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“irish” across the centuries

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iris 1 poem

Bar length = percentage of poems in that cohort whose critique surfaced this theme. Click an era to focus the poem list below.

pre-1500 0 / 28 BCE 0 / 12 1500s 0 / 9 1550s 0 / 89 1600s 0 / 176 1650s 0 / 57 1700s 0 / 34 1750s 0 / 161 1800s 14 / 683 1850s 12 / 938 1900s 32 / 1115 1950s 0 / 15

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Mise Raifteirí an File
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Mise Raifteirí an File

by Antoine Ó Raifteirí · Irish Gaelic

Antoine Ó Raifteirí portrait

c. 30 March 1779 - 25 December 1835 (~56)

Eibhlín a Rún
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Eibhlín a Rún

by Antoine Ó Raifteirí · Irish Gaelic

Antoine Ó Raifteirí portrait

c. 30 March 1779 - 25 December 1835 (~56)

Oh! breathe not his name
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Oh! breathe not his name

by Thomas Moore · English

Thomas Moore portrait

28 May 1779 - 25 February 1852 (~73)

How dear to me the hour
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How dear to me the hour

by Thomas Moore · English

Thomas Moore portrait

28 May 1779 - 25 February 1852 (~73)

The Legacy
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The Legacy

by Thomas Moore · English

Thomas Moore portrait

28 May 1779 - 25 February 1852 (~73)

The Fairies
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The Fairies

by William Allingham · English

William Allingham portrait

19 March 1824 - 18 November 1889 (~65)

I Shall Not Die For Thee
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I Shall Not Die For Thee

by Douglas Hyde · English

Douglas Hyde portrait

17 January 1860 - 12 July 1949 (~89)

What is Good
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What is Good

by John Boyle O'Reilly · English

John Boyle O'Reilly portrait

28 June 1844 - 10 August 1890 (~46)

September 1913
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September 1913

by William Butler Yeats · English

William Butler Yeats portrait

13 June 1865 - 28 January 1939 (~74)

A Young Man's Song
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A Young Man's Song

by William Butler Yeats · English

William Butler Yeats portrait

13 June 1865 - 28 January 1939 (~74)

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