Cairbre mac Brian Ó hUiginn
He was a member of a branch of the Ó hUiginn brehon family. The Annals of the Four Masters recorded his death, sub anno 1505, as follows: • Carbry, the son of Brian O'Higgin, Professor of Poetry, died in Westmeath. Mentioned in the same obituary was his kinsman, Brian Óge Ó hUiginn.
Also recorded as Cairbre mac Brian O hUiginn
Cairbre mac Brian Ó hUiginn
- Died
- 1505
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- poet
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His father was Brian Ó hUiginn, whose other sons included the poets Domnall mac Brian Ó hÚigínn and Aed mac Brian Ó hUiginn.
Cairbre mac Brian Ó hUiginn was a poet.
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