Uallach ingen Muinecháin explained

Uallach ingen Muinechain (died 934) was an Irish poet and Chief Ollam of Ireland.^[1]

Uallach was of the Corca Dhuibhne of County Kerry, described as a banfhile Herend/woman-poet of Ireland in her obituary in the Annals of Innisfallen. Women poets are notable by their near-total absence from Gaelic sources, and nothing is known of Uallach or her work.

References

• Uallach ingen Muinechain, Maire Ni Dhonnchadha, in The Encyclopaedia of Ireland, p. 1087, Dublin, 2003.

External links

• Annals of the Four Masters

Notes and References

1. Book: Meek, Christine. The fragility of her sex? : medieval Irishwomen in their European context. 1996. Four Courts Press. Dublin. 1851821724. Simms, Katharine .