For a comparatively small island, Ireland has made a disproportionately large contribution to world literature. Irish literature encompasses the Irish and English languages.
Read more about Irish Literature: The Beginning of Writing in Irish, The Early Modern Period, The Manuscript Tradition, Modern Writing, Theatre
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“I hope you will not be washed away by the Irish sea.”
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—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)