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Fear Flatha Ó Gnímh

Ó Gnímh

Ó Gnímh was the surname of an Irish brehon family.The Ó Gnímh family were based at Larne, County Antrim, and were hereditary poets for the O'Neill's and MacDonalds.The surname is now generally rendered as Agnew.-References:...

 was a member of a hereditary learned family based at Larne

Larne

Larne is a substantial seaport and industrial market town on the east coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland with a population of 18,228 people in the 2001 Census. As of 2011, there are about 31,000 residents in the greater Larne area. It has been used as a seaport for over 1,000 years, and is...

, County Antrim

County Antrim

County Antrim is one of six counties that form Northern Ireland, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of 2,844 km², with a population of approximately 616,000...

, who had being 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...

 for the O'Neills. His known surviving poems are

• A Niocláis, nocht an gcláirsigh!
• Beannacht ar anmain Éireann
• Cuimseach sin, a Fhearghail Óig
• Éireannaigh féin fionnLochlannaigh
• Mairg do-chuaidh re ceird ndúthchais
• Tairnig éigse fhuinn Gaoidheal

Kinsella remarks: "His poetry, with its close-down of all positive feeling, dates ... to the time of confiscations and plantations in the early seventeenth century." Two of his poems, After the Flight of the Earls and The Passing of the Poets are featured on pages 162-164 of The New Oxford Book of Irish Verse, published in 1986.

A later member of the family, Eoin Ó Gnímh

Eoin Ó Gnímh

Eoin Ó Gnímh, Irish poet and manuscript collector, fl. December 1699.Ó Gnímh was a member of a hereditary learned family based at Larne, County Antrim, who had being bard for the O'Neills. He was responsible for preserveing a number of manuscripts compiled or collected by Dubhaltach Mac...

 (fl. December 1699), would preserve a number of manuscripts compiled or collected by Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh

Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh

Dubhaltach MacFhirbhisigh, also known as Dubhaltach Óg mac Giolla Íosa Mór mac Dubhaltach Mór Mac Fhirbhisigh, Duald Mac Firbis, Dudly Ferbisie, and Dualdus Firbissius was an Irish scribe, translator, historian and genealogist...

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