Eoghan Ruadh Mac an Bhaird
Eoghan Ruadh Mac an Bhaird (c. 1600 – c. 1610?) Gaelic-Irish Bardic poet.
Eoghan Ruadh was a member of the Mac an Bhaird clan of professional poets, originally from County Galway with a more notable branch settling in County Donegal in the 14th or 15th century.
His surviving compositions are A bhráighe tá i dtor London, Leabhran Gaedhilge, Sgeala Craidhte, Comhdhail Siothchana, and Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill, the latter for Hugh Roe Ó Donnell.
The band The Gloaming has recorded one of his poems.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Long, Siobhán (15 February 2019). "The Gloaming: The Gloaming 3 review – Visionary exploration of traditional music-making". The Irish Times. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
Further reading
[edit]- The Surnames of Ireland, Edward MacLysaght, 1978.
