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Date 1880 - 1930
Context Gaelic Revival

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William Butler Yeats
Standish James O'Grady
Lady Isabella Augusta Gregory
James Stephens
Hear a discussion on The Death of Fionavar (1916), a play that was published during the Easter Rising and written by Eva Gore-Booth, with illustrations by her sister, Irish nationalist Constance Markievicz.
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William Butler Yeats, c. 1915.
William Butler Yeats
Irish author and poet
Sean O’Casey
Irish dramatist
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Irish poet
J.M. Synge
J.M. Synge
Irish author
Oliver St. John Gogarty
Oliver St. John Gogarty
Irish writer
Micheál MacLiammóir
actor, scenic designer, and playwright
Augusta, Lady Gregory, 1911.
Augusta, Lady Gregory
Irish writer
Liam O’Flaherty
Irish writer
James Stephens, 1925
James Stephens
Irish writer
Edward Martyn
Irish dramatist
O'Grady, Standish James
Standish James O’Grady
Irish author
Lennox Robinson
Irish playwright
Saint John Ervine
British dramatist
Colum, Padraic
Padraic Colum
Irish poet