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Encyclopedia > List of Irish poets
William Butler Yeats
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William Butler Yeats

This is a list of poets either born in Ireland or holding Irish citizenship. Poets whose work is in Irish are included. Download high resolution version (591x760, 53 KB) The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ... Download high resolution version (591x760, 53 KB) The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ...

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An 1880 portrait of William Allingham by his wife Helen
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An 1880 portrait of William Allingham by his wife Helen

Publis Domain 1880 portrait of william allingham by hei wife Helen from http://images. ... Publis Domain 1880 portrait of william allingham by hei wife Helen from http://images. ... Saint Adamnan or Adomnan (625-704) was abbot of the monastery at Iona from 679 to 704. ... George William Russell (pseud. ... An 1880 portrait of William Allingham by his wife Helen William Allingham (March 19, 1824 or 1828 - November 18, 1889) was an Irish man of letters and poet. ... Samuel Beckett Samuel Barclay Beckett (April 13, 1906 – December 22, 1989) was an Irish playwright, novelist and poet. ... Brendan Francis Behan (9 February 1923-20 March 1964) was an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist and playwright who wrote in both Irish and English. ... Eavan Boland (born 1944) is an Irish poet and feminist. ... Pat Boran (born 1963) is an Irish poet. ... This article is about Austin Clarke the Irish poet. ... Brian Coffey (June 8, 1905 - April 14, 1995) was an Irish poet. ... Padaric Colum, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1959 Padraic Colum (December 8, 1881 - January 11, 1972) was an Irish poet, novelist, dramatist, biographer and collector of folklore. ... Thomas Osborne Davis (October 14, 1814 - September 16, 1845) was Irish writer and politician who was the chief organizer and poet of the Young Ireland movement. ... Denis Devlin (April 15, 1908 - August 21, 1959) was, along with Samuel Beckett and Brian Coffey, one of the generation of Irish modernist poets to emerge at the end of the 1920s. ... John Dillon (September 4, 1851 - August 4, 1927) was an Irish nationalist politician. ... Sir Charles Gavan Duffy (1816 - 1903) was a poet, born in Monaghan, early took to journalism, and became one of the founders of the Nature newspaper, and one of the leaders of the Young Ireland movement. ... Paul Durcan is a contemporary Irish poet, famous for his self-deprecating wit, and wry analysis of the condition of the Irish male in society. ...

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James Joyce
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James Joyce

James Joyce, Irish novelist, short-story writer and poet. ... James Joyce, Irish novelist, short-story writer and poet. ... Samuel Ferguson (March 10, 1810 – August 9, 1886) was an Irish poet, barrister, antiquarian and public servant. ... Oliver St John Gogarty (August 17, 1878-September 22, 1957) was an Irish physician and surgeon, who was also a poet and writer, one of the most prominent Dublin wits, and for some time a political figure of the Irish Free State. ... Oliver Goldsmith Oliver Goldsmith (November 10, 1730(?) – April 4, 1774) was an Irish writer and physician known for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), his pastoral poem The Deserted Village (1770) (written in memory of his brother), and his plays The Good-naturd Man (1768) and She Stoops... Stephen Lucius Gwynn (13 February 1864–1950) was an Irish journalist, biographer, poet and Nationalist politician. ... Michael Hartnett (September 18, 1941 - October 13, 1999) was an Irish poet who wrote in both English and Irish. ... Randolph Healy (born 1956) is an Irish poet and publisher. ... Seamus Heaney (b. ... Frederick Robert Higgins (April 24, 1896 - January 6, 1941) was an Irish poet and theatre director. ... Douglas Hyde (Irish name Dubhghlas de hÍde) (17 January 1860 - 12 July 1949) was an Irish language scholar who served as the first President of Ireland between 1938 and 1945. ... James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (February 2, 1882 – January 13, 1941) was an expatriate Irish writer and poet, and is widely considered one of the most significant writers of the 20th century. ... Trevor Joyce (born October 26, 1947) is an Irish poet, born in Dublin. ... Clive Staples Lewis (November 29, 1898 – November 22, 1963), commonly referred to as C. S. Lewis, was an author and scholar born in Belfast but mostly resident in England. ...

