Overview

Ó Ciardha describes "Priest-poets such as Liam Inglis, Seán Ó Briain, Conchubhar Ó Briain, Domhnall Ó Colmáin and Uilliam mac Néill Bhacaigh Ó hIarlaithe" as "the heirs of Seathrún Céitinn and Pádraigín Haicéad who had emerged as major political voices in the seventeenth century. The promoted the Stuart

House of Stuart

The House of Stuart is a European royal house. Founded by Robert II of Scotland, the Stewarts first became monarchs of the Kingdom of Scotland during the late 14th century, and subsequently held the position of the Kings of Great Britain and Ireland...

 cause, which was an intrinsic feature of Irish Catholic nationalist identity until at least 1760. (p.50, 2001)

In Atá an fhoireann so, Inglis expressed the hope that, with the Stuarts in power, he and the other poets would not need to fear to speck their treason. Composed in 1742, his M'atuirse traochta na fearchoin aostap.40, spoke of the hope that the banishment of tyrants would free Irish towns from high rent and put an end to the nicknames used for Prince Charles. His enpowerment would return all the churchs, reverse the decline of the Irish language, and let the poets speck without fear of punishment from the authorities.

He was acquainted with the poet

Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...

s and fellow Jacobite

Jacobitism

Jacobitism was the political movement in Britain dedicated to the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England, Scotland, later the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Kingdom of Ireland...

, Éadbhard de Nógla

Éadbhard de Nógla

Éadbhard de Nógla, tailor and Jacobite poet, fl. 1748.-Biography:De Nógla was a descendant of Jocelyn de Angulo and a son of the lawyer, Patrick Nagle .-References:...

 and Tadhg Gaelach Ó Súilleabháin.

Much of his surviving work, such as Ar maidin ag caoidh dham, Póiní an leasa An tAodhaire Óg, can be found in Ó Foghludha.
Others such as An sean-duine Seóirse can be found in O'Brien.

External links

• http://comres.corkcity.ie/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=130G29663P0Q8.931&profile=main&uri=search=TL~![Liam%20Inglis,%20Augustinian%20poet%20priest%20of%20the%2018th%20century]&menu=search&submenu=advanced&source=~!comres
• http://www.librarything.com/work/10609217
• http://books.google.ie/books?id=IcMt8ZncwIwC&pg=PA11&lpg=PA11&dq=Liam+Inglis&source=bl&ots=KumCz2-EE-&sig=KWNaI7zxSioRPOwtjjux9JvhNxk&hl=en&ei=LAX7TcqtI4ywhQfzn_SXAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CC0Q6AEwBDgU#v=onepage&q=Liam%20Inglis&f=false
• http://www.jstor.org/pss/20495138
• http://irishecho.com/?p=44810
• http://www.nui.ie/eigse/pdf/vol34/eigse34.pdf