Cairbre mac Brian Ó hUiginn
Irish poet
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Cairbre mac Brian Ó hUiginn, Irish poet, died 1505.
Aed was a member of a branch of the Ó hUiginn brehon family. The Annals of the Four Masters recorded his death, sub anno 1505, as follows:
Carbry, the son of Brian O'Higgin, Professor of Poetry, died in Westmeath. Mentioned in the same obituary was his kinsman, Brian Óge Ó hUiginn.
His father was Brian Ó hUiginn, whose other sons included the poets Domnall mac Brian Ó hÚigínn and Aed mac Brian Ó hUiginn.