Ó an Cháintighe
Ó an Cháintighe, an Irish Bardic family of west Cork. The medieval poet Fear Feasa Ó'n Cháinte was the composer of the following poems:
- A shaoghail ón a shaoghail
- Bean dá chumhadh críoch Ealla
- Gluais a litir go Lunndain
The surname is derived from the Gaelic term cáinteach (satirical). It is now given as Ó Canty or Canty.
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- The Surnames of Ireland, Edward MacLysaght, Dublin, 1978, p.36.
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