Irish literature is literature written in the Irish, Latin, English and Scots (Ulster Scots) languages on the island of Ireland. The earliest recorded...
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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...
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Although Irish has been used as a literary language for more than 1,500 years (see Irish literature), and modern literature in Irish dates – as in most...
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Sundays. The Irish Times is Ireland's leading newspaper. It is considered a newspaper of record for Ireland. Though formed as a Protestant Irish nationalist...
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Irish Gothic literature developed in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Most of the writers were Anglo-Irish. The period from 1691 to 1800 was marked...
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The Irish (Irish: Na Gaeil or Na hÉireannaigh) are an ethnic group and nation native to the island of Ireland, who share a common ancestry, history and...
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be controversial to describe Irish literature as British. For some this includes works by authors from Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom publishes...
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The Irish Wolfhound is a breed of large sighthound that has, by its presence and substantial size, inspired literature, poetry and mythology. One of the...
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writers born in Northern Ireland who emigrated. It includes literature in English, Irish and Ulster Scots. The impact of Irish nationalism that led to...
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franchise and former US Ambassador to Ireland. The prize is awarded to Irish writers aged under 40 who are published in Irish or English. Although often associated...
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literature Theatre of the United Kingdom Literature of Birmingham English novel English poetry List of English-language poets Irish literature Irish theatre...
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W. B. Yeats (redirect from A Student of Irish Literature)
the 1923 Nobel Prize in Literature, and later served two terms as a Senator of the Irish Free State. A Protestant of Anglo-Irish descent, Yeats was born...
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Celtic mythology (redirect from Ancient Irish literature)
ISBN 0-600-00647-6 Mac Cana, Proinsias, The Learned Tales of Medieval Ireland (Irish Literature – Studies), Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (1980): ISBN 1-85500-120-9...
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offerings. Ireland has made a substantial contribution to world literature in all its branches, both in Irish and English. Poetry in Irish is among the...
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Ireland includes the art, music, dance, folklore, traditional clothing, language, literature, cuisine and sport associated with Ireland and the Irish...
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Druid (category Articles containing Old Irish (to 900)-language text)
Both Old Irish druí and Middle Welsh dryw could refer to the wren, possibly connected with an association of that bird with augury in Irish and Welsh...
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Museum of Literature Ireland (Irish: Músaem Litríochta na hÉireann), branded MoLI in an homage to Molly Bloom, is a literary museum in Dublin, Ireland. It opened...
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large corpus of literature, including the Ulster Cycle. From the 12th century, Middle Irish began to evolve into modern Irish in Ireland, into Scottish...
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vernacular literature appeared during the Middle Ages at different periods in the various countries; the earliest European vernacular literatures are Irish literature...
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extended during the 18th century. The Irish language, however, remained the dominant language of Irish literature down to the 19th century, despite a slow...
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Brigid (redirect from Breg (Irish mythology))
BRIJ-id, BREE-id, Irish: [ˈbʲɾʲiːdʲ]; meaning 'exalted one'), also Bríg, is a goddess of pre-Christian Ireland. She appears in Irish mythology as a member...
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Irish mythology is the body of myths indigenous to the island of Ireland. It was originally passed down orally in the prehistoric era. In the early medieval...
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Bard (category Irish literature)
was an integral part of the oral history of Irish bards themselves. One of the most notable bards in Irish mythology was Amergin Glúingel, a bard, druid...
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literature Medieval Hebrew literature Icelandic literature Medieval Irish literature Medieval Italian literature Medieval Latin literature Latin translations...
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Irish unionists as a symbol of Irish republicanism and the Irish Republican Army. Many other flags are suggested as the cross-border flag for Ireland...
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professional reasons, Ireland has long been her second country. Related to the latter are her numerous articles on Irish literature and Irish authors and her...
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Ollam (category Irish literature)
dictionary. An ollam or ollamh (Old Irish: [ˈol͈aṽ]; anglicised as ollave or ollav), plural ollomain, in early Irish literature, was a master in a particular...
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Celtic Revival (redirect from Irish revival)
Plunkett (Lord Dunsany) stimulated a new appreciation of traditional Irish literature and Irish poetry in the late 19th and early 20th century. In aspects the...
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Irish folklore (Irish: béaloideas) refers to the folktales, balladry, music, dance and mythology of Ireland. It is the study and appreciation of how people...
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