Liam an Dúna Mac Cairteáin

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Who is Liam an Dúna Mac Cairteáin?

Liam an Dúna Mac Cairteáin, Irish poet, 1668–1724.

Mac Cairteáin was a Jacobite, and served as an officer in a regiment raised by the MacCarthy or MacCartney family. He fought at the battle of Beal Atha Salainn a few miles from his native home, where he led the men of his district in an ambush on a group of Williamite soldiers.

Mac Cairteáin died in November in 1724. His son, Donall an Dúna Mac Cairteáin, received all his books .

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on July 23, 2013

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