Artist Biography Available in: Peadar Ó Doirnín (c. 1700 - 1769), also known in English as Peter O'Dornin, was an Ulster Irish schoolteacher and Irish language poet and songwriter.
Ó Doirnín was born c.1700 possibly near Dundalk in County Louth. He was a teacher and the master of a number of hedge schools in Counties Louth and Armagh. He died at Forkill in 1769 and his elegy was composed by fellow poet Art Mac Cumhaigh. Ó Doirnín is buried in Urnaí graveyard in north County Louth. The Forkhill Peadar Ó Doirnín GAA club was named to commemorate the poet
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