Brian Ó hUiginn

Brian Ó hUiginn, Irish poet, died Maundy Thursday, 1476.

Biography

Brian was a member of a branch of the Ó hUiginn brehon family, based in what is now County Mayo.

The Annals of the Four Masters recorded his death, sub anno 1476, as follows:

He may have been related to the Bishop O hUiginn who died in 1478.

Brian had at least one son, Aed mac Brian Ó hUiginn, who died in 1487. Another may have been Domnall mac Brian Ó hÚigínn, as well as Cairbre mac Brian Ó hUiginn, who died in 1505.

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