Baquet's Guide to the World's Classics: Ireland

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J. Ross Browne, Adventure Writer
(1821-1875)

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Name: J(ohn) Ross Browne
Birth: February 11, 1821, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Death: December 9, 1875, Oakland, California, USA
Language: English
Who he was: Irish-born American traveler, artist, writer and government agent who wrote Adventures in the Apache Country
Included in lists (What's This?): SW

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Iris Murdoch, English Novelist and Philosopher
(1919-1999)

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Name: Jean Iris Murdoch
Known as: Iris Murdoch
Birth: July 15, 1919, Phibsborough, Republic of Ireland
Death: February 8, 1999, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Language: English
Who she was: English novelist and philosopher; Under the Net; The Black Prince; The Sea, the Sea
Included in lists (What's This?): Bloom

Samuel Beckett, Irish Writer
(1906-1989)

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Name: Samuel Beckett
Birth: April 13, 1906, Foxrock, Republic of Ireland
Death: December 22, 1989, Paris, France
Language: English
Who he was: Irish novelist, playwright, and poet; Murphy; a trilogy, Molloy, Malone Dies, and The Unnamable; Waiting for Godot; Watt; Endgame; Krapp's Last Tape; How It Is; Nobel Prize in Literature 1969
Included in lists (What's This?): GBWW (1990); LRP; Bloom; GC

Padraic Colum, Irish Writer
(1881-1972)

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Name: Padraic Colum
Birth: December 8, 1881, County Longford, Republic of Ireland
Death: January 11, 1972, Enfield, Connecticut, USA
Language: English
Who he was: Irish poet, novelist, dramatist, playwright, children's author, and folklorist; The Saxon Shillin'; The King of Ireland's Son; The Children's Homer; Children of Odin: Nordic Gods and Heroes; The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles

James Joyce, Irish Novelist and Poet
(1882-1941)

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Name: James Joyce
Birth: February 2, 1882, Rathgar, Republic of Ireland
Death: January 13, 1941, Zürich, Switzerland
Language: English
Who he was: Irish novelist, short-story writer, and poet; Ulysses; Dubliners; A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man; Finnegans Wake
Included in lists (What's This?): GBWW (1990) (+10YP); LRP; Bloom; GC

John Millington Synge, Irish Writer
(1871-1909)

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Name: Edmund John Millington Synge
Known as: John Millington Synge
Birth: April 16, 1871, Rathfarnham, Republic of Ireland
Death: March 24, 1909, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Language: English
Who he was: Irish playwright, poet, prose writer, travel writer, and folklorist; play The Playboy of the Western World
Included in lists (What's This?): GGB (+PGR 2); Bloom

William Butler Yeats, Irish Poet
(1865-1939)

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Name: William Butler Yeats
Birth: June 13, 1865, Sandymount, Republic of Ireland
Death: January 28, 1939, Menton, France
Language: English
Who he was: Irish poet; tapped into Irish traditions and spiritual explorations; best-known for "The Second Coming"; Nobel Prize in Literature (1923)
Included in lists (What's This?): LRP; Bloom; GC

John Tyndall, Anglo-Irish Scientist
(1820-1893)

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Name: John Tyndall
Birth: August 2, 1820, Leighlinbridge, Republic of Ireland
Death: December 4, 1893, Haslemere, England, UK
Language: English
Who he was: Irish scientist; Heat: a Mode of Motion
Included in lists (What's This?): GGB (+PGR 1)

Edmund Burke, Irish Philosopher
(1729-1797)

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Name: Edmund Burke
Birth: January 12, 1729, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Death: July 9, 1797, Beaconsfield, England, UK
Language: English
Who he was: Irish philosopher; On the Sublime and Beautiful; Reflections on the Revolution in France
Included in lists (What's This?): GGB (+PGR 2); HC; Bloom

Laurence Sterne, Irish Novelist
(1713-1768)

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Name: Laurence Sterne
Birth: November 24, 1713, Clonmel, Republic of Ireland
Death: March 18, 1768, London, England, UK
Language: English
Who he was: Irish novelist and Anglican cleric; The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman; and A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy
Included in lists (What's This?): GBWW (+10YP); LRP; HCF; Bloom

Oliver Goldsmith, Irish Writer
(1728-1774)

