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Several Irish short-story anthologies have been published since 2000 to meet the demands of the reading public, for example: the Faber Book of Best New Irish Short Stories 2005 and 2007; Irish Short Stories (2011), edited by Joseph O'Connor; Town and Country: New Irish Short Stories (2013), edited and with an introduction by Kevin Barry; The ...
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy 23 P 2 Great Book of Lecan: c. 1380 x 1417 [1] Dublin, Royal Irish Academy 23 P 3 1467 (first part) Composite manuscript, consisting of three parts. [1] Dublin, Royal Irish Academy 23 P 12 Book of Ballymote: 1384–1406 [1] Dublin, Royal Irish Academy 24 P 26 Book of Fenagh: 16th century Dublin, Royal Irish Academy ...
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Early Irish literature, is commonly dated from the 8th or 9th to the 15th century, a period during which modern literature in Irish began to emerge. It stands as one of the oldest vernacular literature in Western Europe, with its roots extending back to late antiquity, as evident from inscriptions utilizing both Irish and Latin found on Ogham stones dating as early as the 4th century.
The literary Irish language (known in English as Classical Irish), was a sophisticated medium with elaborate verse forms, and was taught in bardic schools (i.e. academies of higher learning) both in Ireland and Scotland. [12] These produced historians, lawyers and a professional literary class which depended on the aristocracy for patronage.
Lebor Gabála Érenn (literally "The Book of the Taking of Ireland"; Modern Irish spelling: Leabhar Gabhála Éireann, known in English as The Book of Invasions) is a collection of poems and prose narratives in the Irish language intended to be a history of Ireland and the Irish from the creation of the world to the Middle Ages. There are a ...
The Annals are one of the principal Irish-language sources for Irish history up to 1616. While many of the early chapters are essentially lists of names and dates, the later chapters, dealing with events of which the authors had first-hand accounts, are much more detailed.
The National Library of Ireland houses the Sheehy Skeffington Papers, a collection of articles, books, poems, and other materials of Irish writers and activists, Francis Sheehy Skeffington, and Hanna Sheehy Skeffington. These writings offer an understanding into the influence of the Francis and Hanna Skeffington in early 20th Century Irish ...