Irish poetry
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Irish poetry is poetry written by poets from Ireland, politically the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland today. It is mainly written in Irish, though some is in English, Scottish Gaelic and othe
Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)
The Irish-language poet Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill
Michael Hartnett, bilingual poet
Oliver Goldsmith
Eoghan Rua Ó Súilleabháin
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Eoghan Rua Ó Súilleabháin, anglicized as Owen Roe O'Sullivan, was an Irish poet. He is known as one of the last great Gaelic poets. A recent anthology of Irish-language poetry speaks of his "extremely
Memorial to Eoghan Rua Ó Súilleabháin at Knocknagree, County Cork, Ireland. The Irish words above the English are the last poem of Eoghan Rua on his deathbed: "Weak indeed is the poet when the pen falls out of his hand".
