![]() ![]() ![]() Clarke's first three prose romances show both these influences, thematically reflecting folk tradition and stylistically mirroring the Bardic aspect. Hyde was a student of Gaelic folk poetry while McDonagh taught Clarke about Bardic poetry, a more intellectualĪnd more stylistic body of work produced by the Jacobite poets of the 17th and 18th Century. Hyde and McDonagh represented the two different strains of Gaelic tradition. In 1921, Clarke published "The Sword of The Nest" and these three works were his first attempts to recreate astyle of Gaelic poetry in the English language. His first work "The Vengence of Fionn" was written and was followed in 1918 by "The Fires of Baal". in 1917 and was appointed as a lecturer in UCD in the same year replacing his former teacher, McDonagh, who had been executed for his part in the 1916 Rising. Between 19, he was lectured by Douglas Hyde and Thomas McDonagh. He was one of four children, who's father was a coporation official, and was educated in Belvadere College and UCD. ![]()
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