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Poem for Christmas: Cuireadh do Mhuire / An Invitation to Mary
Cuireadh do Mhuire was composed by Máirtín Ó Direáin (1910 – 1988), the great Irish language poet from the village of Sruthán, on Inis Mór (Inishmore), the largest of the Aran Islands, in Galway Bay.
Ó Direáin penned this beautiful and delicate verse at Christmas 1942, when the whole world was at war and his…
ContinueAdded by Brian Nolan on December 31, 2015 at 12:00pm — 1 Comment
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