Lacky Ó Máille
Lacky Ó Máille (fl. 18th century) was an Irish friar and poet. Ó Máille, called "the troubled friar" by Brien O'Rourke, was a native of Partry, County Mayo. He was expelled from a seminary "for rakish behaviour" by his cousin, an Athair Maolmhuire Ó Máille.
Also recorded as Lacky O Maille
Lacky Ó Máille
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This event inspired the first of two songs of his, both titled Leaici an Chuil Bhain. He married a Widow Badger who ran an inn near Partry, but she was troubled by the unseemly attention he paid to other women. Few of his poems and songs have survived.
The recorded working language is Irish.
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