Úna Ní Bhroin

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

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

Biography

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
  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.
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