The O’Clerys: hereditary historians and poets

The forebears of the O’Clerys had been kings of Connacht and later lords in Kilmacduagh diocese in south County Galway until Anglo-Norman invaders expelled them in the thirteenth century. According to historian Edel Bhreathnach, the O’Clerys and other aristocratic poets   ‘. . . all belonged to families from the north and west of Ireland ... Read more

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