Brian Ó hUiginn
Irish poet
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| Intro | Irish poet | |
| Places | Ireland | |
| is | Poet | |
| Work field | Literature | |
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| Death | 1 January 1476 |
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Brian Ó hUiginn, Irish poet, died Maundy Thursday, 1476.
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Brian was a member of a branch of the Ó hUiginn brehon family, based in what is now County Mayo.
The Annals of the Four Masters recorded his death, sub anno 1476, as follows:
- Brian, the son of Farrell Roe O'Higgin, head of his own tribe, superintendent of the schools of Ireland, and preceptor in poetry, died on Maunday-Thursday, and was interred at Ath-leathan.
Brian had at least one son, Aed mac Brian Ó hUiginn (died 1487). Others sons may have been Domnall mac Brian Ó hÚigínn and Cairbre mac Brian Ó hUiginn (died 1505).