Nleabhar branach or book of the o'byrnes

According to colophons in the mss, the first recorded transcript of the leabhar branach was made by brian mac giollaphadraig, a scion of the ruling family of upper ossory, and later vicarapostolic of the diocese of ossory. The obyrnes have long been close to their kinsmen the otoole family. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. While the survival of leabhar branach the poem book of the obyrnes is something to be celebrated, the wider loss is reflected in an examination in this. A collection of bardic poetry written for and addressed to the o broin. The obyrnes of crioch bhranach were divided into four separate lordships, while to the south an increasingly independent branch of the obyrnes controlled gabhal raghnaill, or ranelagh, and again this branch embraced a number of important chieftaincies. On the gaelic irish side, some, such as the senior branch of the obyrnes. Comprises the poem books of four generations of the. The book of the obyrnes irish literature verse by mac airt sean isbn. This includes anna obyrne, an australian singer and actress, and anna marie obyrne, an american model. There are many famous people with this irish last name. O broin is an irish clann that descend from bran mac maelmorda, king of leinster, of the ui faelain of the ui dunlainge.

Before the norman invasion of ireland they began to colonise south wicklow. It was here that an leabhar branach the book of the obyrnes was composed by poets and bards who fled there after the fall of the gaelic. According to its modern editor, sean mac airt, the leabhar branach, apart from its linguistic value, is important in that it affords us some insight from an irish standpoint into the life and fortunes of a sept bordering the pale, during an interesting if unhappy era of our history vii. The book of leinster, formerly lebar na nuachongbala thesaurus palaeohibernicus. Bibliography manuscript studies periodicals and collectanea celtic grammar irish language irish literature irish history and genealogy welsh breton hibernolatin information bulletins ecommerce, open source, shop, online shopping, store. The obyrnes have an identity that extends a great deal further back in time than the origin of their surname, an identity which reaches back through the subtribe of ui faelain, and the early tribe of ui dunlainge, to prehistoric myth and legend. O broin is an irish clann that descend from bran mac maelmorda.