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and Ballymurragh, both in the parish of Monagay, near Abbeyfeale, 

 Co. Limerick. The " rimers " referred to were of the famUy of '0 Dalaigh. 



In the Fiauts I note the following pardons of these O'Dalys : " Donald 

 Dalie, of Brossnaghe,' 1.597 [no. 6183]. " Melaghlin DaUe " of or near 

 Castleislaud, and "DonellO Dalie, of Brasnath/' 1601 [no. 6555]. ''Gogherig 

 m'^Dallig I Dally \Gofraidh mac Bdlaigh 'I I>hdlaigli\, of Brosuagh," 1601 

 [no. 6539]. '• Geffery m-'Douell I Dalley, of Brosnagh," 1601 [uo. 6576]. 

 " Coconnaght ni'lTolaghlin oge O Dalie, of Kolliarchon. Melaghlin O Dalie, of 

 same, yeoman, Morrogh Dalie m'Teig, of Brosne, Goherie oge Dalie, of 

 same," 18 Mar., 1601 [no. 6477J. " Owen Dallie, of Templeglantan, Donogli 

 DaUie, of same," 1600 [uo. 6461]. To these may be added " Gillyse Daly, 

 of Templeglantan, in Limerick co., yeoman," pardoned 7 Dec, 1603 (CaL Pat. 

 Eolls, Ja. I., p. 26 a). 



51. Of at least one of these O'Dalys, \\z. Cuclioiniacht mac Maoikuchlainn 

 'Dig, of Kilsarkau, we find elsewhere some mteresting particulars. His father, 

 Maoileachlainn 'Og 'ODala, is mentioned as a poet, c«. 1579, in Eoghau 

 '0 Dubhthaigh's satire on Miler Magrath (23 N 13, p. 192). After the downfall 

 of the great house of Desmond Ciiehonnacht went north to Aodh Euadh 

 'O Domhuaill, with whom he remained for some years, and on leaving whom 

 he composed the poem Cionnus do fhuigfiniise Aodh ?' "WTiile ou his way back 

 from Ulster he may have paid a visit to the O'Byrnes' country,- for in the 

 Leahhar Branaeh^ we find a poem by Cuchonnacht '0 Dalaigh (either the 

 present poet, or a namesake of whom we know nothing further) in praise of 

 Feidhlim (son of Fiacha mac Aodha) '0 Broin.' The Fiant quoted above shows 

 him back again in his native district in 1601. From an elegy on him by 

 Maoldomhnaigh '0 Muirgheasain (23 L 17, fo. 106 a), we see that he Hved on 

 until 1642, and that he died at Tolchaj' where he had conducted a school. 



52. More remarkable still appears to have been the career of Cuchon- 

 nacht's brother, Conchuhhar '0 Dalaigh. He was a devot«d adherent of 



' St. A. V. 1, fo. 77 a, where the title is Cuchonnacht mac Jlaoileaddoinn oig 'I Dhdlaigh 

 (on Mumhain), do hhi seedfada i ffoehair 'I DhomhnaHl,A6dh Biiadh, do rinne so do ria 

 ttriall da dhuthaigli. 



- There would be nothing surprising in this, for the stout fight for independence put up 

 by Fiacha ' O Broin and his sons, at a time when most of Ireland was falling an easy prey 

 to Elizabeth, drew from time to time not a few poets from other parts to the O'Byme 

 stronghold of BaUinacor — Tadhg Dall O Huiginn, Eochaidh 'O Heoghusa, and Donnchadh 

 'O Fialain (see 5 21', for example. 



^H. l.U, fo. 115 b. 



♦Similarly it is just possible that the Giolla-iosa 'O Dalaigh, of Templeglantan, 

 pardoned in 1603, is the poet of that name who wrote a poem in praise of the sons of 

 Fiacha mac Aodha (H. 1. 14, fo. 113;, and who appears to be otherwise unknoivTi. 



= Xot improbably the townland of Tullaha, in the parish of KiUagholehane (of. § 11), 

 near Broadford, Co. Limerick. 



