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Famous Irish Writers

The Irish Literature is one of the oldest Vernacular Literatures inwestern Europe. The adaptation of the Latin alphabet led to the developmentof the Irish literature and in the 19th century the English language was well onthe way to becoming the dominant vernacular, overthrowing the Irishlanguage. However, until the Great Famine in the 1840s and even later, theIrish language was still being used in large areas of the country, particularly inthe south-west, the west and the north-west part.

The famous vigorous and satiric long poem by Brian Merriman called an CirtMhen Oche ( The Midnight Court ) at the beginning of the century, provesthat the Vernacular Irish was still the language that the Irish writers used.

Nevertheless, the Great Famine led to the retreat of the Irish language, sincemany of its speakers died of hunger or fever, and many more emigrated. Thedominant cultural force in Ireland became the English-speaking middle classwhich took interest in the literature in the Irish language. Thus, the numerousattempts of English scholars to collect popular poetry in Irish managed tobridge the gap between the Literatures of the two languages.

The literary language (known as Home in Classical Irish), was used by manywell known Irish writers such as Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) who wasIrelands first earliest notable writer. Other Irish Novelists to emerge during the

19th century were John Banim, Gerald Griffin, Charles Kickham and WilliamCarleton, who wrote Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry. Carletonswork reflects the life of the peasants as opposed to the rest of theabovementioned writers, who followed the general tendency in literature toreflect the views of the middle class and the big house.

Among the most accomplished products of Anglo-Irish literature, is the novelof Dracula - written by Bram Stoker - which moves the Anglo-Irish literature toa different direction far beyond the stereotypes of the big house novels.Moreover, Sheridan Le Fanu who wrote Uncle Silas and Carmilla, was one ofthe premier ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. Other examples ofaccomplished writers of the Anglo-Irish literature are the mostly humorousnovels and stories of Edith Somerville and Violet Florence who in 1894published The Real Charlotte. Also, the well renowned writer and poet OscarWilde (1854-1900), whose plays are distinguished for their wit was born andraised in Ireland and although he spent the greater part of his life in Englandhe is usually claimed to be an Irish writer.

The growth of Irish cultural nationalism towards the end of the 19th century,culminating in the Gaelic Revival , had a marked influence on Irish writing inHome, and contributed to the Irish Literary Revival . This Revival is seen inthe works of the modern Irish writers such as Patrick Pearse (1879-1916) and

Mirtn Cadhain (1906-1970), who mostly wrote autobiographies. CaitlnMaude (1941-1982) and Nuala N Dhomhnaill may be seen as
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representatives of a new generation of poets, conscious of tradition butmodernist in outlook. The best known of that generation was possibly MichaelHartnett (1941-1999), who wrote in both Irish and Home, abandoning thelatter altogether for a time.Writing in Irish now encompasses a broad range ofsubjects and genres, with more attention being directed to younger readers.

Finally, the generation of modern Irish writers who wrote in Home followed thefootsteps of Yeats, who was already prominent at the beginning of the 20thcentury, but his style changed under the influence of his contactwith Modernism . The generation of Irish poets who followed Yeats were themodernists James Joyce and Samuel Becket. Joyce is often regarded as thefather of the literary genre " stream of consciousness ", best exemplified in hisfamous work, Ulysses, which is considered to be one of the 20th century'sgreatest literary achievements. With the rise of the Irish Free State andthe Republic of Ireland , more Novelists from the lower social classes beganto emerge like Brinsley MacNamara.

To sum up, at the present the literature in Ireland follows its traditional stylebut is also influenced by the current literary tendencies, the current eventsand styles and the technology.

Famous Irish Singers

Sarah Makem (18 October 1900 - 20 April 1983) was an Irish Traditional

Singer and mother of the musicians Tommy Makem and Jack Makem. Sarah

Makem and her cousin, Annie Jane Kelly, were members of the Singing

Greenes ofKeady.In the 1950s, song collectors from the United States toured

Ireland Recording its musical Heritage.Her song of As I Roved Outopened

theBBC Radio Folk Music Programme of the same name in the 1950s.

Chris de Burgh was born in 15 October 1948. He is a British / Irish singer-Songwriter born in Argentina.He is most famous love for His 1986 song " TheLady in Red ". De Burgh signed his first contract withA & M Recordsin 1974.His debut album, Far Beyond These Castle Walls, was a folk-tinged fantasy. In1981, he had His first UK chart entry withBest Moveswhich was a collectionfrom his early albums. In 1982 the song Dont pay the Ferryman reachednumber 30 in the UK charts and number 43 in the U.S. charts.

Chris de Burgh has been married to Diane since 1977 and livesinEnniskerry,County WicklowinIreland.They have two sons, Hubie and
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Michael, and a daughter,Rosanna, who won the Miss Worldcompetition in2003 for Ireland.

Irish Typical Foods
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Irish Famous Places

Drombeg Stone Circle 1500 b.C.

Dublin

Waterford Castle


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Cabra Castle

Irish Traditional Celebrations

Parade on St Patricks day

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