Anonymous Irish

Poems by Anonymous Irish

Irish poetry is poetry written by poets from Ireland, politically the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland today. It is mainly written in Irish, though some is in English, Scottish Gaelic and others in Hiberno-Latin. The complex interplay between the two main traditions, and between both of them and other poetries in English and Scottish Gaelic, has produced a body of work that is both rich in variety and difficult to categorise.

The earliest surviving poems in Irish date back to the 6th century, while the first known poems in English from Ireland date to the 14th century. Although there has always been some cross-fertilization between the two language traditions, an English-language poetry that had absorbed themes and models from Irish did not finally emerge until the 19th century. This culminated in the work of the poets of the Irish Literary Revival in the late 19th and early 20th century.

Towards the last quarter of the 20th century, modern Irish poetry tended to a wide range of diversity, from the poets of the Northern school to writers influenced by the modernist tradition and those facing questions posed by an increasingly urban and cosmopolitan society.

Poems

  • A Curse Read Poem
  • A Celtic Blessing Read Poem
  • A Celtic Blessing of Light Read Poem
  • A Celtic Prayer Read Poem
  • A Complete Account of the Various Colonizations of Ireland as Delivered by the Sage Fintan Read Poem
  • A Connacht Caoine(From the Irish) Read Poem
  • Allalu Mo Wauleen (Hail my Little Bag) Read Poem
  • An Irish Blessing Read Poem
  • Be Thou My Vision Read Poem
  • Celtic Prayer Read Poem
  • Childless Read Poem
  • Christ's Bounty Read Poem
  • Danny Boy Read Poem
  • Donal Og Read Poem
  • Finnegan's Wake Read Poem
  • God's Praises Read Poem
  • Hospitality in Ancient Ireland Read Poem
  • How Curious the Light behaves Read Poem
  • Icham of Irlaunde Read Poem
  • Little Bird Read Poem
  • Londonderry Air Read Poem
  • Lost Read Poem
  • Merciful Dance Read Poem
  • O Son of God, it would be sweet Read Poem
  • Pangur Ban Read Poem
  • Season Song Read Poem
  • Smooring The Fire Read Poem
  • The Blackbird by Belfast Lough Read Poem
  • The Fair Hills of Ireland Read Poem
  • The Good Man[The song the Devil sang to Saint Moling] Read Poem
  • The Harp of Cnoc I'Chosgair Read Poem
  • The Lark Read Poem
  • The Lay of Prince Marvan Read Poem
  • The Lorica of St Patrick Read Poem
  • The Mountains of Mourne Read Poem
  • The Scribe Read Poem
  • The Song Of The Irish Brigade Read Poem
  • The Soul's Desire Read Poem
  • The Viking Terror Read Poem
  • The White Lake Read Poem
  • Thoughts Read Poem