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1,000 Years of Irish Poetry

by · 1986 · 800 pages

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A survey of Irish poetry includes works from the seventh century to poems by Joyce, Yeats, and Moore.

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Setting
ireland
Audience
adult
Length
epic · 800 pages
Form
poetry

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