Gilla Mo Dutu Úa Caiside

Gilla Mo Dutu Úa Caiside (fl. 1147) was a Gaelic Irish poet.

Biography
Closely associated with Tighearnán Ua Ruairc, King of Bréifne, he was attached to the monastery of Daminis and possibly to the church of Ard Brecáin, being a cleric.

His two famous compositions are Éri óg inis na náem and the Banshenchas.

The Ó Caiside family later became – from the 14th century – prominent in Fermanagh, and many of them became hereditary doctors to the Maguire chieftains.

His known compositions are:


 * Éri óg inis na náem
 * The Banshenchas (Ádam óenathair na ndóene)
 * Eight poems in the lives of St. Mo Laisse and M'Áedóc
 * Ca lion mionn ag Maodhócc
 * Cert Maodhócc ar shluagh Mhancach
 * Comhroinn Maodhócc, fa mór modh
 * Eittirbretha Maodhócc min
 * Uasal an mac, mac Setna
 * Cia is fearr cairt ar dháil mláisi
 * Cia thairngir mlaisi ria theacht
 * Molaisi eolach na heagna
 * Cuibdea comanmann na rig
 * Sé rígh déag Eoghain anall