Brian Ó Corcrán

Brian Ó Corcrán, Irish poet, d. c. 1624 Ó Corcrán's floruit is uncertain. An earlier Brian Ó Corcrán (d. 1487) is listed as a vicar. The surname is now rendered as Corcoran (surname).

Ó Corcrán authored two surviving poems, Mo chion dot bhronnadh, a Bhriain and Rí con Éireann Ábhartach

The first verse of Mo chion dot bhronnadh, a Bhriain is the following:

 Mo chion dot bhronnadh, a Bhriain, a mhic na flatha a finnChliaigh, a aistrigh an toirbheirt truim, h'aisgidh badh oirdheirc aguinn.

Rí con Éireann Ábhartach, a poem on Irish kings, begins:

 Rí con Éireann Ábhartach coiléan ciuin cruadhbhánaltach; is tuar clú a hoirbhearta áigh cú bhus oirrdhearca n-iomráidh.