Donnchadh Mór Ó Dálaigh

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Donnchadh Mór Ó Dálaigh ( English Donogh Mor O'Daly ; * around 1175 probably in County Meath ; † 1244 probably in Boyle Abbey ) was an Irish poet of the Bardic tradition.

Ó Dálaigh is said to have been abbot at Boyle Abbey in County Roscommon , where he was also buried. A total of about 160 poems were ascribed to him, only one of which has no religious content. It is unclear whether the ascribed poems all come from the same author, since James Hardiman lists 30 poets of the Ó Dálaigh family who worked between 1139 and 1680.

In the annals of Clonmacnoise he is described as the most important poet in Ireland. The annals of the four masters mention his death as 1244.

At Parkmore , south of Finvarra in north County Clare , there is a memorial to him. His house and a Bavarian school, which he chaired, are said to have stood here. The monument stands as a column on a hexagonal stepped platform that resembles the market cross of Nouvaghal near Kilfenora . Traces of an earthwork , which is said to be a remnant of the school, are nearby.

His nickname "Ovid Ireland" , mentioned by Edward O'Reilly , who first tried to compile an overview of his poems, is said to have been given to him because of the smoothness of his verses.

literature

  • Lambert McKenna: Dán Dé. The poems of Donnchadh Mór Ó Dálaigh, and the religious poems in the Duanaire of the Yellow book of Lecan. The Educational Co. of Ireland, Dublin 1922.
  • Thomas Johnson Westropp: Archeology of the Burren. Prehistoric forts and dolmens in North Clare. Clasp Press, Ennis 1999. ISBN 1-900545-10-1 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Edward O'Reilly, "A chronological account of nearly four hundred Irish writers with a descriptive catalog of their works." . In: "Transactions of the Iberno-Celtic Society for 1820". Dublin. Vol. 1,1., P. Ixxxviii
  2. ↑ James Hardiman: "Irish minstrelsy, or bardic remains of Ireland" Robins, London 1831, p. xvii
personal data
SURNAME Donnchadh Mór Ó Dálaigh
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Donogh Mor O'Daly
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish abbot and poet
DATE OF BIRTH around 1175
PLACE OF BIRTH unsure: County Meath
DATE OF DEATH 1244
Place of death unsure: Boyle Abbey