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Francis Ledwidge, known to his family as "Frank", was born at Janeville (Baile Sinead) on the eastern edge of Slane, in County Meath, Ireland, the eighth of nine children in a poverty-stricken family. His parents, Patrick Ledwidge and wife Anne Lynch (1853–1926), believed in giving their children the best education they could afford; however ...
This is a list of writers either born in Ireland or holding Irish ... Francis Stoughton Sullivan (1715–1766 ... Francis Ledwidge (1887–1917) C. S. Lewis ...
He befriended and supported Francis Ledwidge, to whom he gave the use of his library, [12] and Mary Lavin. Dunsany made his first literary tour to the United States in 1919 and further such visits up to the 1950s, in the early years mostly to the eastern seaboard and later, notably, to California.
Memorial plaque on Slane bridge commemorating poet, Irish and National Volunteers member, Francis Ledwidge, who was to serve and die in World War I. Road signposts on the N2 as northbound traffic enters Slane from Ashbourne. A 30 km/h speed limit has been adopted in Slane since 2009 in an effort to prevent further collisions.
The Dunsany family has had a curator, Joe Doyle, since the 1990s, who gathered materials by Dunsany and Francis Ledwidge at Dunsany Castle, compiled writing and publication data, and unearthed works such as the Last Book of Jorkens and some "loose" Jorkens stories, plays including The Ginger Cat, and a set of short stories, some published in a ...
Petronilla de Meath (1300–1324), first known person in Ireland to be burned for heresy; Thomas Messingham (died 1638), ... Francis Ledwidge (1887–1917), poet;
The Minstrel Boy: Francis Ledwidge, and the Literature of His Time William Hubert Dunn (8 July 1933 – 27 February 2020) was a Northern Ireland-born English senior barrister and judge, who held national offices in the areas of mental health and immigration, including that of Chief Immigration Adjudicator of the UK.
Francis Ledwidge's poems Songs of the Fields were published. James Stephens' poems The Adventures of Seumas Beg: the Rocky Road to Dublin and Songs from the Clay were published. [1] The first dramatic film made in Ireland, Fun at Finglas Fair, was directed by F. J. McCormick. It was never released as all prints were destroyed in the Easter ...