Brian Ó Corcrán Explained

Brian Ó Corcrán, Irish poet, Ó Corcrán's floruit is uncertain. An earlier Brian Ó Corcrán is listed as a vicar. The surname is now rendered as Corcoran (surname).

Ó Corcrán authored two surviving poems, Mo chion dot bhronnadh, a Bhriain and Rí con Éireann Ábhartach

The first verse of Mo chion dot bhronnadh, a Bhriain is the following:

Irish: Mo chion dot bhronnadh, a Bhriain, a mhic na flatha a finnChliaigh, a aistrigh an toirbheirt truim, h'aisgidh badh oirdheirc aguinn.|label=none

Rí con Éireann Ábhartach, a poem on Irish kings, begins:

Irish: Rí con Éireann Ábhartach coiléan ciuin cruadhbhánaltach; is tuar clú a hoirbhearta áigh cú bhus oirrdhearca n-iomráidh.|label=none

See also

• Felimidh Ó Corcrán
• Cahalan Ó Corcrán
• Fláithrí Ó Corcrán

References

• Irish Bardic Poetry, Ed. Osborn Bergin, Dublin, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (1970) page 63-65.
• * The Surnames of Ireland, Edward MacLysaght, 1978.

External links

• http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/G402213/index.html
• http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&UserID=