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Brian Merriman or in Irish Brian Mac Giolla Meidhre (c. 1747 – 27 July 1805) was an 18th-century Irish language bard, farmer, hedge school teacher, and Irish traditional musician from rural County Clare.
Brian Merriman. ’TWAS MY CUSTOM to stroll by a clear winding stream, With my boots full of dew from the lush meadow green, Near a neck of the woods where the mountain holds sway, Without danger or fear at the dawn of the day. The sight of Lough Graney would dazzle my eyes, As the countryside sparkled beneath the blue skies;
Brian Merriman. Read poems by this poet. Brian Merriman was born around the year 1747 in Ireland, likely in County Clare, and grew up near the village of Feakle. A poet and a teacher, he taught at various schools around Feakle and served as a private tutor for local families.
…17th-century satire by Brian Merriman, The Midnight Court (1945), which is considered by many to be the finest single poem written in Irish. It was included in O’Connor’s later collection of translations, Kings, Lords, and Commons (1959).
Brian Merriman c. 1747-1805. (Bryan Merryman, Brian Mac Goilla Meidhre) Irish poet. Although today remembered as a poet, Merriman was known during his lifetime primarily as a teacher and a...
Jul 27, 2018 · Brian Merriman, Irish language poet and teacher, dies in County Limerick on July 27, 1805. His single surviving work of substance, the 1000-line long Cúirt An Mheán Oíche (The Midnight Court) is widely regarded as the greatest comic poem in the history of Irish literature.
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Brian Merriman — his life. Professor Seán Ó Tuama says of Merriman’s poem: The Midnight Court is undoubtedly one of the greatest comic works of literature, and certainly the greatest comic poem ever written in Ireland (Repossessions: Selected Essays on the Irish Literary Heritage, 1995).
