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An overview of the Irish language
St. Columba Cú Chulainn Finn MacCool Douglas Hyde Patrick Pearse Brendan Behan
An overview of Scottish languages
Quizzes
Hand with pencil writing on page. (handwriting; write)
Word Nerd Quiz
4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul
Famous Poets and Poetic Form
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:
Poetry: First Lines
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An overview of the Irish language
Britannica editor Jeff Wallenfeldt provides an overview of the Irish language.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
An overview of Scottish languages
Britannica editor Jeff Wallenfeldt provides an overview of Scottish languages.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

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St. Columba
St. Columba, stained-glass window, 14th century; in Gloucester Cathedral, England.
© Ronald Sheridan/Ancient Art & Architecture Collection
Cú Chulainn
An illustration showing Irish hero Cú Chulainn riding his chariot into battle.
Finn MacCool
Finn MacCool, last leader of the Fianna Éireann, in an illustration by Stephen Reid...
From The High Deeds of Finn, and other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland, by T. W. Rolleston, c. 1910.
Douglas Hyde
Douglas Hyde, Irish poet, philologist, historian, and cofounder of the Gaelic League,...
Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Patrick Pearse
Irish nationalist, poet, and educator Patrick Pearse.
BBC Hulton Picture Library
Brendan Behan
Irish playwright, novelist, and memoirist Brendan Behan.
BBC Hulton Picture Library
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