Mac Conmara, Donnchadh Ruadh (1715-1810)

Mac Conmara, Donnchadh Ruadh (1715-1810)

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Mac Conmara, Donnchadh Ruadh (1715-1810)

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Langue d'expression : irlandais

Pays : Irlande

Date de naissance : 1715

Date de mort : 1810

Genre : Masculin

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Donnchadha Ruadh Mac Conmara, who was born in East Clare in about 1715, was educated in Rome for the priesthood. His character was not in accord with that discipline and he was expelled, whereupon he turned to writing poetry. He was a competitor at the Court of Poetry held by Piaras MacGearailt in Cork in 1743. Donnchadha earned his living for a while as a schoolmaster in Waterford and it is possible that he emigrated to Newfoundland from there. [...]. He wrote a poem, "The Adventures of a Luckless Fellow", which, as an account of an emigrant's voyage, would seem to be authentic, especially as there was constant traffic between Waterford and Newfoundland at that time. [...]. To qualify for various other jobs that might be available to him, he converted from Catholic to Protestant and back again. He seems to have travelled in Europe, which may have given him the inspiration for that famous poem of rich nostalgia, "Ban Chnoic Éireann Oigh", (The Fair Hills of Ireland), which sounds infinitely more mellifluous in Irish. His "Song of Repentance", written towards the close of his days, is considered to be far superior to the sentimental poetry of the eighteenth century. He lived to be 95 and died in his native Waterford.

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Identifiant VIAF : http://viaf.org/viaf/294881339

Source

Donnchadh ruadh Mac Conmara, 1715-1810 / Risteárd Ó Foghludha, 1933

http://www.araltas.com/features/mcnamara/

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