Songs of an Irish Poet
| Author | Brian Brennan |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | CreateSpace |
Publication date | 2007 |
| Pages | 146 |
| ISBN | 978-1974032990 Search this book on  . |
Songs of an Irish Poet: The Mary O'Leary Story, originally published by Ireland's The Collins Press with the title Máire Bhuí Ní Laoire: A Poet of Her People (ISBN 1-898256-98-5 Search this book on .), is the biography of Mary O'Leary (Máire Bhuí Ní Laoire), one of the most celebrated Irish-language folk poets of the nineteenth century.[1] It was written by Irish-Canadian author Brian Brennan and contains English-language translations of all the poet's works. It was long-listed for the Irish Times Literary Prize in 2001.
The original book was launched in Cork, Ireland in 2000[2] and subsequently made available in Canada.[3] The North American edition, retitled Songs of an Irish Poet: The Mary O'Leary Story, was published in 2007 after the original went out of print.
Many of Ireland's oral folk poets composed their works anonymously. Máire Bhuí Ní Laoire was one of the few poets of her generation to achieve name recognition after her death. One reason for this is that her works were collected around the turn of the twentieth century by two folklorists from West Cork, Donal Lucey and Conor A. Cotter, who archived them in the Boole Library at University College Cork.[4]
Citations[edit]
- ↑ Irish Emigrant Book Review, No. 63, October, 2000, http://www.ricorso.net/rx/library/journals/organs/i_emigrant/BR00_10.htm
- ↑ "Carrigadrohid study launch Maire Bhui book," by Catherine Ketch, Southern Star, July 29, 2000
- ↑ "Two new Canadian books explore complex Irish soul," by Catherine Ford, Calgary Herald, March 17, 2001, page OSO7
- ↑ http://library.ucc.ie/record=b1320172
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