Eoghan Ruadh Mac an Bhaird
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Eoghan Ruadh Mac an Bhaird, Gaelic
Gaels
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-Irish
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 Bardic poet, c. 1600 - c. 1610?

Eoghan Ruadh was a member of the Mac an Bhaird
Mac an Bhaird
The Mac an Bháird family was one of the learned families of late medieval Ireland. The name has evolved over many centuries, the anglicized forms coming down to us as MacAward, McWard, MacEward, MacEvard, Macanward, M'Ward, and its most commonly used variant today: Ward...

 clan of professional poets, originally from County Galway
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 with a more notable branch settleing in County Donegal
County Donegal
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 in the 14th or 15th century.

His surviving compositions as A bhráighe tá i dtor London, Leabhran Gaedhilge, Sgeala Craidhte, Comhdhail Siothchana, and Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill, the latter for Hugh Roe Ó Donnell.

External links

  • http://www.ucc.ie/celt/online/G402143/header.html
  • http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&UserID=
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