Aithbhreac Inghean Coirceadal

Aithbhreac Inghean Coirceadal
Aithbhreac Inghean Coirceadal
Years active	1470
Known for	Author of the earliest documented poem in Classic Scottish Gaelic, written by a woman.

Aithbhreac Inghean Coirceadal (fl. 1470) was a medieval Scottish poet.

Biography

In 1470, she wrote an elegy to her husband, Niall Og Mac Neill, Constable of Castle Sween, Knapdale, which was the earliest documented poem in Classic Scottish Gaelic, written by a woman.[1] It was written in the Classic Bardic meter and is one of only four existing poems written in this style by a woman.[2]

References

Frater, Ann (2006). "Aithbhreac Inghean Coirceadal". In Ewan, Elizabeth L.; Innes, Sue; Pipes, Rose; Reynolds, Sian (eds.). Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women: From Earliest Times to 2004. Edinburgh University Press. p. 8. ISBN 0748617132.
Ewan, Elizabeth; Pipes, Rose; Rendall, Jane; Reynolds, Siân (eds.). The new biographical dictionary of Scottish women. Edinburgh University Press. p. 8. ISBN 9781474436281.

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[1] Frater, Ann (2006). "Aithbhreac Inghean Coirceadal". In Ewan, Elizabeth L.; Innes, Sue; Pipes, Rose; Reynolds, Sian (eds.). Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women: From Earliest Times to 2004. Edinburgh University Press. p. 8. ISBN 0748617132.

[2] Ewan, Elizabeth; Pipes, Rose; Rendall, Jane; Reynolds, Siân (eds.). The new biographical dictionary of Scottish women. Edinburgh University Press. p. 8. ISBN 9781474436281.