Eoghan Mac an Bhaird

Eoghan Mac an Bhaird (fl. between 1200 and 1600) was an Irish poet.

Eoghan was a member of the Mac an Bhaird 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:

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.

External links

• http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/G402125/index.html
• http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&UserID=