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*Douglas Hyde 1860—1949 | *Douglas Hyde 1860—1949 | ||
*[[William Butler Yeats]] 1865—1939 | *[[William Butler Yeats]] 1865—1939 | ||
*Ethna Carbery 1866—1902 | *Ethna Carbery 1866—1902 | ||
*Alice Milligan 1866—1953 | *Alice Milligan 1866—1953 | ||
*Dora Shorter (née Sigerson) 1866—1918 | *Dora Shorter (née Sigerson) 1866—1918 | ||
*[[George Russell]](Æ) 1867—1935 | *[[George Russell]] (Æ) 1867—1935 | ||
*[[Ella Young]] 1867—1956 | |||
*[[John Millington Synge]] 1871—1909 | *[[John Millington Synge]] 1871—1909 | ||
*Nora Chesson (née Hopper) 1871—1906 | *Nora Chesson (née Hopper) 1871—1906 | ||
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The Irish literary renaissance is the general term for a series of revivals of interest in poetry, drama, and fiction in English which was produced by writers from Ireland in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In a more detailed sense, it can be seen as starting with the Celtic revival, a period of renewed interest in traditional Irish myths and folklore starting in the 1880's, moving through a middle phase centered around William Butler Yeats and the Abbey Theatre, and finally through a later, explicitly modernist phase, of which James Joyce was the signal writer.
Writers associated with the Irish literary renaissance
- Sir Samuel Ferguson 1810—1886
- Douglas Hyde 1860—1949
- William Butler Yeats 1865—1939
- Ethna Carbery 1866—1902
- Alice Milligan 1866—1953
- Dora Shorter (née Sigerson) 1866—1918
- George Russell (Æ) 1867—1935
- Ella Young 1867—1956
- John Millington Synge 1871—1909
- Nora Chesson (née Hopper) 1871—1906
- Sean O'Casey 1880—1964
- Padraic Colum 1881—1972
- James Stephens 1882—1950