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therefore, many people would go out of their way to please the bards in the hopes that they would get a song or poem composed about them. The Irish people had no illusions about death, knowing that everything eventually died, but they believed the way into immortality was through a great story that only a bard could compose. This led the bards to have great power among the Irish because the ability to provide great fame or great shame to any individual.
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memory. In these schools the fundamentals of being a bard were taught and often students would have to compose overnight so as to not be able to write things down, therefore keeping the oral tradition alive. The next morning they would be allowed to write them down, perform them, and critique their compositions. Overall, these schools were at least partly responsible for keeping the bardic tradition alive into the modern era.
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The bardic tradition was incredibly important to Irish society and even infatuated many outsiders. This sparked a tradition of founding bardic schools which often only would teach to people that had a bard in their family history. Other requirements included being skilled at reading and having a good
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While they were employed by kings and other powerful figures in Irish society, bards also acted independently and were highly respected individuals for their own power. Irish society focused largely on a fame or shame mentality. Which one you received largely depended on if the bard liked you or not,
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Much of their work consists of extended genealogies and almost journalistic accounts of the deeds of their lords and ancestors: the Irish bard was not necessarily an inspired poet, but rather a professor of literature and letters, highly trained in the use of a polished literary medium, belonging to
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involved themselves with law, language, lore and court poetry, whereas bards were versifiers. However, in time, these terms came to be used interchangeably. With the arrival of
Christianity, the poets were still given a high rank in society, equal to that of a bishop, but even the highest-ranked
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forms of verse. However, even though many bardic poets were traditional in their approach, there were also some who added personal feelings into their poems and also had the ability to adapt with changing situations although conservative.
957:, The bardic poems of Tadhg Dall Ó Huiginn (1550-1591),An introduction to Irish syllabic poetry of the period 1200-1600 with selections, notes and glossary (Cork, 1928),Irish classical poetry commonly called bardic poetry (Dublin, 1957).
46:, however, even though the manuscripts were very plentiful, very few have been published. It is considered a period of great literary stability due to the formalised literary language that changed very little.
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211:The cause itself worthy to contain.
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188:That I may recite in learned lays
186:Of valour and the fair knowledge,
177:Percolating upon the smooth slope
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201:Grant me the gladsome gyre, loud
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2130:The Wind That Shakes the Barley
2043:Dia libh a laochruidh Gaoidhiol
2038:Cóir Connacht ar chath Laighean
945:, Cork University Press (2007)
740:Dia libh a laochruidh Gaoidhiol
733:Cóir Connacht ar chath Laighean
192:Family tree, exploits of wonder
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2033:An sluagh sidhe so i nEamhuin?
2023:A aonmhic Dé do céasadh thrínn
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1154:Baothghalach Mór Mac Aodhagáin
726:An sluagh sidhe so i nEamhuin?
528:Baothghalach Mór Mac Aodhagáin
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2364:Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award
1998:Is acher in gaíth in-nocht...
1993:Le dís cuirthear clú Laighean
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209:In a sheath tightly corded;
207:Bright, sharp-pointed spear
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3156:Niall of the Nine Hostages
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1209:Tadhg Olltach Ó an Cháinte
1144:Muircheartach Ó Cobhthaigh
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1199:Eoghan Carrach Ó Siadhail
1189:Mathghamhain Ó hIfearnáin
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598:Cú Choigcríche Ó Cléirigh
540:Mathghamhain Ó hIfearnáin
474:Eoghan Carrach Ó Siadhail
394: early 13th century
194:Travel and musical branch
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3291:Donnchadh Mór Ó Dálaigh
3263:Aonghus Fionn Ó Dálaigh
2930:Yn Çheshaght Ghailckagh
2490:Jacobite rising of 1745
2064:The Prophecy of Berchán
2003:Is trúag in ces i mbiam
1971:The Wanderings of Oisin
1224:Tarlach Rua Mac Dónaill
1174:Donnchadh Mór Ó Dálaigh
1094:Contention of the bards
768:The Prophecy of Berchán
691:Is trúag in ces i mbiam
656:Tarlach Rua Mac Dónaill
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417:Donnchadh Mór Ó Dálaigh
198:A lullaby to the heart.
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3212:Cú Connacht Ua Dálaigh
3186:Máel Fithrich mac Áedo
3123:Chief Ollam of Ireland
2147:Love Songs of Connacht
2013:An Díbirt go Connachta
2008:Sen dollotar Ulaid ...
1734:Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin
1559:Mary Devenport O'Neill
1304:Philip Ó Duibhgeannain
1269:Diarmaid Mac an Bhaird
1259:Cearbhall Óg Ó Dálaigh
1204:Fear Feasa Ó'n Cháinte
1099:Irish Literary Revival
1084:Chief Ollam of Ireland
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705:An Díbirt go Connachta
698:Sen dollotar Ulaid ...
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461:Fear Feasa Ó'n Cháinte
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2264:Cork University Press
2018:Foraire Uladh ar Aodh
1418:James Clarence Mangan
1179:Lochlann Óg Ó Dálaigh
1139:Mael Ísu Ua Brolcháin
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1194:Cormac Mac Con Midhe
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387:Muireadhach Albanach
355:Mael Ísu Ó Brolcháin
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2465:Flight of the Earls
2289:The Dublin Magazine
2180:Prayer Before Birth
2159:Meeting The British
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1604:Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill
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1249:Cináed ua hArtacáin
1214:Eochaidh Ó hÉoghusa
1184:Fear Flatha Ó Gnímh
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494:Fear Flatha Ó Gnímh
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1890:Bernard O'Donoghue
1709:Cathal Ó Searcaigh
1599:Gabriel Rosenstock
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