Cathal Ó Searcaigh

male, 53 years old
Cathal Ó Searcaigh is an Irish poet who writes in the Irish language (specifically the Ulster dialect). He was born in Gortahork, a town in the G...
Máirtín Ó Cadhain

Máirtín Ó Cadhain

male, deceased (1970)
Máirtín Ó Cadhain was one of the most prominent Irish language writers of the twentieth century. Born in Connemara, he studied to be a teacher, but...
Brian Merriman

Brian Merriman

male, deceased (1805)
Brian Merriman was an Irish language poet and teacher. His single surviving work of substance, the 1000 line long " Cúirt An Mheán Oíche" ("The Mid...

Aogán Ó Rathaille

male, deceased (1729)
Aogán Ó Rathaille was an Irish language poet. He was the first and greatest exponent of the "aisling" genre. Ó Rathaille was born in Screathan an...

Geoffrey Keating

male, deceased (1644)
Seathrún Céitinn, known in English as Geoffrey Keating, was a 17th century Irish clergyman, poet and historian. He was born in Burgess, Ba...
Peig Sayers

Peig Sayers

female, deceased (1958)
Peig Sayers was an Irish author and seanachaí born in Dunquin (Dún Chaoin), County Kerry, Ireland. She spent much of her early life as a domestic se...

Antoine Ó Raifteiri

male, deceased (1835)
Antoine Ó Raifteiri (also Antoine Ó Reachtabhra, ) was an Irish language poet who is often called the last of the wandering bards. A native of Ki...

Pádraic Ó Conaire

male, deceased (1928)
Pádraic Ó Conaire was an Irish writer and journalist whose production was primarily in the Irish language.
Muireadhach Albanach

Muireadhach Albanach

male, 909 years old
Muireadhach Albanach Ó Dalaigh was a Gaelic poet and crusader. His name and some textual evidence taken from his own poetry indicate that he was S...

Amhlaoibh Ó Súilleabháin

Amhlaoibh Ó Súilleabháin was an Irish language author, linen draper, politician, and one time hedge school master. He was deeply involved in Dan...