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Contents 1 Untitled comment 2 broadly agreed 3 first stab 4 Heaney 5 Temporal aspect 6 Non-English works? 7 Oldest literature

[edit] Untitled comment

As I have done a lot of work on the Irish poetry page, I'd like to suggest a possible way forward with this page now.

This page to consist of four short sections: Intro, Poetry, Fiction, Theatre, each outlining briefly the history of the field and the Fiction and Theatre sections linking out to more detailied pages somewhat along the lines of the Irish poetry page. I am happy to draft the poetry section and will try the other two if nobody else wants to take them on. Bmills 16:51, 17 Nov 2003 (UTC)

[edit] broadly agreed

I found the Irish Literature page pretty vacuous and have tried to give it a bit of structure in the last week, but I am not an expert in the field. The set up Bmills describes sounds good to me (and his/her Irish poetry page is excellent). The front page should mention a few key figures for each form, for the benefit of the person who won't go further. It would also be good if the front page could have a stab at saying what is distinctive about Irish literature as a whole - it should state the essence of Irishness in 3 lines. (After that, we can make the UK train system run on time). seglea 16:57, 17 Nov 2003 (UTC)

[edit] first stab

i've put in a bit on poetry, any comments? The real problem is going to be putting together the Irish fiction and Irish theatre pages. Bmills 17:10, 17 Nov 2003 (UTC)

I am now going to see if this page can be removed from Wikipedia:Pages needing attention . Bmills 11:29, 18 Nov 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Heaney

What happened to Seamus Heaney? Pfortuny 11:33, 18 Nov 2003 (UTC)

He's in the last paragraph of the Poetry section. Bmills 11:44, 18 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Apologies. I need an optician asap!!!

[edit] Temporal aspect

I was surprised to see that Wikipedia has no article on Old Irish literature, particularly as we have articles on many of its component parts (echtra, immram, Táin Bó Cúailnge, Mael Dúin, Lebor na hUidre, Book of Leinster, metrical Dindshenchas). I wonder if we should create a new section for Old Irish literature here (where the focus is modern – or at least post-Baroque) or make a new article. Then of course, we come to Middle Irish literature (Céitinn etc) which also deserves treatment... Alas that this is so far out of my expertise! QuartierLatin1968 16:45, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Non-English works?

I think it would be interesting to read a small section on works which were published by Irish authors in languages other than English and Irish. I know that Beckett wrote a lot in French, but which other authors also did so? What about the other Irish authors who moved to France or Switzerland, what language(s) did they publish their works in? In what other languages can people read originals of Irish literature?

Thanks in advance if anyone add a few sentences on this. --Gronky 19:27, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Oldest literature

It says on the welsh literature pages that welsh is the third oldest form of literature in Europe which ones older?Celtic Harper (talk) 11:15, 16 January 2008 (UTC)