Pádraig Ó Pronntaigh

Life
?1700-1760; b. prob. in Co. Fermanagh where many Ó Pronntaighs (Prunty – whence Brontë) hail from; lived mostly in Co. Louth; more prolific as scribe than as poet. [Note that the original form of the name Brontë is usu. trace to Ó Pronntaigh as the family name of the Antrim-born author of the English novelists.]

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