Toirdhealbhach Ua Cearbhalláin (1670 - 1738)

Born 1670 in Nobber, County Meath, Ireland

Died 25 Mar 1738 at about age 68 in Ballyfarnon, County Roscommon, Ireland

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Toirdhealbhach Ua Cearbhalláin was born in Ireland.

Toirdhealbhach Ua Cearbhalláin is Notable.

Toirdhealbhach was an Irish Poet.

Toirdhealbhach Ua Cearbhalláin (1670 – 25 March 1738) was a blind harper, composer, poet and singer in Ireland, who is remembered as "the Last of the Irish Bards".

Toirdhealbhach Ua Cearbhalláin (rendered in modern Irish as Toirdhealbhach Ó Cearbhalláin, anglicised usually as Turlough O'Carolan, and sometimes as Terence Carolan) was born in 1670^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]} near Nobber, County Meath^{[1][2][3][4][5]} (or alternatively in Newtown, County Westmeath^[6]). His father John was a small farmer^[1][5][6] and/or a blacksmith.^[1][2][4][5]

He married Mary Maguire of County Fermanagh in 1720;^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]} they had seven children.^[1][3][4][5]

He passed away on the 25th March 1738^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]} in Alderford House, Ballyfarnon, County Roscommon^[1][2] and was interred in the MacDermott Roe family crypt at Kilronan Abbey.^[4][5][7]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} DIB: White, Harry. Carolan, Turlough (Ó Cearbhalláin), Toirdhealbhach. Dictionary of Irish Biography (2009). https://www.dib.ie/biography/carolan-turlough-o-cearbhallain-toirdhealbhach-a1492.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} Encyclopaedia Britannica: Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Turlough O’Carolan". Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 Jan. 2023, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Turlough-OCarolan. Accessed 22 January 2023.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} National Museum of Ireland: “O'Carolan's Harp.” National Museum of Ireland. Accessed January 22, 2023. https://www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collections-Research/Collection/Documentation-Discoveries/Artefact/O%E2%80%99Carolan%E2%80%99s-Harp/dada0505-9683-4498-a823-dfddae4a703f.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6} irishamerica.com: “Turlough O'Carolan: The Irish Vivaldi.” Irish America, September 1, 2018. https://www.irishamerica.com/2018/09/turlough-ocarolan-the-irish-vivaldi/.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7} Irish Culture and Customs: Haggerty, Bridget. “Tribute to Turlough.” Irish Culture and Customs. Accessed January 22, 2023. https://www.irishcultureandcustoms.com/AMusic/OCarolan.html.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4} The Cabinet of Irish Literature: Read, Charles A. "Turlough O'Carolan." in "The Cabinet of Irish Literature", Vol. 1, 1880. Accessed https://www.libraryireland.com/articles/TurloughOCarolanCIL/
7. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #5859259 (accessed 22 January 2023)
   Memorial page for Turlough O'Carolan Famous memorial (1670-25 Mar 1738), citing Kilronan Abbey, Keadue, County Roscommon, Ireland; Maintained by Find a Grave.

See also:

• Wikidata: Item Q335838, en:Wikipedia
• https://cs.isabart.org/person/37578