- Colmán mac Lénéni
Colmán mac Lénéni, 530-c. 606, religious poet.
Believed to be born in
Desmond (nowCounty Cork ), Colmán is regarded as the founded of Cluain Uama (Cloyne ). His surviving verses date from the period 565-604, and are among the earliest examples of Irish writing in the Latin alphabet.ource
*"Oxford Concise Companion to Irish Literature", Robert Welsh, 1996. ISBN 0-19-280080-9
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