Publisher's Synopsis
This volume is a series of essays that cover various fields of Irish studies from the period of Early Modern Irish to today. Folklore, gender questions, medical texts, Irish classical poetry, the Fenian cycle, literary song in the 18th century, women's poetry, textual editing, Oireachtas na Gaeilge and singing, the poems of Seán Ó Rìordáin and philosophical questions, and Irish language acquisition in Ireland and Scotland are amongst the subjects discussed.