Gilla Mo Dutu Úa Caiside
Gilla Mo Dutu Úa Caiside was a Gaelic Irish poet.Biography
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, apparently been 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
- 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
