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    Cathleen Ni Houlihan
    Cathleen Ni Houlihan
    Cathleen Ni Houlihan
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    Cathleen Ni Houlihan

    By W B Yeats

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    William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was an instrumental figure in the "Irish Literary Revival" of the 20th Century that redefined Irish writing. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923, and received honorary degrees from Queen's University (Belfast), Trinity College (Dublin), and the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. It can be difficult to characterize Yeats. He was a complicated man whose work reflected the internal struggle he felt between art and life. In 1899 Yeats helped found the Irish National Theatre Society, which later became the famous Abbey Theatre of Dublin. Written in collaboration with Lady Gregory, "Cathleen Ni Houlihan" appeared on the bill of plays produced in 1902 by the theatre, and although a short work, it was frequently revived until World War II. The story is based on the battle at Killala, one of many conflicts in Ireland's long fight for independence. Yeats depicts the love of family, poverty, anguish and hardship of the Irish peasantry through the symbolic portrayal of Ireland as a female spirit.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDigireads.com Publishing
    Release dateJan 1, 2011
    ISBN9781420942224
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    W B Yeats

    William Butler Yeats was born in 1865 in County Dublin. With his much-loved early poems such as 'The Stolen Child', and 'He Remembers Forgotten Beauty', he defined the Celtic Twilight mood of the late-Victorian period and led the Irish Literary Renaissance. Yet his style evolved constantly, and he is acknowledged as a major figure in literary modernism and twentieth-century European letters. T. S. Eliot described him as 'one of those few whose history is the history of their own time, who are part of the consciousness of an age which cannot be understood without them'. W. B. Yeats died in 1939.

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      Cathleen Ni Houlihan - W B Yeats

      CATHLEEN NI HOULIHAN

      BY W. B. YEATS

      A Digireads.com Book

      Digireads.com Publishing

      Print ISBN 13: 978-1-4209-4157-9

      Ebook ISBN 13: 978-1-4209-4222-4

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      CONTENTS

      PERSONS IN THE PLAY

      CATHLEEN NI HOULIHAN

      PERSONS IN THE PLAY

      PETER GILLANE

      MICHAEL GILLANE, his son, going to be married.

      PATRICK GILLANE, a lad of twelve, Michael's brother.

      BRIDGET GILLANE, Peter's wife.

      DELIA CAHEL, engaged to MICHAEL.

      THE POOR OLD WOMAN

      NEIGHBOURS

      CATHLEEN NI HOULIHAN

      [Interior of a cottage close to Killala, in 1798. Bridget is standing at a table undoing a parcel. Peter is sitting at one side of the fire, Patrick at the other.]

      PETER. What is that sound I hear?

      PATRICK. I don't hear anything. [He listens.] I hear it now. It's like cheering. [He goes to the window and looks out.] I wonder what they are cheering about. I don't see anybody.

      PETER. It might be a hurling match.

      PATRICK. There's no hurling to-day. It must be down in the town the cheering is.

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