HARDIMAN, James. Irish Minstrelsy, or Bardic Remains of Ireland; with English poetical translations. Collected and edited with notes and illustrations (Paul Durcan’s copy)

Two volunes. Shannon, I.U.P., 1971. pp. (1) lxxx, 376, (2) 435. An anthology of Irish bardic poems, together with a selection of Turlough Carolan's poetry. The poems are presented in the original Irish, with English translations, and descriptive notes are added in each case. From the library of Paul Durcan. A good copy.

An anthology of Irish bardic poems, together with a selection of Turlough Carolan's poetry. The poems are presented in the original Irish, with English translations and descriptive historical notes.
In Ireland Sir Philip Sidney is quoted as saying, Their poets are held in devout reverence."" Hardiman in addition to the anthology gives a short historical account of Ireland's bards or men of poetry, from earliest times up to the decline of the bardic era in the eighteenth century.

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