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Irish literary renaissance: Quick Facts

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Date 1880 - 1930
Context Gaelic Revival

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William Butler Yeats
Standish James O'Grady
Lady Isabella Augusta Gregory
James Stephens
Hear a discussion on The Death of Fionavar (1916), a play that was published during the Easter Rising and written by Eva Gore-Booth, with illustrations by her sister, Irish nationalist Constance Markievicz.
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William Butler Yeats seated, wearing round glasses and a textured jacket, looking directly at the camera in a black and white portrait from around 1923.
William Butler Yeats
Irish author and poet
Portrait of Irish playwright Sean O'Casey wearing a suit and tie, looking slightly to the side against a dark background.
Sean O’Casey
Irish dramatist
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Irish poet
J.M. Synge
J.M. Synge
Irish author
Oliver St. John Gogarty
Oliver St. John Gogarty
Irish writer
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Micheál MacLiammóir
actor, scenic designer, and playwright
Augusta, Lady Gregory, 1911.
Augusta, Lady Gregory
Irish writer
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Liam O’Flaherty
Irish writer
James Stephens, 1925
James Stephens
Irish writer
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Edward Martyn
Irish dramatist
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Lennox Robinson
Irish playwright
O'Grady, Standish James
Standish James O’Grady
Irish author
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Saint John Ervine
British dramatist
Colum, Padraic
Padraic Colum
Irish-born American poet