Amergin

Life
Poet associated with Gaelic invasion myths and supposed author of the lines: ‘I speak for Erin, / Sailed and fertile sea. / Fertile fruitful mountains, / Fruitful moist woods, / Mosit overflowing lochs, / Flowing hillside springs.'

Works
Jan de Fouw, trans., The Song of Amergin, trans. with foreword by Michael O'Siadhail and afterword by Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill (Dublin: Wolfhound Press 2000), 40pp.

 


Princess Grace Irish Library (Monaco)