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'''Eochaidh Ó hÉoghusa''', or '''O'Hussey'''<!--or O'Hosey--> in English, (1567–1617) was a well-known Irish [[bardic]] poet.<ref name="ainm">{{cite web |last1=Breathnach |first1=Diarmuid |last2=Ní Mhurchú |first2=Máire |title=Ó hÉoghusa, Eochaidh (''c''.1568–1612) |url=https://www.ainm.ie/Bio.aspx?ID=1446 |publisher=An Roinn Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán |website=An Bunachar Náisiúnta Beathaisnéisí Gaeilge |trans-website=The National Database of Irish Biographies |access-date=29 July 2021 |language=Irish}}</ref><ref name="dib">{{cite dictionary|last1=Breathnach |first1=Diarmuid |last2=Ní Mhurchú |entry=Ó hEódhusa (O'Hussey), Eochaidh |dictionary=Dictionary of Irish Biography |publisher=Cambridge University Press |date=2009 |entry-url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/o-heodhusa-ohussey-eochaidh-a6374 |doi=10.3318/dib.006374.v1}}</ref><ref name="Branach"/>{{rp|xii}}<br />
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==Life==<br />
A native of [[Ulster]], born probably in {{lang|ga|Baile Uí Eodhasa|italic=no}} (Ballyhoo/Ballyhose), in what is now [[County Fermanagh]],<ref name="ainm"/><ref name="dib"/><ref name="breatnach1993">{{cite journal|last=Breatnach |first=Pádraig A. |author-link=<!--Pádraig A. Breatnach--> |title=Eochaidh Ó hEódhusa (c. 1560–1612) |journal=Éigse: A Journal of Irish Studies |volume=27 |date=1993 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l5jhAAAAMAAJ&q=%22%C3%93+hE%C3%B3dhusa%22 |pages=127–129}}</ref> Ó hÉoghusa was employed for much of his life by the Mág Uidhir ([[Maguire]]) chiefs of [[Fermanagh]].<ref name="ainm"/><ref name="dib"/> He received land during the Plantation of Ulster in 1610.<ref name="Aithdioghluim">{{cite book |last1=McKenna |first1=Lambert |title=Aithdioghluim Dána |date=1939 |publisher=Irish Texts Society |location=Dublin |volume=1 |page=xxxiv |no-pp=yes}}</ref><br />
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Among his most well-known works are several poems included in the [[Leabhar Branach]], a literary compendium of mostly Gaelic poets of [[Leinster]],<ref name="Branach">{{Cite book|title=Leabhar Branach: The Book of the O'Byrnes|publisher=Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies|year=1944|isbn=978-1-85500-008-7|editor-last=Mac Airt|editor-first=Seán}}</ref>{{rp|xii}} dedicated to the [[O'Byrne family|O'Byrne]] chiefs of [[County Wicklow|Wicklow]] who "by their success in maintaining the independence and integrity of their mountainous territory against great odds until the final collapse, they were in a position to attract poets of repute from distant parts of Ireland."<ref name="Branach"/>{{rp|xiii}}<br />
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Not only did he compose praises for the Maguires, but wrote a poem in 1603 ('Mór theasda dh'obair Óivid..') celebrating the enthronement of [[James VI and I|James VI in Scotland]],<ref name="dib"/><ref name="hughes1993"/> and in his obituary, the poet was lauded as a man "esteemed by the Gael and the Foreigner".<ref name="dib"/><ref name="hughes1993">{{cite journal|last=Hughes |first=Art J. |author-link=<!--Art J. Hughes --> |title=Eochaidh Ó hEódhusa (c. 1560–1612) |journal=Études celtiques |date=1993 |url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/ecelt_0373-1928_1998_num_34_1_2140 |page=256<!--233–264-->}}</ref><ref name="walsh">{{cite journal|last=Walsh |first=Paul |author-link=Paul Walsh (priest) |title=(Review) ''Irish Poets, Historians, and Judges in English Documents, 1588–1615''. Thomas F. O Rahilly, M. A. ''Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy'', Volume xxvi. Section C, No. 6, pages 86–120 |journal=The Irish Ecclesiastical Record |volume=21 |date=January–June 1928|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iGz1RQU1aLAC&pg=PA221 |page=221<!--220–223-->}}</ref><br />
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==Selected works==<br />
Some of his compositions include:<br />
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* {{lang|ga|An tú ar gcéadaithne, a charrag?}}<br />
* {{lang|ga|A-tám i gcás eidir dhá chomhairle}}<br />
* {{lang|ga|Bíodh aire ag Ultaibh ar Aodh}}<br />
* {{lang|ga|Dealg athálaidh othras Taidhg}}<br />
* {{lang|ga|Fód codarsna críoch Bhanbha}}<br />
* {{lang|ga|Fúar liom an adhaighsi dh'Aodh}}<br />
* {{lang|ga|Ionmholta malairt bhisigh}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Filí]], the elite bardic poet class of [[Gaelic Ireland]]<br />
* [[Hugh Maguire (Lord of Fermanagh)|Aodh Mág Uidhir]], Lord of Fermanagh, and a patron of Ó hÉoghusa<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* ''Filíocht Ghrá na Gaeilge/Love Poems in Irish'' (eag/ed.) Ciarán Mac Murchaidh, 2008; {{ISBN|978-1-901176-86-5}}<br />
* ''[[An Leabhar Mòr]]/The Great Book of Gaelic'', ed. [[Theo Dorgan]] and Malcolm Maclean, 2008.<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://celt.ucc.ie/ CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts]<br />
** [https://celt.ucc.ie/itbardic.html#tadhgog CELT Index of Published Irish Texts: Bardic Poetry]<br />
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