Énrí Ó Muirgheasa

Énrí Ó Muirgheasa (Henry Morris) (14 January 1874 – 13 August 1945), was an Irish civil servant, folklore collector and writer.

Biography

Born in Cashlan East, Lisdoonan, Donaghmoyne County Monaghan was a son of Lúcas Ó Muirgheasa, a farmer, and Máire Nic Ward. He attended Lisdoonan school but learned to read and write as Gaeilge from his granduncle, Proinsias Ó Conghaile. He was appointed monitor at Lisdoonan school in 1888, where he established the first Monaghan branch of the Gaelic League. Ó Muirgheasa graduated as a teacher from St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra, in 1900, obtaining a teacher post at St. Malachy's, Dundalk, in 1901, where he was one of the founders of the Louth Historical and Archaeological Society in 1903.

Family

Ó Muirgheasa married harpist and fellow teacher, Eibhlín Ní Raghallaigh/Helen O'Reilley of Dundalk in 1906. Their son, Colum, was born and died in 1907. Eibhlín died in 1908. In 1912, he remarried to Máire Woods from County Galway..

Bibliography

Abhráin Airt Mhic Chubhthaigh, 1916
Oíche áirneáil i dTír Chonaill, 1924
Amhrán na Midhe, 1933
Dánta Diadha Uladh, 1936
Amhráin na Midhe le hÉnrí Ó Muirgheasa, Lesa Ní Mhunghaile, Navan, Meath Archaeological and Historical Society, 2015

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