The Midnight Court References The Midnight Court work by Merriman Ask Anything Homework Help Also known as: “Cúirt an Mheadhon Oidhche” Written by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them. The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica Britannica AI Ask Anything Learn about this topic in these articles: Celtic literature/ Late period…Oidhche (written 1780, published 1904; The Midnight Court) by Brian Merriman, a schoolmaster from County Clare. Considered the greatest comic poem in the Irish language, it satirizes the aisling tradition and offers a bawdy critique of sexual conventions, including priestly celibacy and marriages between the very old and the young… Read More…Oidhche (written 1780, published 1904; The Midnight Court) by Brian Merriman, a schoolmaster from County Clare. Considered the greatest comic poem in the Irish language, it satirizes the aisling tradition and offers a bawdy critique of sexual conventions, including priestly celibacy and marriages between the very old and the young… Read MoreFrank O’Connor…17th-century satire by Brian Merriman, The Midnight Court (1945), which is considered by many to be the finest single poem written in Irish. It was included in O’Connor’s later collection of translations, Kings, Lords, and Commons (1959). Read More…17th-century satire by Brian Merriman, The Midnight Court (1945), which is considered by many to be the finest single poem written in Irish. It was included in O’Connor’s later collection of translations, Kings, Lords, and Commons (1959). Read More
