![]() ![]() The Mac Firbisig school in Sligo claimed a continuous tradition since the twelfth century. The Dinn Seanchas contained poems by poet Finin Mac Luchn during the second century. ![]() The best-known extant manuscript was Lebor na hUidre, The Book of the Dun Cow that was composed of collections of old Irish sagas transcribed from 1100 c. A list of poets or poems is featured on this site. This site features a poem Consolations translated by Osborn Bergin. They belonging to a hereditary caste of high prestige in a conservative aristocratic society. The Irish bard was a professor of literature & letters, highly trained in the use of a polished literary medium. They delivered technical requirements of the various poetic forms: the dán díreach, ( a syllabic form which uses assonance, half rhyme & alliteration) Their work consisted of extended genealogies, journalistic accounts of their lords & ancestors deeds. The bards memorized & preserved the history also traditions of clan & country. In The Life of Columba 1827 it was recorded that ‘The Bards and Sennachees retained their office, and some degree of their former estimation among the nobility of Caladonia and Ireland, till the accession of the House of Hanover.’ Īs officials of the king’s or chieftain’s court the bards performed a number of official roles, i.e. Their souls melted at the song, like a wreath of snow before the sun.’ The Statutes of Kilkenny made it a penal law by King Edward 111 to entertain any bard: yet the Munster bards continued to hold their annual sessions. Ireland’s Mirror 1804 referred to Hennessey as the ‘ Orpheus of his Country.’ Villemarque believed that the Irish bards were ‘ really the Historians of the Race.’ Walker did not discover if female bards existed but admitted that females cried the ‘Caoine ’ over the dead yet in Calthluina it was written that ‘The daughter of Moran seized the harp, and her voice of music praised the strangers. ( From Dublin Penny Journal vol 1 no 3 July 14 th1832) Īmong the numerous bards who dedicated their talents to praise their deity were bishop Feich & the learned Cinfaela. Foreign visitors commented that the Irish were ‘intoxicated by the power of words! ‘ Ancient Irish Society recognized four grades of poets: the bard was the lowest with the Filidh as the highest. The style was hugely varied from the poetic traditions of non – Celtic countries for centuries. Irish poetry of that era used a complicated mix of rhyme schemes, metaphors also symbolism. Irish culture continued as the bards memorized their poems or songs: thus, they provided their material in the oral tradition. Despite the Norman Invasion in the twelfth century much of the country remained under Irish kings or Anglo-Irish lords. It came to an end around the middle of the seventeenth century.’ The country at that time was ruled by various chieftains. ’ ‘This was a long period during which the Gaelic political and social order existed in Ireland, and Irish language and culture flourished. Written in both Early or Middle Irish those poems were composed during a time in Irish history called ‘ Gaelic Ireland. ![]() ![]() They were produced by specially trained bardic poets. Irish Bardic poetry was an intensely complicated tradition. ![]()
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