词条 | Émonn Ó Braonain |
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Émonn Ó Braonain (d.30 November 1632) was the subject of an Irish poem. BiographyA resident of Baile Adhaimh (now Adamstown), County Westmeath, his father's name was Tomás. He was succeeded by his son, Oliver, who was dispossessed in the 1650s. His family were of the Cenél nEnnae of the Southern Uí Néill. According to Paul Walsh (priest), "The name of O Braonáin is still common in the parish of Castletown, which lies a few miles to the south of the hill of Uisneach, Baile Ui Bhraonáin, now Brennanstown, in the same parish." Caoineadh Émonn Ó BraonainÓ Braonain was the subject of a 36 verse lament, Caoineadh Émonn Ó Braonain, written sometime after his death. Paul Walsh had the following to say of the poem: "The poem is anonymous in the manuscript. It was evidently written by one who had a training in the schools, possibly by an Cobhthaigh. That family gave many poets to Ireland, and the name was well represented in the neighbourhood of Adamstown in the seventeenth century." Verse 11 describes the subject as "graceful hand/a loss to the poets/a friend to the churches/to his family his death is an evil/ and to the plain of white Meath a sorrow." The poemThe first three verses of the poem are given:
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5 : Irish poems|17th-century Irish people|People from County Westmeath|Date of death missing|Year of birth unknown |
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