Biography

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 based in what is now 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...

. His father's name was William.

According to the Annals of the Four Masters

Annals of the Four Masters

The Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland or the Annals of the Four Masters are a chronicle of medieval Irish history...

, in 1556 Owny, the son of William O'Coffey, the most learned in Ireland in poetry, was treacherously slain at night, at Baile-an-luig in Magh-bhachla, but it is not known by whom. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography states that "he was murdered, with his wife, at Ballinlig, Westmeath."

Verse

At least two of his poems are extant: Mó ná iarla anim Shémais/Greater than an earl is the name of James, and the theological poem, Fada an cuimhne so ar choir nDe/Long be this rememberence on the justice

Justice

Justice is a concept of moral rightness based on ethics, rationality, law, natural law, religion, or equity, along with the punishment of the breach of said ethics; justice is the act of being just and/or fair.-Concept of justice:...

 of God

God

God is the English name given to a singular being in theistic and deistic religions who is either the sole deity in monotheism, or a single deity in polytheism....

, which consists of one hundred and sixty verses.

See also

• Aedh Ó Cobhthaigh
  Aedh Ó Cobhthaigh
  Aedh Ó Cobhthaigh, Irish poet, died 1452.Ó Cobhthaigh was a member of a hereditary bardic family based in what is now County Westmeath. He is recorded as dying of the plague at his house of hospitality in Fertullagh.-See also:...
  
  , died 1452.
• Murchadh Bacagh Ó Cobhthaigh
  Murchadh Bacagh Ó Cobhthaigh
  Murchadh Bacagh Ó Cobhthaigh, Irish poet, died 1478.Ó Cobhthaigh was a member of a hereditary bardic family based in what is now County Westmeath. His obit in the Annals of the Four Masters describe him as an ollamh, a professor of poetry, indicating that his verses were very highly regarded...
  
  , died 1478.
• Tadhg Ó Cobhthaigh
  Tadhg Ó Cobhthaigh
  Tadhg Ó Cobhthaigh, Irish poet, fl. 1554.Ó Cobhthaigh was a member of a hereditary bardic family based in what is now County Westmeath. All that is known of his parents is that his father's name was Aedh....
  
  , died 1556.