# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brian-merriman
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:30:31.420Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brian-merriman"
name: "Brian Merriman"
slug: "brian-merriman"
description: "Brian Merriman or in Irish Brian Mac Giolla Meidhre was an 18th-century Irish-language bard, farmer, hedge school teacher, and Irish traditional musician from rural County Clare."
tagline: "Irish poet"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sculpture_of_Brian_Merriman%2C_Ennistymon_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1602652.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1747"
deathDate: "1805-07-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.38
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.678978666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Merriman"
    title: "Brian Merriman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "بريان ميريمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Merriman"
    title: "Brian Merriman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Merriman"
    title: "Brian Merriman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Merriman"
    title: "Brian Merriman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Merriman"
    title: "Brian Merriman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Merriman"
    title: "Brian Merriman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Mac_Giolla_Meidhre"
    title: "Brian Mac Giolla Meidhre"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Merriman"
    title: "Brian Merriman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2738527"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump