"in their previous lives, were genuinely indifferent. No likely end would (sic) bring them loss, or leave them happier than before.” An Irish Airman Foresees His Death ""An Irish Airman Foresees His Death"" is a poem by Irish poet William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) written in 1918 and first published in the Macmillan edition of ""The Wild Swans at Coole"" in 1919. The poem is a soliloquy given by an aviator in the First World War in which the narrator describes the circumstances surrounding his imminent death. The poem is a work that discusses the role of Irish soldiers fighting for"
"dies.” His appellation appears to be a patronymic, not a surname. Clothna mac Aenghusa Clothna mac Aenghusa, Irish poet, died 1008. Clothna held the post of Chief Ollam of Ireland. Some of his poems are held in the Library of Trinity College Dublin. His obit is given in the Annals of the Four Masters as follows- “M1008.11 Clothna, son of Aenghus, chief poet of Ireland in his time, died.” His obit is given in the Annals of Ulster as follows- “U1009.10 Clothgna son of Aengus, chief poet of Ireland, dies.” His obit is given in the Chronicon Scotorum as follows-"
"two verses of """"Cill Aodáin"""": Antoine Ó Raifteiri Antoine Ó Raifteirí (also Antoine Ó Reachtabhra, Anthony Raftery) (30 March 1779 – 25 December 1835) was an Irish language poet who is often called the last of the wandering bards. Anthony Raftery was born in Killedan, near Kiltimagh in County Mayo. His father was a weaver. He had come to Killedan from County Sligo to work for the local landlord, Frank Taaffe. Raftery's mother was a Brennan from the Kiltimagh area. She and her husband had nine children. Anthony was an intelligent and inquisitive child. Some time between 1785 and 1788,"
"Tone's death mask is open to public viewing in the vaults of St. Michan's Church in Dublin. Several streets, plazas and a bridge have been named in honour of Tone, including Wolfe Tone Square in Dublin, Wolfe Tone Street in Limerick, Wolfe Tone Bridge in Galway, Wolfe Tone Square in Bray and Tone Drive adjacent Wolfe street in Ipswich Queensland. The Irish poet Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh's poem ""Tar Éis na Réabhlóide"" (After the Revolution) plays on the word ""wolf"" to discuss the aftermath of the attempted revolution. https://web.archive.org/web/20121207153604/http://www.abdn.ac.uk/riiss/JISS/2.1/2.1_Kleinman.pdf Wolfe Tone Theobald Wolfe Tone, posthumously known as Wolfe Tone (20 June"
"Fiacha an tSolais Fiacha an tSolais ""(English: The Pursuit of Light)"" is the title of a poem by Irish poet Cathal Ó Searcaigh ""(English: Charles Sharkey)"", first put to paper in the 1990s. It has been on the Irish exam for the Leaving Certificate in the Republic of Ireland. The poet describes the life of an alcoholic who was found dead at the age of 29 on a cold winter day outdoors in County Donegal in Ireland. The final stanza beings with: ""Ach an té a dhéanann faillí i bhfiacha an tsolais (English: But he who neglects the pursuit of"
"integral to the poet's work. The mountain is one of the destinations on the Passport Trail of the poet's life. Yeats wrote the following in ""The Celtic Twilight"": The mountain is also mentioned in Yeats's ""On a Political Prisoner"", in which he recalls the Countess Markiewicz riding past it to political meetings. Yeats's famous poem, ""Under Ben Bulben"", is essentially a description of Yeats Country. It describes the sights that he saw in Yeats Country. The following is an excerpt from ""Under Ben Bulben"": This was Yeats's final poem, published in ""The Irish Times"". He is buried in Drumcliffe Churchyard,"
"Dáibhí Ó Bruadair Dáibhí Ó Bruadair (1625 – January 1698) was one of the most significant Irish language poets of the 17th century. He lived through a momentous time in Irish history and his work serves as testimony to the death of the old Irish cultural and political order and the decline in respect for the once honoured and feared poetic classes. His ode, ""D'Aithle Na bhFileadh"" (The High Poets are Gone) upon the death of a fellow poet is a particularly poignant reminder of this decline and lament that Ireland was now a far less educated place due to"
"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 name was well represented in the neighbourhood of Adamstown in the seventeenth century."" Verse 11 describes the subject as ""graceful hand/a loss to the poets/a friend to the churches/to his family his death is an evil/ and to the plain of white Meath"
"the poem ""Torchoir ceól Cloinne Cathoil"", a lament for Conchubhar Mac Conghalaigh, harper to Domhnall Ó Donnabháin, lord of Clann Chathail from 1584 until his death in 1639. Ó an Cháinte's first name, Tadhg means 'poet' or 'philosopher'. Olltach is a cognomen. Tadhg Olltach Ó an Cháinte Tadhg Olltach Ó an Cháinte, Irish poet, fl. c. 1601. A member of the Ó an Cháintighe bardic family, and a relative of Fear Feasa Ó'n Cháinte, Tadhg Olltach is probably to be identified with 'Teige on Canty, of Clansheane', mentioned in a fiant of Elizabeth I dated 14 May 1601, along with"
"Gofraidh Fionn Ó Dálaigh Gofraidh Fionn Ó Dálaigh (died 1387), of Duhallow, Country Cork, was an Irish poet and Chief Ollam of Ireland. He is known to be one of the most important professional poets of fourteen-century Ireland. Gofraidh Fionn (Geoffrey the Fair) was a member of the Ó Dálaigh family of poets. He is known for his poem, ""Filidh Éireann go haointeach"", which commemorates ""An Nollaig na Garma"". This convention of poets and men of learning was held by King Uilliam Buide Ó Ceallaigh of Uí Maine at his castle in County Roscommon during Christmas of 1351. His obituary"
"wrote in both syllabic and assonantal metres. Dáibhí Ó Bruadair Dáibhí Ó Bruadair (1625 – January 1698) was one of the most significant Irish language poets of the 17th century. He lived through a momentous time in Irish history and his work serves as testimony to the death of the old Irish cultural and political order and the decline in respect for the once honoured and feared poetic classes. His ode, ""D'Aithle Na bhFileadh"" (The High Poets are Gone) upon the death of a fellow poet is a particularly poignant reminder of this decline and lament that Ireland was now"
"is given in the Annals of the Four Masters as follows- ""M1387.4 Godfrey Finn O'Daly, Chief Poet of Ireland died."" Gofraidh Fionn Ó Dálaigh Gofraidh Fionn Ó Dálaigh (died 1387), of Duhallow, Country Cork, was an Irish poet and Chief Ollam of Ireland. He is known to be one of the most important professional poets of fourteen-century Ireland. Gofraidh Fionn (Geoffrey the Fair) was a member of the Ó Dálaigh family of poets. He is known for his poem, ""Filidh Éireann go haointeach"", which commemorates ""An Nollaig na Garma"". This convention of poets and men of learning was held by"
"poet, and the poet is Jack'. He was elected a member of the Royal Hibernian Academy in 1916. He died in Dublin in 1957, and was buried in Mount Jerome Cemetery. Yeats holds the distinction of being Ireland's first medalist at the Olympic Games in the wake of creation of the Irish Free State. At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, Yeats' painting ""The Liffey Swim"" won a silver medal in the arts and culture segment of the Games. In the competition records the painting is simply entitled ""Swimming"". In November 2010, one of Yeats's works, ""A Horseman Enters a"
