learn Irish.
The historical impact of Irish poetry and literature however, is another matter. Much of the poetry written in Irish is of a political or rebellious nature.
The poem “Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire” would not
Irish is one of the oldest languages in the world that is still spoken as a first language. We have evidence of it written in Ogham form as early as the fourth century, but, it may have been written before that.
Contrary to the popular belief that Ogham was only written on stone pillars, usually depicting place names, Ogham was written on all