Lughaidh Ó Cléirigh
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Lughaidh Ó Cléirigh (c. 1580 – c. 1640) was an Irish Gaelic poet and historian.
Born in County Donegal, Lughaidh was cousin of renowned Gaelic historian Mícheál Ó Cléirigh. Lughaidh was the chief of his sept and participated in the Contention of the bards, a literary controversy of early 17th century Ireland.[1] He was the author of Beatha Aodha Ruaidh UÍ Dhomhnaill (Life of Red Hugh O'Donnell), a biography of Red Hugh, a leader in the Nine Years War.
[edit] See also
- Tadhg Og Ó Cianáin
- Peregrine Ó Duibhgeannain
- Mícheál Ó Cléirigh
- James Ussher
- Sir James Ware
- Mary Bonaventure Browne
- Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh
- Ruaidhrí Ó Flaithbheartaigh
- Uilliam Ó Duinnín
- Charles O'Conor (historian)
- Eugene O'Curry
- John O'Donovan