"legally. Ó Laoghaire attempted and failed to ambush Morris at Millstreet and soon after was shot at Carraig an Ime. His mare raced into Rathleigh, riderless, soaked in blood. Eibhlín Dubh mounted the mare and galloped back to Carraig an Ime, where she found Art's body. Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill, Ó Laoghaire's ""Dark Eileen"", composed a 390-line lament mourning Ó Laoghaire's death and calling for revenge. The Caoineadh was composed by Eibhlín Dubh ""ex tempore"" and became part of the Irish oral tradition (it was not written down until many years later). It has been described as """"the most remarkable"
"apart as Scotland and Nova Scotia, where they are referred to as ""Cliar Sheanachain"" (Senchan's lot) or ""Cleith Sheanchair"". A popular Highland tale featuring Senchan is ""Great Bríd of the Horses"" which is based on 'Tromdámh Guaire'. William Shakespeare mentions the power of Irish poets """"rhyming rats to death"""", a remark apparently based on an incident when Seanchan, finding that rats had eaten his dinner, uttered the vindictive aer: """"Rats have sharp snouts/Yet are poor fighters..."""" which killed ten of them on the spot. Senchán Torpéist Senchán Torpéist (c. 560–647 AD) was a Gaelic-Irish poet. Seanchan Torpest was the Chief"
"maiden]"", is a poem about a beautiful woman. It is believed that he may have written poetry in English, but none of this has survived. Some critics have argued that his Irish poetry shows the influence of the English Elizabethans. A leader during the Confederate Ireland wars, Feiritéar was wounded during an attack on Tralee Castle in 1641. His forces held the castle until the fall of Ross Castle in Killarney to the Cromwellians in June 1653. Granted safe passage by Cromwellian commander Brigadier Nelson, Feiritéar travelled to arrange surrender terms. However, he was seized at Castlemaine and hanged alongside"
"Horseman, Pass By! Horseman, Pass By! () is a 2005 book by the French writer Michel Déon. It recounts Déon's memories and impressions from Ireland and Irish culture. Michel Déon visited Ireland for the first time in 1956, invited by his friend Christine de Rivoyre. He lived in Greece for several years and moved to Ireland in 1969. He settled with his family in the village of Tynagh in a former rectory from the 18th century. The church was turned into a stable, with the approval of the village priest. Ireland has been the setting for several of Déon's most"
"Eochaidh ua Floinn Eochaidh Ua Floinn was an Irish poet who held the post of Chief Ollam of Ireland. He died in AD 98. His poems are preserved in the Book of Lecan, Lebor Gabála Érenn and other manuscripts and include poems on the different invasions of Ireland. Edward O'Reilly gives a full account of these in his 'Irish Writers', XC sq.; d. anno 984. Geoffrey Keating in his History of Ireland states- ""Eochaidh Ua Floinn says in these verses: and he was the chief professor of poetry in Ireland in his time:— <poem style=""margin-left:2em""> Four sons, (who) were fierce"
"Ireland in jurisprudence, died."""" A family of the name were of the Soghain people, and natives of the kingdom of Ui Maine. Giolla Ernain Ó Martain Giolla Ernain Ó Martain, Irish poet and Chief Ollam of Ireland, died 1218. The most detailed reference to Ó Martain occurs in the Annals of Loch Cé, which gives his obituary under the year 1218: """"Gill Aernáin .H. Martain, ollamh Erenn, & sói il-dánachta, iar cinnedh a bhetha ag na manchaibh, in pace quieuit.""""/""""Gilla-Ernain O'Martain, chief poet of Erinn, and professor of many arts, after spending his life with the monks, in pace quievit."""
