Dominic Ó Mongain

Dominic Ó Mongain was an Irish poet, alive during the 18th century.

Poetry

The poem An raibh túag an gcairraig? is ascribed to Ó Mongain, a poet of County Tyrone. Ó Doibhlin suggests that he may be

"one and the same as Domini Mungan of Tyrone who is listed by Echlin O'Kean (?O'Keane) as one of four second rate players on the harp alive in 1797/1798. His surname possibly indicates that he was a native of Termonmongan in the Castlederg area of Tyrone. Poetry writing and harp playing seem on occasions to have gone hand in hand in Gaelic Ireland, but O'Mongain did not appear at the Harp Festival of 1792 in Belfast, and I have found no further references to him.

See also

• Belfast Harp Festival

References

• Diarmaid Ó Doibhlin (2000) Tyrone's Gaelic Literary Legacy in Tyrone:History and Society, pp. 424–25.