 Cearbhall was a common name amongst people of the Ó Dálaigh (O'Daly, Daly) surname, and more than one poet of that surname bore the name Cearbhall.The Cearbhall Óg who composed 'Eileanóir a Rún' was from Pallas, near Gorey in County Wexford.The Eileanóir of the poem was the daughter of Sir Morgan Kavanagh of Poll an Mhóintigh in County Wexford.