Donnacadh Ruadh Mac Conmara was born in Clare in the year 1715 and he stayed with his parents until he was about 15 years of age.

He was then sent to Rome to college to study for the priesthood.He stayed here for some years but he was expelled from college for his bad conduct.After that he came to Waterford, he went to the West of Waterford and came to Ardeenlone in Co Waterford where he taught. He taught in an old house there which some of the farmers gave him. Here he taught every evening after the work.He died in the year 1810 at the age of 95, and is buried in Newtown graveyard.One of his poems was the "Fair Hills of Eire". He wrote this poem while he was in Newfoundland.