Cathleen Ní Houlihan

come right out and say this in his work but would instead suggest different points of action like in his poem A Modest Proposal. Their work did not have a great effect until later when a poet by the name William Butler Yeats, based his poem Cathleen ni Houlihan, off of their inspiration. In Rafterty’s poem County Mayo he talks about the land of plenty. This is the town where he was born and can remember how it was before the French took control. Being a poor, blind, old man he would ask to stay with

The plays “Cathleen Ni Houlihan” and “The Countess Cathleen” are particularly interesting since both are analogies for what was happening in Ireland during the 1798 Rebellion. In order to portray the bleak reality of Ireland at that time, the atmosphere of both is marked with a distinct sense of desperation: “Cathleen Ni Houlihan”, encompasses the idea of honor and starkly nationalistic pride, support and service. The title character, Cathleen, appears initially as an old woman who goes throughout

able to bring forth a new vision of Ireland. His play, Cathleen ni Houlihan, is an accurate depiction of the message he wanted to convey. He used drama to convey ongoing social problems during the era of British colonial rule. Through that other prominent figures such as Patrick Pearse appeared into the movement for Irish Freedom. Through his work, Pearse was also able to influence As described in, The Journal’s article on Cathleen ni Houlihan, “Yeats led a colonization in reverse”. What Yeats wanted

First Cathleen Ni Houlihan would be performed followed by The Rising of the Moon. Both settings of these one-acts would be constructed with minimalistic design juxtaposed with highly detailed acting decisions. This will utilize the audience’s imagination to create a realistic backdrop for both of these scenes, and keep the focus of the production of the evolving relationship between the protagonists and the unlikely defenders of Ireland, i.e. the ragged man and the poor old woman. Minimalist constructs

2.2 Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill’s “Marvellous Grass” The second poem, which examines the female starvation from a religious perspective is “Féar Suaithinseach / Marvellous Grass” by Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill. The author writes exclusively in Irish, restoring the precolonial experience of Ireland. Ailbhe Smyth describes this as following: “as women, we have been denied the right to speak. . . . As Irish, our language has been devalued and marginalized by the colonizers from a culture which has always sought by

The role of the theatre during the Irish Literary Revival was central to Irish cultural nationalism and the political dynamics at the start of the 20th century. As a playwright and a co-founder of the Abbey Theatre, Lady Gregory created the backbone of the group that drove the Irish cultural identity towards a more nationalist outlook. Yet as an Irish nationalist, her participation in political causes was often muted; not because of her political views, but because of her gender. Though Lady Gregory

Who knows when a Nobel Prize would have been given to an Irish man if it had not been for William Butler Yeats? William Butler Yeats is a great figure in the history of Irish poetry and playwriting. He wrote many poems and plays throughout his entire life. He was a very modernist man and many of his poems were based on this, they were ahead of his time beautiful and inspiring. What was behind William Butler Yeats success, and what phases did he have to go through to get there. This man has influenced

4-3 Revisionist Mythmaking: Revising History and Myth A clear indication of Eavan Boland's feminist poetry is her revision of history and myth. In her book Critical Survey of Poetry: Irish Poets, Rosemary M. Canfield Reisman says that ''Hearth and history provide a context for the poetry of Eavan Boland. She is inspired by both the domestic and the cultural'' (Reisman, 35). Like Carol Ann Duffy (explained in chapter three), Boland claims a voice for women by challenging the masculinized institutions