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Úna Ní Bhroin

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Úna Ní Bhroin
Born
Úna Ní Bhroin
Died5 February 1706/7

Úna Ní Bhroin (died 5 February 1706/7), was a Gaelic poet.

Biography

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Úna Ní Bhroin was a Gaelic poet. She married Seán Ó Neachtain, poet and scholar. They had three children, Tadhg, Lúcás, and Anna, and lived in the Liberties near Thomas Street in Dublin. She wrote about 1670 and died on February 5 in either 1706 or 1707. She was believed to be a friend of Máire Ní Reachtagáin and a relation of Edmund Byrne, archbishop of Dublin 1707–24.[1][2][3][4][5]

Sources

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  1. ^ Deane, Seamus; Bourke, Angela; Carpenter, Andrew; Williams, Jonathan (2002). The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing. NYU Press. ISBN 978-0-8147-9906-2.
  2. ^ "Dictionary of Irish Biography - Cambridge University Press". dib.cambridge.org.
  3. ^ Séaghdha, Darach Ó. "The Irish For: Cúpla focal for the happy couple". TheJournal.ie.
  4. ^ "THE PENGUIN BOOK OF IRISH POETRY" (PDF). PENGUIN CLASSICS.
  5. ^ "Úna Ní Bhroin". Modern Poetry in Translation.