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He is emphatic in his attribution of plebeian origins to bardic detractors...’.
He is emphatic in his attribution of plebeian origins to bardic detractors...’.
Tar éis dó ‘Laoi Oisín i dTír na nÓg’ a phlé deir sé: ‘To conclude then, the case remains unproven, while it is certainly possible that Micheál Coimín could have written the poem, there is no solid historical evidence that would validate such an attribution.’ Chuaigh a mhac Michael, a rugadh i gCill Chorcráin i 1704, chun na Fraince agus thabhaigh clú dó féin mar dhochtúir.
Deir Cunningham: ‘While it is unlikely that the attribution of these verses to Keating is accurate, the fact that such a poem was attributed to him by later generations emphasises Keating’s reputation as one who valued and thereby enhanced the status of the Irish language.’ Leagtar air freisin; ‘Mo thruaighe mar atá Éire’ agus ‘Mór antrom Inse Bhanbha’.
Perhaps it was the fact that Maghnus Ó Domhnaill amused himself with such literary trifles, coupled with his assistants’ desire to secure an unusually handsome reward, that prompted the attribution of almost the whole work to him by the real author or authors.’ Suirniú de shórt ar a charactar, agus tagairt do cheisteanna atá gan freagairt, is ea an paragraf seo ag Bradshaw: ‘The awkward fact is that Magnus must be portrayed both as sceptical and devout; scoffing at the peccadilloes of friars, yet the founder of a Franciscan community and the enthusiastic promoter of religious reform.