Tomás Láidir Mac Coisdealbhaigh, Irish soldier and poet, fl.1660's.

Tomás Láidir Mac Coisdealbhaigh was a member of the Costello family of north Connacht

Connacht

Connacht , formerly anglicised as Connaught, is one of the Provinces of Ireland situated in the west of Ireland. In Ancient Ireland, it was one of the fifths ruled by a "king of over-kings" . Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the ancient kingdoms were shired into a number of counties for...

 who lost their lands in the Cromwellian confications of the 1650s. He was a descendant of Sir William de Angulo, who died in 1206. His brother was the Rapparee

Rapparee

Rapparees were Irish guerrilla fighters who operated on the Jacobite side during the 1690s Williamite war in Ireland. Subsequently the name was also given to bandits and highwaymen in Ireland - many former guerrillas having turned to crime after the war was over...

, Colonel Dubhaltach Caoch Mac Coisdealbhaigh

Dubhaltach Caoch Mac Coisdealbhaigh

Colonel Dubhaltach Caoch Mac Coisdealbhaigh, Irish soldier and Rapparee, died Sunday 3 March 1667.-Life:Mac Coisdealbhaigh was a member of the Costello family of Connacht. His brother was the soldier and poet, Tomás Láidir Mac Coisdealbhaigh....

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Biography

Mac Coisdealbhaigh was in love with Úna Ní Dhiarmaida but her family refused to allow them to marry. After several attempts, Mac Coisdealbhaigh made a last formal proposal, swearing that if he crossed Áth na Donóige (a ford on the Donóige river) on his way home without receiving an answer, he would never marry Úna. "He rode slowly and waited a long time in the ford itself, but finally on the mocking advice of his own servant, he crossed to the opposite bank. A messenger came soon after with news that he had been accepted, but he refused to go back on his oath. Úna died shortly afterward. Tomás killed the servant who gave him the evil counsel, and composed the famous song Úna Bhán."

Clann Coisdealbhaigh (after Mac Fhirbhisigh)

Jocelyn de Angulo

Jocelyn de Angulo

-Biography:De Angulo was one of fifty knights serving under Hugh de Lacy upon the latter's grant of Meath by Henry II in 1172. Jocelyn was awarded the barony of Navan by de Lacy...

, fl. 1172.
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William de Angulo, aka William Mac Coisdealbhaigh
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Miles Bregach Mac Coisdealbhaigh
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Hugo, d. 1266? Gilbert Mor Phillip, fl. 1288.
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Jordan, d. 1324? Gilbert Og, k. 1333. | |
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Jordan na Bertaighecht
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Edmond an Machaire, k. 1437. William
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John Duff, d. 1487. William Walter
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Jordan John, k. 1536 Rudhraighe Piers, k. 1555. William Gilladuff | |
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Edmond | | | | | | | | fl. 1586. |
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John Jordan Buidhe William Caech Edmond William Calvach Jordan Boy, fl. 1585
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Tomás Láidir Mac Coisdealbhaigh Dubhaltach Caoch Mac Coisdealbhaigh

Dubhaltach Caoch Mac Coisdealbhaigh

Colonel Dubhaltach Caoch Mac Coisdealbhaigh, Irish soldier and Rapparee, died Sunday 3 March 1667.-Life:Mac Coisdealbhaigh was a member of the Costello family of Connacht. His brother was the soldier and poet, Tomás Láidir Mac Coisdealbhaigh....

  Edmond Dubh Calbhach Ban
fl. 1660's. killed 3 March 1667.

Source

• pp. 174–175; 400 The New Oxford Book of Irish Verse, edited, with translations, by Thomas Kinsella
  Thomas Kinsella
  Thomas Kinsella is an Irish poet, translator, editor, and publisher.-Early life and work:Kinsella was born in Lucan, County Dublin. He spent much of his childhood with relatives in rural Ireland. He was educated in the Irish language at the Model School, Inchicore and the O'Connell Christian...
  
  , 1986.