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Record Nr.

UNINA9910157419903321

Autore

McGilloway Ken <1940->

Titolo

George Sigerson : poet, patriot, scientist and scholar / / Ken McGilloway

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Belfast : , : Stair Uladh, , 2011

ISBN

1-908448-16-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (331 p.)

Disciplina

941.7081092

Soggetti

Irish literature - History and criticism

Scientists - Ireland

Physicians - Ireland

Scholars - Ireland

Poets, Irish - 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

George Sigerson: Poet, Patriot, Scientist and Scholar; Dedication; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; 1 The Sigersons of Derry and Tyrone; 2 Student years; 3 Early poetry and politics; 4 Sigerson the doctor; 5 The Mansion House Relief Committee; 6 The National Literary Society; 7 Bards of the Gael and Gall; 8 Family and friends; 9 Sigerson's later life, 1900-25; 10 The Sigerson Cup; Select bibliography; References and notes; Appendix 1: Tributes and appreciations; Appendix 2: Honours and distinctions

Appendix 3: Sigerson's publications - a select listAppendix 4: Popular songs and poems by George Sigerson; Appendix 5: Introduction to Songs and poems by George Sigerson (1927) Padraic Colum; 'A Pale family'; Memorial preface to Bards of the Gael and Gall (3rd ed.) Douglas Hyde; Extracts from a lecture by Dr George Sigerson at the inauguration of the National Literary Society in Dublin, August, 1892; 'The Holocaust' written by Dr Sigerson in Dec. 1867 following the execution of the Manchester Martyrs; Dedication to Love songs of Connacht Douglas Hyde; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Born in 1836 near Strabane, Co. Tyrone, George Sigerson was educated in Paris and University College, Cork, where he studied medicine. He



became one of the foremost authorities on diseases of the nervous system, a university professor, and a prolific writer on scientific subjects. An outstanding linguist, he made an historic contribution to the Irish literary revival through his translations from Irish into English verse, first of The Poets and Poetry of Munster in 1860, and then in 1897 of the monumental Bards of the Gael and Gall. He was president of the Irish National Literary Society fr