William Allingham: ‘an Irish poet but not a national poet’? (W.B. Yeats)

[sc_embed_player fileurl="https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/history2013/20180112-HistoryIrelandShow-085.mp3"] Click the play button to listen To download audio, right click this link and select "Save link as.." @ Abbey Arts Centre, Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal 7pm Sat 11 Nov ‘17 Unlike Ballyshannon’s other famous son, Rory Gallagher, poet William Allingham (b. 1824) spent most of his adult life in his native town before ... Read more

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