Closely associated with
Tighearnán Ua Ruairc, King of
Bréifne, he was attached to the monastery of
Daminis and possibly to the church of
Ard Brecáin, being a cleric. His two famous compositions are
Éri óg inis na náem and the
Banshenchas. The
Ó Caiside family later became – from the 14th century – prominent in
Fermanagh, and many of them became hereditary doctors to the Maguire chieftains. His known compositions are: •
Éri óg inis na náem • The
Banshenchas (
Ádam óenathair na ndóene) • Eight poems in the lives of St. Mo Laisse and M'Áedóc •
Ca lion mionn ag Maodhócc •
Cert Maodhócc ar shluagh Mhancach •
Comhroinn Maodhócc, fa mór modh •
Eittirbretha Maodhócc min •
Uasal an mac, mac Setna •
Cia is fearr cairt ar dháil mláisi •
Cia thairngir mlaisi ria theacht •
Molaisi eolach na heagna •
Cuibdea comanmann na rig •
Sé rígh déag Eoghain anall ==References==