Murchadh Bacagh Ó Cobhthaigh

Murchadh Bacagh Ó Cobhthaigh, Irish poet, died 1478.

Ó Cobhthaigh was a member of a hereditary bardic family based in what is now County Westmeath. His obit in the Annals of the Four Masters describe him as an ollamh, a professor of poetry, indicating that his verses were very highly regarded. No examples of his work is known to survive.

See also

• An Clasach Ó Cobhthaigh, died 1415.
• Aedh Ó Cobhthaigh, died 1452.

References

• Ó Cobhthaigh family, pp. 435–436, in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, volume 41, Norbury-Osbourne, September 2004.