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Thread #58956 Message #3172492
Posted By: GUEST
18-Jun-11 - 03:58 PM
Thread Name: Bimis ag ol
Subject: RE: Bimis ag ol
Eoghan Ruadh Ó Súilleabháin, for those who don't know, is also known as Sean O'Di, as in th efamous ballad. Eoghan rose with the men of Mayo in 1798, and was executed by the English forces when the French retreated adn abandoned the IRish Insurgents. Eoghan was a masterful poet in Gaelic, and reputedly, a bardic singer. All of the ladies loved their Sean O'Di!