Úna Ní Bhroin (died 5 February 1706/7), was a Gaelic poet.
Úna Ní Bhroin | |
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| Born | Úna Ní Bhroin |
| Died | 5 February 1706/7 |
Biography edit
Úna Ní Bhroin was a Gaelic poet. She married Seán Ó Neachtain, poet and scholar. They had three children, Tadhg, Lúcás, and Anna, and lived in the Liberties near Thomas Street in Dublin. She wrote about 1670 and died on February 5 in either 1706 or 1707. She was believed to be a friend of Máire Ní Reachtagáin and a relation of Edmund Byrne, archbishop of Dublin 1707–24.[1][2][3][4][5]
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