"""Now And In A Time To Be"". The title of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry's first novel, ""Horseman, Pass By,"" is derived from the last three lines of this poem. The same is true about the French writer Michel Déon's book ""Horseman, Pass By!"" Under Ben Bulben Under Ben Bulben is a poem written by celebrated Irish poet W. B. Yeats. It is believed to be one of the last poems he wrote, being drafted when he was 73, in August 1938 when his health was already poor (he died in January 1939). The phrase 'Mareotic Lake' is used by"
"in ancient Irish myths and legends, in a number of place names (both Irish and English), in archaeological sites, along with a considerable number of historical references. The ringforts, a common feature of the Irish landscape, were built partly as a defence against wolves and to protect livestock, over the period 1000 BC to AD 1000. According to the Annals of Loch Cé, the poet Cúán úa Lothcháin (died 1024) was ""slain by the men of Tethfa. God performed a ‘poet's miracle,' manifestly, on the party that killed him, for they died an evil death, and their bodies were not"
"various access roads from the N84. Corrib RFC, a rugby club, is located in the nearby town of Headford. This poem was composed by the travelling Irish poet, Antoine Ó Raifteiri, as a lament of the twenty people drowned at Menlo, Galway, on 4 September 1828. Irish songwriter Dick Farrelly wrote the song, ""Annaghdown"". The song was recorded by Sinead Stone & Gerard Farrelly on the album, ""Legacy of a Quiet Man"". Farrelly is best remembered for his song Isle of Innisfree, theme of the film, ""The Quiet Man"". Last verse from the song - ""published by Andic Songs /"
"not very tall but he was very strong and considered a good wrestler. He always wore a long frieze coat and corduroy breeches. Ó Raifteirí died at the house of Diarmuid Cloonan of Killeeneen, near Craughwell, County Galway, and was buried in nearby Killeeneen Cemetery. In 1900, Lady Gregory, Edward Martyn, and W.B. Yeats erected a memorial stone over his grave, bearing the inscription ""RAFTERY"". A statue of him stands in the village green, Craughwell, opposite Cawley's pub. Ó Raifteirí's most enduring poems include ""Eanach Dhuin"" and ""Cill Aodain"" which are still learned by Irish schoolchildren. These are the opening"
"founding the Phoenix Theatre in Dún Laoghaire in 1932. He published in T.S. Eliot’s ""The Criterion"" and ""Poetry"" (Chicago) and appeared in the Devin-Adair anthology ""New Irish Poets"" (1949). Donaghy's poems ""Winter"", ""Portrait"", ""Duck"" and ""Deathward"" were featured in the Faber Book of Irish Verse, first published in 1974. His work is praised in Samuel Beckett's 1934 essay 'Recent Irish Poetry'. John Lyle Donaghy John Lyle Donaghy (1902 – 1949) was an Irish poet. John Lyle Donaghy was born on 28 July 1902 in Larne, the eldest son of a Presbyterian minister. He was educated at Larne Grammar School and"
"Domhnall mac Dáire Mac Bruaideadha. Tadhg mac Dáire Mac Bruaideadha Tadhg mac Dáire Mac Bruaideadha) (1570–1652) was an Irish Gaelic poet and historian. Born in County Clare to a family of chroniclers for the Earl of Thomond, Tadhg mac Dáire Mac Bruaideadha was most recognised for beginning the ""Contention of the bards"". He attacked the bard Torna Eigeas by composing a poem that claimed superiority of the O'Briens over the O'Neills, or the southern septs of Ireland over the north. He was ollamh to Donnchadh Ó Briain. In 1652 he was assassinated by marauding soldiers of Oliver Cromwell’s army. Among"
"Donnchadh Ó Cobhthaigh Diarmait Ó Cobhthaigh was an Irish poet, fl. 1584. Ó Cobhthaigh was a member of a hereditary bardic family, based in what is now County Westmeath but was once the heartland of the original kingdom of Mide. The family were from the district known as Fir Thulach. He was the author of a penitential composition, ""Acht mar uisge d'éis a leata"" (""Just as water, after it has frozen""), which was a translation of the Latin poem ""Lympha coacta gelu"" (""Liquid, condensed by cold""). The translation survives only in a black half-column of Rawlinson B 505, on folio"
