Irish bardic poetry Lebedeva Kate, 1MA Bardic Poetry

Irish bardic poetry Lebedeva Kate, 1MA

Bardic Poetry produced by a class of poets trained in the Bardic Schools of Ireland and the Gaelic parts of Scotland existed down to about the middle of the 17th century or, in Scotland, the early 18th century

Background bards and filid involved themselves with law, language, lore and court poetry were verifiers dán díreach

Role in Irish and Scottish Society a number of official roles satirists chroniclers acted independently were highly respected individuals for their own power

Founding bardic schools Requirements: would teach people that had a bard in their family history being skilled at reading having a good memory