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At the library in Dublin, I stumbled across a wonderful collection edited by Sean Lucy calledLove poems of the Irish. Although this 1967 book is now out of print, it contains many an Irish love poem translated with craft by some of the foremost Irish scholars such as the first president o...
Irish Poems is a treasury of poetry from the Emerald Isle, stretching back fourteen centuries. From the romantic ballad to the rebel song, from devotional Christian verse to revivals of ancient Celtic myth, poetry has long been Ireland's most eloquent response to its turbulent and colorful ...
Here too are accounts of dangerous sea storms, the northern lights as seen in Ireland, and the dreadful consequences of the Great Frost in Ireland (1739–1741). And Ireland's diverse and often dramatic landscape is recorded in poems on the waterfall at Powerscourt and the lakes and mountains...
Also from Arlen House, Cathal Ó Searcaigh’s Gafa i nGaza draws on early Irish literature, Greek mythology and the Old Testament as well as poems of love and loss, There’s also a smidgen of humour – such as the 80-year-old woman learning Irish who now use...
Visit ourIrish Love PoemsandIrish Wedding Poemspages for poetry, verse and songs of love, many translated from Gaelic. There is more on the love theme on ourIrish Wedding BlessingsandWedding toastspages Checkout ourIrish cursespage for some other funny sayings. ...
traditions. This is the smith-kingCuilleanor ‘Guillean’ – creator of magical weapons and armour for Ulster kings and heroes, and namesake for the famous Irish hero Cuchullain. 19thC Irish mythographer Nicholas O’Kearney had this to say about him in the context of Ireland’s old gods:...
The headstone bears the epitaph "Walk on air against your better judgement", from one of his poems, "The Gravel Walks". Birthplace: Castledawson, United Kingdom Nationality: Republic of Ireland Works: The Cure at Troy, Beowulf, Death of a Naturalist, The Spirit Level, Opened Ground: ...
Samuel Beckett remains one of the most significant writers of the twentieth century. Ruthlessly experimental, his plays, novels, and poems represent a sustained attack on the realist tradition. DrMark Nixonlooks at the mutating nature of Beckett's literary style and explains why he didn't choose...
In Clochdánta/The poetry of stone, her husband Pádraig Ó Snodaigh, will read from a beautiful suite of poems about their life together. There will also be music from her sons Rossa and Colm, from the band Kíla. Biddy Jenkinson will read selections of Clíodhna’s poetry and prose. ...