Brian Merriman
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title:
Brian Merriman
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Brian Merriman or in Irish Brian Mac Giolla Meidhre was an 18th-century Irish language bard, farmer, hedge school teacher, and Irish traditional musician from rural County Clare. Long after his death, Merriman's life drew wide attention after his single surviving work of substance was collected from the local oral tradition, written down, and published for the first time. The poem is a 1000-line long parody of the Aisling, or Dream vision poetry tradition, the battle of the sexes, and Mythopoeic
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Irish poet
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Merriman
date created:
2004-07-08T11:47:16Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T03:17:27Z
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