Verse of the Celtic bardic tradition, including Irish bardic poetry and the aisling vision poem of Irish language verse, with room for the Welsh forms as they are placed. A genre belongs here when its cited article places it in the Irish or Welsh poetic tradition. It excludes the Occitan troubadour lyric and the verse of other nations. The group is organised by form and tradition so that a reader can compare related genres side by side.
Irish and Welsh Bardic Poetry
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Marwysgafn, Wikipedia
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a Welsh term meaning a "deathbed song"
Dindsenchas, Wikipedia
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is a class of onomastic text in early Irish literature
National Eisteddfod of Wales (Wikipedia)
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The crown is awarded for a pryddest, a poem in free verse.
Aisling (Wikipedia)
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Among the most famous examples of aisling poetry are Gile na gile by Ó Rathaille and Ceo draíochta i gcoim oíche by Eoghan Rua Ó Súilleabháin, who is also famed for his works in the genre.
Bardic poetry, Wikipedia
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Bardic poetry is the writings produced by a class of poets trained in the bardic schools of Ireland and the Gaelic parts of Scotland, as they existed down to about the middle of the 17th century or, in Scotland, the early 18th century.
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