Ó an Cháintighe explained

Ó an Cháintighe, an Irish Bardic family of west Cork. The medieval poet Fear Feasa Ó'n Cháinte was the composer of the following poems:

• A shaoghail ón a shaoghail
• Bean dá chumhadh críoch Ealla
• Gluais a litir go Lunndain

The surname is derived from the Gaelic term cáinteach (satirical). It is now given as Ó Canty or Canty.

See also

• Tadhg Olltach Ó an Cháinte
• Graham Canty

External links

• http://www.ucc.ie/celt/itbardic.html#feasaonchainte

References

• The Surnames of Ireland, Edward MacLysaght, Dublin, 1978, p. 36.