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Maura Bhuidhe "Bwee" O'Leary (or Yellow Mary O'Leary, Máire Bhuí Ní Laoire) (1774–1848) was an Irish poet born in County Cork, Ireland, who became a popular folk icon in the province of Munster in nineteenth century Ireland. O'Leary's work was passed on for many generations purely by oral tradition. Her poetry, while it was sung or recited, is recognized as an early form of the spoken word art form. She was unknown to the English-speaking world, but a minority of Gaelic-speaking and Gaelic-reading Irish people kept her voice alive for almost a hundred years until it was documented. In the early 20th century, Father Donagh O'Donoghue compiled and published a book of O'Leary's poetry in Gaelic titled the "Filiocht Mhaire Bhuidhe Ni Laoghaire". It was later translated into English by Fr. Sean Sweeney of the Society of African Missions and Fr. Richard P. Burke of the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts. The title translates to "The Poetry of Maura Bwee O'Leary" and was first published in 1931, with a second printing in 1933 and finally in 1950. A passage is devoted to O'Leary in Robert Welch's ''Oxford Companion to Irish Literature, 1996 Edition''; and a second book, ''Songs of An Irish Poet: The Mary O'Leary Story'' by Brian Brennan which is available on Google Books. ==O'Leary clan== The O'Leary's were a clan or sept from the region of Corca Laoighe (Curk-a-Lee) in West Cork. The invading Normans forced them north to the River Lee where they settled on a territory known as the land of the O'Leary's. At Carrignacurra, Carrignageelagh and at Dromcarra, they built three castles. Maura O'Leary was the first of eight children born to Dermot Bwee and his wide Siobhan (Joanna). She was raised in Tureenanane on 50 acres of land, but eloped with Seamus Burke (de Burca) in 1792. Burke, from Skibbereen, came from a family of soldiers but was a horse dealer by trade. They married in Inchigeelagh and bought a farm in Avnagh Beg Island where they raised six sons and three daughters. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Maura Bwee O'Leary」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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