LEADER 03386nam 2200577 450 001 9910157419903321 005 20230725040127.0 010 $a1-908448-16-4 035 $a(CKB)2670000000521886 035 $a(EBL)1620972 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001112116 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12487567 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001112116 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11157965 035 $a(PQKB)11045116 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1620972 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000521886 100 $a20180730d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGeorge Sigerson $epoet, patriot, scientist and scholar /$fKen McGilloway 210 1$aBelfast :$cStair Uladh,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (331 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-903688-21-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aGeorge 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 327 $aAppendix 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 330 $a 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 606 $aIrish literature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aScientists$zIreland$vBiography 606 $aPhysicians$zIreland$vBiography 606 $aScholars$zIreland$vBiography 606 $aPoets, Irish$y19th century$vBiography 615 0$aIrish literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aScientists 615 0$aPhysicians 615 0$aScholars 615 0$aPoets, Irish 676 $a941.7081092 700 $aMcGilloway$b Ken$f1940-$01241529 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910157419903321 996 $aGeorge Sigerson$92880077 997 $aUNINA