Mise Raifteri :
I am Raftery
/ Antoine Raftery & Seamus Heaney [translator].
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| Summary: | First edition, single sheet broadside poem issued on the occasion of a reading at the Deerfield Academy on 13 December 1996. The 19th century three-stanza poem 'Mise Raifteri' is presented in the original Irish and in Heaney's translation into English. 300 copies were printed.300 copies were printed. Presentation copy from Seamus Heaney, inscribed to Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke [who translated Heaney's work into Greek]: "Tusa Katerina an file - Lán dóchais agus grádh - Seamus, Athens'. |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English In Irish and English. |
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Massachusetts :
The Deerfield Press, Deerfield,
1996.
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| Notes: | Anthony Raftery (1799–1835) also known as Antaine Raiftearaí and Antoine Ó Reachtabhra wrote poetry in Irish and was considered the last of the 'wandering bards'. His poem "Mise Raifteirí an File" appeared on the verso of the Series C Irish five pound note that featured on the recto Venerable Mother Catherine Elizabeth McAuley who founded the Sisters of Mercy in 1831 [prior to the introduction of the euro]. Physical description: 1 broadside poem ; 28 x 34 cm. more |
As a digital copy of this item is available, the original will not be issued.
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