Aodh mac Diarmada Mac an Bhaird

Aodh mac Diarmada Mac an Bhaird, Irish poet, 1200–1600.

Aodh was a member of the Mac an Bhaird bardic family of County Galway and County Donegal.

Only one extant poem Le héanmhnaoi cuirthear clú ban, has been safely attributed to Aodh. It begins:

It mentions the MacMahon of Airgialla which may indicate personal knowledge of the clan and kingdom.

References

• Dioghluim Dána Láimhbheartach Mac Cionnaith Lambert McKenna (ed), Dublin, Oifig an tSoláthair [Government Publication Office], 1938, pp. 415–419
• The Surnames of Ireland, Edward MacLysaght, 1978.

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