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Padraic Colum
Photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1959.
Photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1959.
BornPatrick Columb
(1881-12-08)8 December 1881
Columcille, County Longford, Ireland
Died11 January 1972(1972-01-11) (aged 90)
Enfield, Connecticut, United States
NationalityIrish
Alma materUniversity College Dublin
Period1902–58
Notable worksThe Saxon Shillin, The King of Ireland's Son
SpouseMary Maguire

Padraic Colum (8 December 1881 – 11 January 1972) was an Irish poet, novelist, dramatist, biographer, playwright, children's author and collector of folklore. He was one of the leading figures of the Irish Literary Revival.

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Padraic Colum

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Padraic Colum (8 December 1881 – 11 January 1972) was an Irish poet, novelist, dramatist, biographer, playwright, children's author and collector of folklore...

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Colum

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Mary Colum (1884–1957), Irish literary critic and author Padraic Colum (1881–1972), a leading figure of the Irish Literary Revival St. Colum's GAA, a...

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List of fairy tales

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2017. Colum, Padraic (1918), The Boy Who Knew How to Speak to Birds., New York: The MacMillan Company. Retrieved 24 November 2017. >Colum, Padraic (1920)...

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Irish Literary Revival

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soon-to-be eminent authors, including Yeats, Lady Gregory, Moore, Martyn, Padraic Colum, George Bernard Shaw, Oliver St John Gogarty, F. R. Higgins, Thomas...

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Mary Colum

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with David Houston, Thomas MacDonagh, et al. and she and her husband, Padraic Colum, edited the magazine for some months of its four-year career. She was...

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Newbery Medal

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True Account of What Befell a Little Boy in Search of Adventure Honor Padraic Colum The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles Honor Cornelia...

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List of Irish writers

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Chaomhánach (born 1991) Marina Carr (born 1964) Austin Clarke (1896–1974) Padraic Colum (1881–1972) William Congreve (1670–1729) Michael Cormican (1948-2023)...

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The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles

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Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles is a children's book by Padraic Colum, a retelling of Greek myths. The book, illustrated by Willy Pogany,...

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Twilight of the Gods

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Gods", a short story from The Children of Odin, a 1920 collection by Padraic Colum Twilight of the Gods (Hamilton collection), a 1948 collection of short...

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White Summer

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in the 1963 version by [Davey] Graham, which he in turn credited to Padraic Colum". The later Led Zeppelin song "Over the Hills and Far Away" was "spun...

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Cath Maige Tuired

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harp, Uaithne, which had been captured by the retreating Fomorians. Pádraic Colum adapted Cath Maige Tuired into the play Moytura: A Play for Dancers...

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The Dial

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known as Winslow Wilson Vol. 71 (July–December 1921) Sherwood Anderson, Padraic Colum, Arthur Dove, Anatole France, D. H. Lawrence, Wyndham Lewis, Amy Lowell...

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The Ballad of Reading Gaol

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Joyce Patrick Pearse Joseph Plunkett Thomas MacDonagh Francis Ledwidge Padraic Colum F. R. Higgins Austin Clarke Samuel Beckett Brian Coffey Denis Devlin...

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Jason

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Perseus and the Gorgon's Head the mythical story of Jason is described. Padraic Colum wrote an adaptation for children, The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who...

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William Alwyn

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(1922) Fedelma, mime ballet in one scene (February 1931); libretto: Padraic Colum, choreography: Ninette de Valois; costumes: Dolly Travers-Smith; Abbey...

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The Six Swans

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her words turn to bees, preventing her from speaking. Irish novelist Padraic Colum used a similar tale in his novel The King of Ireland's Son, in the chapter...

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List of Irish ballads

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the Fair" – a traditional tune collected in Donegal, lyrics by poet Padraic Colum "Single Again" – also known as I Wish I Was Single Again. "Star of the...

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Longford

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(1876–1884) and husband-manager of American sharpshooter Annie Oakley Padraic Colum (1881–1972), Irish poet, novelist and playwright Ray Flynn (b.1957)...

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The Dublin Magazine

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poet Austin Clarke, popular novelist Maurice Walsh, as well as Padraic Fallon, Padraic Colum, Patrick Kavanagh and Blanaid Salkeld among others.[citation...

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She Moved Through the Fair

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were apparently first collected in County Donegal by Longford poet Padraic Colum and the musicologist Herbert Hughes.[citation needed] The melody is...

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The Oxford Companion to Irish Literature

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Abbey Theatre and its impact on playwrights such as J. M. Synge and Padraic Colum; the Easter Rising which inspired Yeats to write 'Easter 1916'. The...

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