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Brian Ó Corcrán, Irish poet, d.c. 1624 Ó Corcrán's floruit is uncertain. An earlier Brian Ó Corcrán (d. 1487) 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:

Mo chion dot bhronnadh, a Bhriain,
a mhic na flatha a finnChliaigh,
a aistrigh an toirbheirt truim,
h'aisgidh badh oirdheirc aguinn.

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

Rí con Éireann Ábhartach
coiléan ciuin cruadhbhánaltach;
is tuar clú a hoirbhearta áigh
cú bhus oirrdhearca n-iomráidh.

See also

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