Lambert McKenna [SEP] date of death
Lambert McKenna
Lambert McKenna S.J. ( (16 July 1870 – 27 December 1956) was a Jesuit priest and writer.
He was born Andrew Joseph Lambert McKenna in Clontarf, and studied in Europe. He collected and edited religious and folk poetry in the Irish language. Working with the Irish Texts Society, he edited the famous Contention of the bards and many anthologies of Irish bardic poetry and historical works. He was an editor of the "Irish Monthly" and "An Timire". He also served as principal of
Muircheartach Ó Cobhthaigh
Muircheartach Ó Cobhthaigh, Irish poet, fl. 1586.
A member of the Ó Cobhthaigh clan of poets from County Westmeath. He is known as the author of six extant poems:
- - "Le dís cuirthear clú Laighean"
- - "Dlighidh liaigh leigheas a charad", one hundred and forty verses, (edited by Lambert McKenna in 1949)
- - "Mairg as dáileamh don digh bhróin", on the death of Garret Nugent, Baron of Delvin (NLI MS