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Name: Oliver Goldsmith
Birth: November 10, 1728, Ireland
Death: April 4, 1774, London, England, UK
Language: English
Who he was: Irish novelist, playwright, and poet; The Vicar of Wakefield; She Stoops to Conquer; The Deserted Village
Included in lists (What's This?): HC; Bloom

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Bram Stoker, Irish Author
(1847-1912)

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Name: Abraham "Bram" Stoker
Birth: November 8, 1847, Clontarf, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Death: April 20, 1912, London, UK
Language: English
Who he was: Irish author; Dracula
Included in lists (What's This?): Bloom

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George Bernard Shaw, Irish Playwright and Critic
(1856-1950)

Just the Facts:

Name: George Bernard Shaw
Also known as: Bernard Shaw
Birth: July 26, 1856, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Death: November 2, 1950, Ayot St Lawrence, UK
Language: English
Who he was: Irish playwright and critic; Arms and the Man; Candida; The Devil's Disciple; Caesar and Cleopatra; Man and Superman; Major Barbara; Androcles and the Lion; Pygmalion; Heartbreak House; Back to Methuselah; Saint Joan; Nobel Prize in Literature (1925); Academy Award
Included in lists (What's This?): GBWW (1990); GGB (+PGR 1); LRP; Bloom

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Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish Playwright
(1751-1816)

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Name: Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan
Known as: Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Birth: October 30, 1751, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Death: July 7, 1816, Savile Row, London, UK
Language: English
Who he was: Irish satirical playwright and poet; The School for Scandal; The Rivals; The Duenna; A Trip to Scarborough
Included in lists (What's This?): GGB (+PGR 2); HC; Bloom

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The Cattle Raid of Cooley, Irish Tale
(from 12th century on)

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Name: The Cattle Raid of Cooley
Also known as: Táin Bó Cúailnge, or just The Táin
Dates: 12th century or later
Place: Ireland
Language: Gaelic
What it is: tells of an attack--styled a "war"--on Ulster by the queen of Connacht and her men, who attempt to steal a bull; Ulster's defense depends on the teenaged hero Cú Chulainn. It is the central text of the "Ulster Cycle," one of the four great cycles of Irish mythology.

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The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel, Irish Tale
(from 12th century on)

Conaire Mor

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Name: The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel
Also known as: Togail Bruidne Dá Derga
Dates: 12th century or later
Place: Ireland
Language: Gaelic
What it is: a tale from the Irish "Ulster Cycle" telling the life and death of Conaire Mor, a legendary High King of Ireland, who is killed at Da Derga's hostel by his enemies after violating taboos.
Included in lists (What's This?): HC

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Jonathan Swift, Anglo-Irish Satirist
(1667-1745)

by Charles Jervas

Just the Facts:

Name: Jonathan Swift
Birth: November 30, 1667, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Death: October 19, 1745, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Language: English
Who he was: Anglo-Irish satirist, poet, and cleric known for Gulliver's Travels; A Tale of a Tub; A Modest Proposal
Included in lists (What's This?): GBWW (+10YP); GGB (+PGR 2); HC; LRP; Bloom; GC

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J. B. Bury, Irish Historian
(1861-1927)

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Name: John Bagnell Bury
Known as: J. B. Bury
Birth: October 16, 1861, Clontibret, Ireland
Death: June 1, 1927, Rome, Italy
Language: English
Who he was: Irish historian who wrote mainly histories of the Classical period
Included in lists (What's This?): GGB (+PGR 3)

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Oscar Wilde, Irish Writer
(1854-1900)

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Name: Oscar Wilde
Birth: October 16, 1854, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Death: November 30, 1900, Paris, France
Language: English
Who he was: Irish playwright, novelist, essayist, and poet; The Picture of Dorian Gray; Salome; The Importance of Being Earnest; The Ballad of Reading Gaol; "The Happy Prince"; "The Nightingale and the Rose"; "The Selfish Giant"
Included in lists (What's This?): GGB (+PGR 1); Bloom; GC

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Richard Steele, Irish writer
(1672-1729)

by Godfrey Kneller

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Name: Richard Steele
Birth: March 12, 1672, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Death: September 1, 1729, Carmarthen, UK
Language: English
Who he was: Irish writer; with Joseph Addison, published The Tatler and The Spectator
Included in lists (What's This?): HC; Bloom

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