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Máire Mhac an tSaoi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Denis Florence Maccarthy (1817‑1882) was an Irish poet, born at Dublin, and educated at Maynooth with a view to the priesthood, devoted himself, however, to literature, and contributed verses to The Nation. ... Thomas MacDonagh (February 1, 1878 - May 3, 1916) was an Irish nationalist, poet, and a leader of the 1916 Easter Rising. ... Seán Mac Falls is an Irish poet. ... Patrick MacGill (24 December 1889–November 1960) was an Irish journalist, poet and novelist, known as The Navvy Poet because he had worked as a navvy (itinerant labourer) before he began writing. ... This article is about the poet, also spelled McGreevy. For the Canadian politician, see Thomas McGreevy. ... Frederick Louis MacNeice was born in Belfast and lived from 1907–1963; he was a notable British poet. ... Bryant Harrison McGill is an Irish / American poet who was classically trained by contemporary and past masters such as the protégé and friend of English-born American writer W.H. Auden. ... James Clarence Mangan (1803 - 1849), poet, born at Dublin, son of a small grocer, was brought up in poverty, and received most of his education from a priest who instructed him in several modern languages. ... Brian Merriman (1749 – July 27, 1805) was an Irish language poet and teacher. ... For the Australian co-founder of Moore Theological College, see Thomas Moore (Australia). ... Paul Muldoon (b. ... Daibhi O Bruadair (David O Bruadair) (1625? – January 1698) was one of the most significant Irish language Irish poets of the 17th century. ... Máirtín Ó Direáin (1910-1988) born in Sruthán on Inishmore in the Aran Islands was an Irish language poet. ... Mary Devenport ONeill (August 3, 1879 - 1967) was an Irish poet and dramatist and a friend and colleague of W. B. Yeats. ... Antoine Ó Raifteiri (Anthony Raftery) (1784 - 1835) was an Irish language poet who is often called the last of the wandering bards. ... 1784 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Aogán Ó Rathaille (1675? – 1729) was an Irish language poet. ... Events January 5 - The Battle of Turckeim August 10 - Building of the Royal Greenwich Observatory began November 11 - Guru Gobind Singh becomes the Tenth Guru of the Sikhs. ... Events July 30 - Baltimore, Maryland is founded. ... Seamus OSullivan (real name James Sullivan Starkey) (17 July 1879 - 24 March 1958) was an Irish poet and editor of The Dublin Magazine. ... Frank Ormsby (born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland in 1947) is an Irish poet. ... Tom Paulin (January 25, 1949 - ) was born in Leeds, but grew up in Belfast. ... Joseph Mary Plunkett (November 21, 1887 - May 4, 1916) was an Irish nationalist, poet, and leader of the Easter Rising in 1916. ...

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Jonathan Swift
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Jonathan Swift

Dean Jonathan Swift This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Dean Jonathan Swift This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... George Reavey (May 1, 1907 – August 11, 1976) was a Russian-born Irish surrealist poet, publisher, translator and art collector. ... Lenox Robinson (October 4, 1886 - October 15, 1958) was an Irish dramatist, poet and theatre producer and director who was involved with the Abbey Theatre. ... Blanaid Salkeld (1880-1959) was an Irish poet, dramatist, and actor, whose well-known literary salon was attended by, among others, Patrick Kavanagh and Flann OBrien. ... Maurice Scully (born 1952) is an Irish poet and editor who works in what might be termed the modernist tradition. ... Michael Smith (born 1942) is an Irish poet, author and translator. ... Geoffrey Squires (born 1942) is an Irish poet who works in what might loosely be termed the modernist tradition. ... James Stephens (February 9, 1882–December 26, 1950) was an Irish novelist and poet. ... Jonathan Swift Jonathan Swift (November 30, 1667 – October 19, 1745) was an Anglo-Irish writer who is famous for works like Gullivers Travels and A Tale of a Tub. ... Katharine Tynan (January 23, 1861–April 2, 1931) was a prolific Irish writer, known mainly for her novels and poetry. ...

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Jane Francesca, Lady Wilde (born 1821 or 1826, depending on source - died February 3, 1896) (née Jane Francesca Elgee) was an Irish poet, translator and supporter of the nationalist movement; she was the wife of Sir William Wilde and mother of Oscar Wilde. ... Oscar Wilde Oscar Fingal OFlahertie Wills Wilde (October 16, 1854 – November 30, 1900) was an Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and short story writer. ... A 1907 engraving of Yeats. ...

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List of Irish poets (65 words)
This is a list of poets either born in Ireland or holding Irish citizenship.
Poets whose work is in Irish are included.
A brief outline of the history of Irish poetry is also available.
List of Irish dramatists (1395 words)
The generation of Irish poets that followed Yeats were, to simplify, divided between those who were influenced by his early Celtic style and those who followed such modernist figures as James Joyce and Samuel Beckett, both of whom wrote poetry as well as their better known fiction and drama.
Although the documented history of Irish theatre began at least as early as 1601, the earliest Irish dramatists of note were William Congreve, one of the most interesting writers of Restoration comedies, and Oliver Goldsmith and Richard Brinsley Sheridan, who were two of the most successful playwrights on the London stage in the 18th century.
However, it was in the last decade of the century that the Irish theatre finally came of age with the emergence of George Bernard Shaw and Oscar Wilde and the establishment in Dublin in 1899 of the Irish Literary Theatre.
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