Séamus Ó Fearghail
Séamus Ó Fearghail, aka James O Farrell, Irish poet and scribe, fl. 1711-1718. Paul Walsh wrote of him in 1918:[1]
- "James O Farrell we hear of from Tadhg O Neachtain, already referred to: O Fearghail fa dheóigh Séamus seang/a crich Longphortach aird Eireann/James O Farrell the graceful/from the high land of Longford in Erin. He wrote some folios, now in the British Museum, in 1711. There were other scribes later named O Farrell."
Further reading
- Religious, Ossianic and other poetry in Irish; Ossianic tales; Keating's Foras Feasa ar Éirinn; the romantic tale Fís Merlino; genealogies – via National Library of Ireland.
References
- Walsh, Paul (1918). "A Letter From John Mac Solly". Gleanings from Irish manuscripts. p. 202 – via National Library of Scotland.
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