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The Coming of Cuculain
Reproduction of the original: The Coming of Cuculain by Standish O�Grady
114 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1894
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Standish J. O'Grady
37 books1 followerPlease be careful not confuse him with his cousin Standish Hayes O'Grady.
Standish James O'Grady
His father was the Reverend Thomas O'Grady, the scholarly Church of Ireland minister of Castletown Berehaven, County Cork, and his mother Susanna Doe (or Dowe). Standish O'Grady's childhood home - the Glebe - lies a mile west of Castletownbere near a famine mass grave and ruined Roman Catholic chapel. He was a cousin of Standish Hayes O'Grady, another noted figure in Celtic literature, and of Standish O'Grady, 1st Viscount Guillamore.
He married Margaret Fisher and had three sons. Advised to move away from Ireland for the sake of his health, he passed his later years living with his eldest son, a clergyman in England, and died on the Isle of Wight.
His eldest son, Hugh Art O'Grady, was for a time editor of the Cork Free Press before he enlisted in the Great War early in 1915. He became better known as Dr Hugh O'Grady, later Professor of the Transvaal University College, Pretoria (later the University of Pretoria), who wrote the biography of his father in 1929.
After a rather severe education at Tipperary Grammar School, Standish James O'Grady followed his father to Trinity College, Dublin, where he won several prize medals and distinguished himself in several sports.
Standish James O'Grady
His father was the Reverend Thomas O'Grady, the scholarly Church of Ireland minister of Castletown Berehaven, County Cork, and his mother Susanna Doe (or Dowe). Standish O'Grady's childhood home - the Glebe - lies a mile west of Castletownbere near a famine mass grave and ruined Roman Catholic chapel. He was a cousin of Standish Hayes O'Grady, another noted figure in Celtic literature, and of Standish O'Grady, 1st Viscount Guillamore.
He married Margaret Fisher and had three sons. Advised to move away from Ireland for the sake of his health, he passed his later years living with his eldest son, a clergyman in England, and died on the Isle of Wight.
His eldest son, Hugh Art O'Grady, was for a time editor of the Cork Free Press before he enlisted in the Great War early in 1915. He became better known as Dr Hugh O'Grady, later Professor of the Transvaal University College, Pretoria (later the University of Pretoria), who wrote the biography of his father in 1929.
After a rather severe education at Tipperary Grammar School, Standish James O'Grady followed his father to Trinity College, Dublin, where he won several prize medals and distinguished himself in several sports.
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June 3, 2020
Rousing stuff.
September 20, 2011
It's old, the translation is slightly clumsy, it's an epic poem and trying to jump the gap between oral tradition and written. That's a difficult task. It's less dense and no more difficult to read than the Iliad or the Odyssey and an easy read compared to something like the The Song Of Roland. ...really, it's "ancient" literature, one of those "it's either worth it to you to read or it's not" sort of things. It completes a chunk of my education and at any rate no one should be worse off for reading much of anything.
In the offing, it's something that anyone of Celtic/Irish heritage might read for the sake of cultural literacy and a more complete classical education if nothing more. It's probably on par with Euripides whether Greek scholars would agree or not.
In the offing, it's something that anyone of Celtic/Irish heritage might read for the sake of cultural literacy and a more complete classical education if nothing more. It's probably on par with Euripides whether Greek scholars would agree or not.
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