Gilla Mo Dutu Úa Caiside


Gilla Mo Dutu Úa Caiside was a Gaelic Irish poet.

Biography

Closely associated with Tighearnán Ua Ruairc, King of Bréifne, he was attached to the monastery of Daminis, and possibly to the church of Ard Brecáin, apparently been a cleric.
His two famous compositions are Éri óg inis na náem and the Banshenchas.
The Ó Caiside family later became – from the 14th centuryprominent in Fermanagh, and many of them became hereditary doctors to the Maguire chieftains.
His known compositions are: