Early 18th Century Irish Voices From the Maelstrom of the Londonderry Plantation: Poems on the O Cahans of the Bann Valley and the O Neills of Clann Aodha Bhuidhe

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Location: Flanner Hall, Room 424

Peter Smith, University of Ulster

Smith is currently a lecturer in Irish in the Irish and Celtic Studies Research Institute at Magee College, Derry. His areas of research include medieval Irish literature, 18th century Ulster poetry, and the manuscript tradition in Irish. He is also interested in Irish folksong and has contributed to the New Dictionary of National Biography.

Sponsored by the Department of Irish Language and Literature and the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies