Charlotte Brooke
Write an account and evaluation of the work and publications of an 18th- or 19th-century collector of Irish folklore of your choice.
In this essay I will discuss the works and publications of Charlotte Brooke. I will discuss her background, how she became a well-known collector of Irish folklore. I will also discuss some of her most popular works. Some of her works include “Carolan’s Receipt” [pp.86-88], “Carolan’s Monody on the Death of Mary MacGuire”, [pp.94-95] and “Tiaghara Mhaighe-eo” [pp.103-06], in J. C. Walker, Historical Memoirs of the Irish Bards (London: Payne 1786), Reliques of Irish Poetry, Consisting of Heroic Poems, Odes, Elegies and Songs, Translated into English Verse: With Notes Explanatory and Historical; and the Originals in the Irish Character: To which is Subjoined an Irish Tale (Dublin: George Bonham 1789) and The School for Christians, in Dialogues, for the Use of Children (Dublin: Bernard Doornin 1791).
Charlotte Brooke was born in 1740 in Rantavan House, Mullagh, Co Cavan. She was one of two children of Henry Brooke and Letrice Digby from a family of twenty two who survived childhood. She was home-schooled by her father and gained an understanding of English, French and Italian literature. There was many Gaelic scholars in the Mullagh area including Feardorcha O’Farrelly and Cathaoir MaCabe. Charlotte came to love the Irish language because of them. She studied the Irish language, collected Irish manuscripts and recorded poems that she heard spoken. Her father greatly encourage this. (http://www.cavanlibrary.ie/Default.aspx?StructureID_str=60)
Henry Brooke staged a number of plays in Dublin. This is where Charlotte was introduced to theatrical and literary life. This is also where she became acquainted with Muiris O’Gormain and Charles O’Connor a friend of her fathers who helped her with her work in collecting Irish manuscripts. Henry Brooke was the author of the popular Gustavus Vasa, the Fool of Quality, and other valuable
In this essay I will discuss the works and publications of Charlotte Brooke. I will discuss her background, how she became a well-known collector of Irish folklore. I will also discuss some of her most popular works. Some of her works include “Carolan’s Receipt” [pp.86-88], “Carolan’s Monody on the Death of Mary MacGuire”, [pp.94-95] and “Tiaghara Mhaighe-eo” [pp.103-06], in J. C. Walker, Historical Memoirs of the Irish Bards (London: Payne 1786), Reliques of Irish Poetry, Consisting of Heroic Poems, Odes, Elegies and Songs, Translated into English Verse: With Notes Explanatory and Historical; and the Originals in the Irish Character: To which is Subjoined an Irish Tale (Dublin: George Bonham 1789) and The School for Christians, in Dialogues, for the Use of Children (Dublin: Bernard Doornin 1791).
Charlotte Brooke was born in 1740 in Rantavan House, Mullagh, Co Cavan. She was one of two children of Henry Brooke and Letrice Digby from a family of twenty two who survived childhood. She was home-schooled by her father and gained an understanding of English, French and Italian literature. There was many Gaelic scholars in the Mullagh area including Feardorcha O’Farrelly and Cathaoir MaCabe. Charlotte came to love the Irish language because of them. She studied the Irish language, collected Irish manuscripts and recorded poems that she heard spoken. Her father greatly encourage this. (http://www.cavanlibrary.ie/Default.aspx?StructureID_str=60)
Henry Brooke staged a number of plays in Dublin. This is where Charlotte was introduced to theatrical and literary life. This is also where she became acquainted with Muiris O’Gormain and Charles O’Connor a friend of her fathers who helped her with her work in collecting Irish manuscripts. Henry Brooke was the author of the popular Gustavus Vasa, the Fool of Quality, and other valuable
Bibliography: 1. http://www.cavanlibrary.ie/Default.aspx?StructureID_str=60, Accessed 10th November 2013. 2. http://www.libraryireland.com/articles/MissBrooke/ , Accessed 10th of November 2013. 3. http://www.irishidentity.com/extras/gaels/stories/poetry.htm , Accessed 10th of November 2013. 4. http://teacupsandtyrants.com/2013/03/16/charlotte-brooke-the-woman-who-saved-irish-poetry/ , Accessed 10th of November 2013. 5. Reliques of Irish Poetry, Consisting of Heroic Poems, Odes, Elegies and Songs, Translated into English Verse: With Notes Explanatory and Historical; and the Originals in the Irish Character: To which is Subjoined an Irish Tale (Dublin: George Bonham 1789) 6. The School for Christians, in Dialogues, for the Use of Children (Dublin: Bernard Doornin 1791)