasach Ó Cobhthaigh

An Clasach Ó Cobhthaigh

An Clasach Ó Cobhthaigh, Irish poets, died 1415.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 and Domhnall Ó Cobhthaigh , who were also...

 (died 1415), Ó Cobhthaigh

Ó Cobhthaigh

-Overview:Ó Cobhthaigh was the name of an Irish Brehon family from what is now County Westmeath and County Longford.There were at least three other families of the name, located in the regions of Limerick-Kerry, Down, west Cork, and Galway....

 was a member of a hereditary 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. However, he was also famous as a 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...

. One of his surviving poems, Aire riot a mhic Mhurchadha - addressed to the Mac Murchadha Caomhánach

Kavanagh (surname)

Kavanagh or Kavanaugh is a surname of Irish origin, Caomhánach in Irish Gaelic. It is properly Mac Murchadha Caomhánach , but is often now rendered 'Caomhánach' or rarely 'Ó Caomhánaigh'...

 - urges the men of Leinster

Leinster

Leinster is one of the Provinces of Ireland situated in the east of Ireland. It comprises the ancient Kingdoms of Mide, Osraige and Leinster. Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the historic fifths of Leinster and Mide gradually merged, mainly due to the impact of the Pale, which straddled...

 to resist the Anglo-Irish

Anglo-Irish

Anglo-Irish was a term used primarily in the 19th and early 20th centuries to identify a privileged social class in Ireland, whose members were the descendants and successors of the Protestant Ascendancy, mostly belonging to the Church of Ireland, which was the established church of Ireland until...

.

He was killed, along with his two sons, on the island of Cróinis on Lough Ennell

Lough Ennell

Lough Ennell is a lake near the town of Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland. It is situated beside the N52 road, off the Mullingar/Kilbeggan road. It is approximately 4.5 miles long by 2 miles wide, with an area of about...

, by Art Ó Mael Sheachlainn and the sons of Fiacha Mag Eochagáin.