Eoghan Mac an Bhaird, Irish

Irish people

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 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...

, fl. between 1200 and 1600.

Eoghan was a member of the Mac an Bhaird

Mac an Bhaird

The Mac an Bháird family was one of the learned families of late medieval Ireland. The name has evolved over many centuries, the anglicized forms coming down to us as MacAward, McWard, MacEward, MacEvard, Macanward, M'Ward, and its most commonly used variant today: Ward...

 family of professional poets during the era of High Medieval Ireland.

Composer of the bardic poem, Leannáin fileadh síol Suibhne, consisting of one hundred and ninety-two lines. No other extant poems can be attributed to him.

Its first twelve lines are as follows:

• Leannáin fileadh síol Suibhne
• treoin nach tráigh le cianchuimhne
• caor shlóigh ren doiligh deabhaidh,
• róimh an oinigh d'oileamhain.
• Lóchrainn oinigh Éireann Cuinn,
• sliocht an Athlamháin áluinn,
• an táin ó Thulaigh na n-Art,
• curaidh gan ghráin re nguasocht.
• Ní chlaochlóidh cuing a n-oinigh
• s iad don éigse as fhóiridhin
• ioldánaigh gan oil 'n-a gceann
• le goimh iombádhaidh Éireann.

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