Saint Dallán Forgaill: “Be Thou my Vision” / “Rop tú mo baile”
“Rop tú mo baile” (Saint Dallán Forgaill, c.530-598) Rop tú mo baile, a Choimdiu cride: ní ní nech aile acht Rí secht nime. Rop tú mo scrútain i l-ló ‘s i n-aidche; rop tú ad-chëar im chotlud caidche....
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_____ Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh (nace 1984, Tralee, condado de Kerry, Irlanda / born 1984, Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland) “Cuando Uno Se Desespera” Hay algunos días cuando – admitámoslo – me canso de...
View ArticleFilíocht do Samhain, Là na Marbh / Irish poems, verses for Samhain + All...
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ZP_An Irish language book cover from 1929 Biddy Jenkinson (born 1949) “Cruit Dhubhrois” . Bruith do laidhre im théada ceoil ag corraíl fós, a chruitire, clingeadh nóna ar crith go fóill im chéis is an...
View ArticleI come from the east, with a clutch under my arm: five Irish women poets
Double portrait in black and white © Cory Smith Vona Groarke (Edgeworthstown / Athlone, Ireland, born 1964) The Clutch Handbag . Black bombazine with grosgrain binding, a clasp of diamanté butterflies...
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