Sorrow is the worst thing in life ...
Sorrow is the worst thing in life ... is the first line, and name, of a poem written in Irish, as an elegy for Féilim Mac Maghnusa Méig Uidhir, who died in 1487. He was a brother of Cathal Óg Mac Maghnusa.
The author of the poem is unknown. It is found on folio 15 verso of , which consists for the most part of the Annals of Ulster, compiled by Féilim's brother, Cathal Óg. It consists of thirty-two quatrains written in two columns in the strict form of rannaigheacht mhór.
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- Elegy on Féilim Mac Maghnusa Méig Uidhir ob. 1487, Brian Ó Cuív, Celtica 23, pp.261-68, 1999
Categories:
- Medieval poetry
- Irish poems
- Early Irish poetry
- Irish literature
- Irish-language literature
- 15th-century poems