Brian Merriman
Who is Brian Merriman
Brian Merriman or in Irish Brian Mac Giolla Meidhre (c. 1747 – 27 July 1805) was an Irish language bard, farmer, and hedge school teacher from rural County Clare. His single surviving work of substance, the 1000-line long Dream vision poem Cúirt An Mheán Oíche (The Midnight Court), is often compared to the works of François Rabelais. It is widely regarded as the greatest work of comic verse in the history of Irish poetry.
Merriman's life
Merriman in oral accounts collected after his death was said to have been born illegitimately in Clondagad or Ennistymon, County Clare. His father is said to have been either a Roman Catholic priest or an Anglo-Irish landlord. His mother was surnamed Quilkeen.Shortly after his birth, Merriman's mother married a stonemason who...
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- Drkyle: moe and merriman were warned so many times about the delta wave. saskatchewan had the highest death rates in canada. their decisions killed people. full stop.
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10:45 jake plummer
11:00 legarrette blount
11:15 jeffri chadiha
11:30 chris russo
11:50 mitch holthus
12:15 shawne merriman
1:00 amber theoharis
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- Saulstaniforth: last month huw merriman, the tory rail minister, admitted the govt has spent more money fighting railway workers than it would have cost to settle the dispute. why aren't journalists saying this every time they report on the rail strikes?
- Saulstaniforth: huw merriman, the tory rail minister, admitted today that the govt has spent more money fighting railway workers than it would have cost to settle the dispute.
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