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  2. Tuireamh na hÉireann - Wikipedia

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    "Tuireamh na hÉireann," opening lines, translated by Martin A. O'Brennan The poem refers to the Cromwellian conquest as ‘ an cogadh do chríochnaigh Éire ’ (the war that finished Ireland). Legacy On "Tuireamh na hÉireann," Vincent Morley wrote that it was "arguably one of the most important works ever written in Ireland. Composed in simple metre, easily understandable and capable of ...

  3. Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep - Wikipedia

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    The poem on a gravestone at St Peter’s church, Wapley, England. " Do not stand by my grave and weep " is the first line and popular title of the bereavement poem " Immortality ", presumably written by Clare Harner in 1934. Often now used is a slight variant: "Do not stand at my grave and weep".

  4. Émonn Ó Braonain - Wikipedia

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    Ó Braonain was the subject of a 36 verse lament, Caoineadh Émonn Ó Braonain, written sometime after his death. Paul Walsh had the following to say of the poem: "The poem is anonymous in the manuscript. It was evidently written by one who had a training in the schools, possibly by an Cobhthaigh. That family gave many poets to Ireland, and the ...

  5. Irish poetry - Wikipedia

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    John Jordan (1930–1988) was an Irish poet born in Dublin on 8 April 1930. He was a celebrated literary critic from the late 1950s until his death in June 1988 in Cardiff, Wales, where he had participated in the Merriman Summer School. Jordan was also a short-story writer, literary editor, poet and broadcaster.

  6. Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire - Wikipedia

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    Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire or the Lament for Art Ó Laoghaire is an Irish keen composed in the main by Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill, a member of the Gaelic gentry in the 18th century, who was born in County Kerry and lived near Macroom, County Cork, after her marriage to Art. The caoineadh has been described as the greatest poem written in ...

  7. Hiraeth - Wikipedia

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    Hiraeth (Welsh pronunciation: [hɪraɨ̯θ, hiːrai̯θ] [1]) is a Welsh word that has no direct English translation. The University of Wales, Lampeter, likens it to a homesickness tinged with grief and sadness over the lost or departed, especially in the context of Wales and Welsh culture. [2] It is a mixture of longing, yearning, nostalgia ...

  8. Eavan Boland - Wikipedia

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    Eavan Boland. Eavan Aisling Boland[1] (/ iːˈvæn ˈæʃlɪŋ ˈboʊlənd /, ee-VAN; [2] 24 September 1944 – 27 April 2020) was an Irish poet, author, and professor. She was a professor at Stanford University, where she had taught from 1996. [3][4] Her work deals with the Irish national identity, and the role of women in Irish history. [4]

  9. The Stolen Child - Wikipedia

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    The Stolen Child. The poem was written in 1886 and is considered to be one of Yeats's more notable early poems. The poem is based on Irish legend and concerns faeries beguiling a child to come away with them. Yeats had a great interest in Irish mythology about faeries resulting in his publication of Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry ...

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