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This module examines the practices of writing in Irish in north-west Ireland between 1450 and 1620. In particular it will focus on the rise of the O''Donnells as the main political and cultural power brokers in the area and the impact that this had on a number of literary genres. Reading a number of saints lives, biography and annalistic works will provide an insight into how literary texts can reflect the society in which they were created and in particular how texts belonging to one genre, such as saints'' lives, can express ideas which seem inappropriate for that genre.
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