Brian merriman , died

July 27th , 1805

Brian Merriman or in Irish Brian Mac Giolla Meidhre (c. 1747 – 27 July 1805) was an Irish language bard, farmer, and hedge school teacher from rural County Clare.

His single surviving work of substance, the 1000-line long Dream vision poem Cúirt An Mheán Oíche (The Midnight Court), is often compared to the works of François Rabelais.

It is widely regarded as the greatest work of comic verse in the history of Irish poetry.

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