Who is William Larminie

William Larminie (1 August 1849 – 19 January 1900) was an Irish poet and folklorist.He was born in Castlebar, County Mayo, of Huguenot descent and was educated at Kingstown School and Trinity College Dublin, from which he graduated in 1871 with a moderatorship in Classics. He moved to London while he was employed in the British India Office from 1873 until 1887, at which point he retired and returned to Ireland to devote himself to writing, settling in Bray, County Wicklow.He published two volumes of poetry—Glanlua and Other Poems (1889), and Fand and Other Poems (1892)—as well as a collection of stories which he had collected from local people in County Donegal, County Mayo and County Galway: West Irish Folk-Tales and Romances (1893).Like his contemporaries John Todhunter and Willia...
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  • Killarney
    Is there one desires to hear
    If within the shores of Eire
    Eyes may still behold the scene
    Far from Fand's enticements?...
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Autumn 1 Purple 1 Spring 1 Water 1 Long 1 Sense 1 Hear 1 Delight 1 Mountain 1


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Histparl: 2) this is not the only time that william lenthall faced difficulties during his time in the speaker's chair. find out more about lenthall in this video, part of our 'parliamentary leadership series', as dr vivienne larminie discusses his long career:
Clic_erc: the revivalist william larminie died before completing what would have been the first english translation of eriugena's periphyseon. he referred to eriugena as "the irish plato," noting "the pantheist cast of his philosophy," and "the affinity of his ideas with those of india."
Stephensenn: cancelling christmas?
Histparl: this is not the only time that william lenthall faced difficulties during his time in the speaker's chair. find out more about lenthall in this video, part of our 'parliamentary leadership series', as dr vivienne larminie discusses his long career.
Histparl: in case you missed it - with the recent controversy surrounding the speaker of the commons, vivienne larminie explo...
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