Douglas Hyde was born on 17 January 1860, near Castlerea in County Roscommon, into an Ireland whose languages, loyalties, and social memories were deeply divided. He died on 12 July 1949, having lived long enough to see the cultural cause that had occupied his youth become central to the public identity of an independent state. He was a poet, translator, folklorist, editor, scholar, teacher, cultural organizer, and,…
“I – and there are hundreds of thousands of Irishmen who feel on this subject as I do – have always liked my Celtic countrymen and disliked the English nation; it is a national trait of character and I cannot well help it”
Neighbourhood:
Folk & Ballad Poets, Irish Poets, Social Justice Poets
Emotional landscape: Longing, Sensuality, Irony
George William Russell, who wrote and painted under the name Æ, was born on 10 April 1867 in Lurgan, County Armagh, and died on 17 July 1935 in Bournemouth, England. He belongs among the most remarkable figures of the Irish Revival, though he has often occupied a position just outside its popular canon. William Butler Yeats, James Joyce, Lady Gregory, John Millington Synge, George Moore, Padraic Colum, and later Patr…
“Every human being is a centre of divine consciousness.”
Neighbourhood:
Irish Poets, Mystical & Spiritual Poets, Nature Poets, Symbolist Poets
Emotional landscape: Spirituality, Wonder, Longing
