Tagged: St. Patrick’s Day

Sailing

An Irish Poem for St. Patrick’s Day

A beautiful poem from an Irish poet for this St. Patrick’s Day: Sailing to Byzantium by William Butler Yeats THAT is no country for old men. The young In one another’s arms, birds in the trees – Those dying generations – at their song, The salmon-falls, the mackerel-crowded seas, Fish, flesh, or fowl, commend all summer long Whatever is begotten, born, and dies. Caught in that sensual music all neglect Monuments of unageing intellect. An aged man is but a paltry thing, A tattered coat upon a stick,...

The Vicar of Wakefield

10 Famous Irish Authors

In honor of St. Patrick’s Day tomorrow, here is a list of 10 Irish authors and their most famous works: Samuel Beckett – Waiting for Godot Oliver Goldsmith – The Vicar of Wakefield Seamus Heaney – Beowulf (as translator) James Joyce – Ulysses George Bernard Shaw – Pygmalion Laurence Sterne – The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman Bram Stoker – Dracula Jonathan Swift – Gulliver’s Travels Oscar Wilde – The Picture of Dorian Gray William Butler Yeats – Collected Poems I can’t comment on too many...