"Mount Melleray Abbey Mount Melleray Abbey is a Trappist monastery in Ireland, founded in 1833. It is situated on the slopes of the Knockmealdown Mountains, near Cappoquin, Diocese of Waterford. It is famous in literature due to Seán Ó Ríordáin's poem ""Cnoc Mellerí"" in ""Eireaball Spideoige"" (1952). Furthermore, renowned Irish author James Joyce mentions Mount Melleray in the final short story of his 1914 collection, ""Dubliners"". In this story, entitled ""The Dead,"" the monks of Mount Melleray are noted for their exceptional hospitality and piety. Father Vincent Ryan was chosen leader of the religious sent by Dom Antoine, Abbot of"
"Antoine Ó Raifteiri Antoine Ó Raifteirí (also Antoine Ó Reachtabhra, Anthony Raftery) (30 March 1779 – 25 December 1835) was an Irish language poet who is often called the last of the wandering bards. Anthony Raftery was born in Killedan, near Kiltimagh in County Mayo. His father was a weaver. He had come to Killedan from County Sligo to work for the local landlord, Frank Taaffe. Raftery's mother was a Brennan from the Kiltimagh area. She and her husband had nine children. Anthony was an intelligent and inquisitive child. Some time between 1785 and 1788, Anthony Raftery's life took a"
"Diarmuid Mac Muireadhaigh Diarmuid Mac Muireadhaigh (English: Dermot McMurray), Irish poet, alive late 17th century. Mac Muireadhaigh is believed to be the composer of a 23 verse poem in honour of Gordon O'Neill, ""Gluaisigh ribh a ghlac rannsa ..."" Paul Walsh notes that ""Our poem would seem to have been addressed to him before the stirring times of his last years in Ireland,"" meaning it was written for O'Neill sometime in the 1680s. No other details of Mac Muireadhaigh appear to be known, although a man of his surname was killed in action at the Battle of Aughrim in 1691,"
"was based in Lough MacNean, which is situated between Fermanagh and Cavan. A monument in his honour lies near there, which was unveiled by Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh. A study of the Bréifne school of poetry is forthcoming from Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin. His memory is celebrated annually in his home country – Blacklion (Cavan) and Belcoo (Fermanagh), with a festival for young poets named in his honour, ""Féile Chathal Buí"". Cathal Buí Mac Giolla Ghunna Cathal Buí Mac Giolla Ghunna (c. 1680 – 1756) was an Irish poet. Cathal Buí Mac Giolla Ghunna (?1680-1756) is one of the four most prominent"
"Royal Irish Academy. Diarmait Ó Cobhthaigh Diarmait Ó Cobhthaigh (fl. 1584) was an Irish poet. Ó Cobhthaigh was a member of a hereditary bardic family, based in what is now County Westmeath but was once the heartland of the original kingdom of Mide. The family were from the district known as Fir Thulach. Dairmait was the author of a lament for his murdered relative, Uaithne Ó Cobhthaigh (died 1556), which begins ""Dá néll orcha ós iath Uisnigh""/""Two clouds of woe over the land of Uisneach"". His other work included five theological poems: Extant versions of some of these poems are"
"“amhail gearradh cumhachta. Ainneoin ár dtola a thig sé de ghnáth."" ""Ach an té a dhéanann faillí i bhfiacha an tsolais nach follas go ndorchaíonn sé é féin d'aon turas.”</poem> Fiacha an tSolais Fiacha an tSolais ""(English: The Pursuit of Light)"" is the title of a poem by Irish poet Cathal Ó Searcaigh ""(English: Charles Sharkey)"", first put to paper in the 1990s. It has been on the Irish exam for the Leaving Certificate in the Republic of Ireland. The poet describes the life of an alcoholic who was found dead at the age of 29 on a cold winter"
"death. The earliest manuscripts of the poem date from the mid nineteenth century. Its first stanza reads: Kilcash Castle Kilcash Castle is a ruined castle off the N24 road just west of Ballydine in County Tipperary, Ireland. The castle is currently ruined and is in the care of the Irish State. The Butler dynasty has important links to the area. The main castle building is a fortified tower dating from the sixteenth-century. An adjoining hall was added at a later date, when the need for defence gave way to the large windows associated with settled times. In the sixteenth century"