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Géibheann is the best-known of her poems, and is studied at Leaving Certificate Higher Level Irish in the Republic of Ireland. [3] A posthumous collected edition, Caitlín Maude, Dánta, was published in 1984, Caitlín Maude: file in 1985 in Ireland and Italy, and Coiscéim in 1985.
Eavan Boland. Eavan Aisling Boland[1] (/ iːˈvæn ˈæʃlɪŋ ˈboʊlənd /, ee-VAN; [2] 24 September 1944 – 27 April 2020) was an Irish poet, author, and professor. She was a professor at Stanford University, where she had taught from 1996. [3][4] Her work deals with the Irish national identity, and the role of women in Irish history. [4]
Fiacha an tSolais. Fiacha an tSolais ( English: The Pursuit of Light) is the title of a poem by Irish poet Cathal Ó Searcaigh (English: Charles Sharkey), first put to paper in the 1990s. It has been on the Irish exam for the Leaving Certificate in the Republic of Ireland. The poet describes the life of an alcoholic who was found dead at the ...
She played a minor role as the Irish Oral Examiner in the 1997 film, How to Cheat in the Leaving Certificate. Dedicated to the Irish language, she writes poetry exclusively in Irish and is quoted as saying ‘Irish is a language of beauty, historical significance, ancient roots and an immense propensity for poetic expression through its ...
Cathal Ó Searcaigh. Cathal Ó Searcaigh (born 12 July 1956), is a modern Irish language poet. His work has been widely translated, anthologised and studied. "His confident internationalism", according to Theo Dorgan, has channeled "new modes, new possibilities, into the writing of Irish language poetry in our time". [1]
She went on to become a teacher and spent four years in Kenya before moving to Limerick. McKechnie wrote and began to have her poems published. Her debut collection was published in 2013. At least one of her works has been the poem on the Irish Leaving Certificate exams. McKechnie was also selected for inclusion in the Windharp Poetry Anthology ...
Máirtín Ó Direáin ([ˈmˠaːɾˠtʲiːnʲ oː ˈdʲɪɾʲaːnʲ]; 29 November 1910 – 19 March 1988) was an Irish poet from the Aran Islands Gaeltacht.Along with Seán Ó Ríordáin and Máire Mhac an tSaoi, Ó Direáin was, in the words of Louis de Paor, "one of a trinity of poets who revolutionised Irish language poetry in the 1940s and 50s."
The Leaving Certificate Examination (Irish: Scrúdú na hArdteistiméireachta), commonly referred to as the Leaving Cert or (informally) the Leaving (Irish: Ardteist), is the final exam of the Irish secondary school system and the university matriculation examination in Ireland. It takes a minimum of two years' preparation, but an optional ...