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Walter Kennedy (ca. 1455 – c.1508), younger brother of John Kennedy, 2nd Lord Kennedy of Dunure. Clan Kennedy He was parson of Douglas who acquired Glentig in 1504 from John Wallace, and married Christian Hynd. Kennedy was born into the Scottish Clan Kennedy, a principal aristocratic family in Dunure, South Ayrshire. This was part of the Galloway Gàidhealtachd, a strong Gaelic-speaking area of the Scottish Lowlands. He was almost certain to have been a native speaker of the language.〔Meier 2008, p. xv〕 Educated at the University of Glasgow, he graduated in 1476, then obtained MA in 1478.〔 As great-grandson of Robert III〔Tasioulas, J.A ''The Makars'', Canongate, p.789.〕 and nephew of James Kennedy, bishop of St Andrews,〔Meier 2008, p. xv.〕 Kennedy would have been very well-connected in the royal court. He possessed estates in both Carrick and Galloway and is known to have held ecclesiastical posts such as rector of Douglas and canon of Glasgow Cathedral although records show that his right to hold at least one of his posts was contested by the Holy See in Rome.〔Meier 2008, p. xvii.〕 ==Poems of Walter Kennedy== Walter was a Scottish makar associated with the renaissance court of James IV, perhaps best known as the defendant against William Dunbar in ''The Flyting of Dumbar and Kennedie'', but his surviving works clearly show him to have been an accomplished "master" in many genres.〔Meier 2008, p. ix.〕 It is likely that a significant body of poetry by him has been lost. His most impressive surviving poem is ''The Passioun''. Although Kennedy's surviving works are written in Middle Scots he may also have composed in Gaelic. In the ''Flyting'', for instance, Dunbar makes big play of Kennedy's Carrick roots (albeit in the rankly insulting terms that are part of the genre) and strongly associates him with ''Erschry'', which meant in other words the bardic tradition. By this time, the term ''Irish'' in Scotland signified Gaelic generally: :Sic eloquence as thay in Erschry use, :In sic is sett thy thraward appetyte. :Thow hes full littill feill of fair indyte. :I tak on me, ane pair of Lowthiane hippis :Sall fairar Inglis mak and mair perfyte :Than thow can blabbar with thy Carrik lippis. :''Such eloquence as they in Irishry () use :''Is what defines your perverse taste. :''You have very small aptitude for good verse-making. :''I'll wager, a pair of Lothian hips :''Shall fairer English (Scots ) make and more polished :''Than thou can blabber with thy Carrick lips.'' Kennedy also appears at the end of Dunbar's ''Lament for the Makaris'' (c.1505) where he is described as being close to death (''in poynt of dede'') though there is no evidence that he died at this date.〔Meier 2008, p. xvii.〕 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「Walter Kennedy (poet)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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