Sonnets from Ireland

Most of the sonnets here are from little known 19th century poets, and while some show the influence of Wordsworth or Tennyson, most have a distinctively Irish diction and engagement with nature.

I've had difficulties locating the birth/death dates for some of these authors, so the order here is alphabetical for now.

Readers may be interested in an essay about William Butler Yeats and the sonnet.

• Alexander, Eleanor
• Alexander, William
(audio)
• Allingham, William
• Anster, John
(audio)
• De Vere, Aubrey
• De Vere, Sir Aubrey
• Dowden, Edward
• Drennan, John Swanwick
• Ferguson, Sir Samuel
• Holmes, Edmond G. A.
• Irwin, Thomas Caulfield
• Little, Elizabeth Mary
• Lysaght, Sidney Royse
• Macnamera, Francis
• O'Grady, Standish James
• Todhunter, John
• Trench, Richard Chenevix
• Yeats, William Butler