Eoghan Ó Donnghaile
Eoghan Ó Donnghaile (Owen O'Donnelly) (fl. C. 1690) was an Irish poet. Eugene O'Curry wrote of Ó Donnghaile in his Manners and Customs, saying that: "About 1680 a controversy sprang up among some of the bards of Ulster as to what race by ancient right belonged the armorial bearing of Ulster – the Red Hand – belonged.
Also recorded as Eoghan O Donnghaile
Eoghan Ó Donnghaile
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Donnghaile took part in the controversy and claimed the Red Hand for the O'Neills of Tyrone." Robin Flower believed that Ó Donnghaile was a member of the bardic family that had fostered Séan 'an díomais' Ó Néill (Shane O'Neill), and there is a lament for Shane – Ceist ar eolchibh iath Éireann/A question for the learned of Ireland.. – attributed to Ó Donnghaile. Shane's fosterage among the Ó Donnghailes of Ballydonnelly, County Tyrone, led to him being known as Shane Ó Donnghaileach. Seosamh Ó Dufaigh held that he may be identical with the Eoghan Ó Donnghaile listed in the 1704 registration of clergy for the parish of Armagh, a priest and the author of Comhairle Mhic Clámha, and Mo choin do theacht Fheidhlime.. Ó Dufaigh sees the latter as salutation to his kinsman, Pádraig Ó Donnghaile, also known as Feilim Brady, The Bard of Armagh. Ó Donnghaile is the author of: • Ceist ar eolchibh iath Éireann/A question for the learned of Ireland.. • Trom na gartha sa a Leith Chuinn/Sad these shouts, oh Leith Chuinn, a lament. • Tuirseach damh aig eirghe lae/Woeful to me the rising of the day.. • Is nar an sgelsa teachd da thigh/Bad is the new that came to your house, a reply to Dermod mac Lewis Mac an Bhaird. Ó Donnghaile is ascribed as author of: • Mo choin do theacht Fheidhlime/Welome to you Feilimidh..
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