Tag: early Irish poem
The Scribe in the Woods: An Early Irish Poem
This beautiful early Irish poem describes the joy of a scribe working in a forest surrounded by bird song and…
‘Tonight I fear not the Vikings’, An Early Irish Poem
‘Bitter is the wind tonight It tosses the ocean’s white hair Tonight I fear not the fierce warriors of Norway …
Pangur Bán
Pangur Bán is probably the most famous surviving poem from Early Ireland[i]. Composed by an Irish monk sometime around the 9th…
