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Brian Ó Corcrán, Irish poet, died 1624?
Ó Corcrán"s floruit is uncertain. 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.
