Liam Inglis (1709–1778) was a

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- Irish poet and priest.

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Ó Ciardha describes "Priest-poets such as Liam Inglis, Seán Ó Briain,

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and

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" as "the heirs of

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and Pádraigín Haicéad who had emerged as major political voices in the seventeenth century. The promoted the

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cause, which was an

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feature of Irish Catholic nationalist identity until at least 1760." (p. 50, 2001) In ''Atá an fhoireann so'', Inglis expressed the hope that, with the

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in power, he and the other poets would not need to fear to speck their treason. Composed in 1742, his ''M'atuirse traochta na fearchoin aosta''p. 40, spoke of the hope that the banishment of tyrants would free Irish towns from high rent and put an end to the nicknames used for Prince Charles. His empowerment would return all the churches, reverse the decline of the Irish language, and let the poets speck without fear of punishment from the authorities. He was acquainted with the

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s and fellow Jacobite, Éadbhard de Nógla and

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. Much of his surviving work, such as ''Ar maidin ag caoidh dham'', ''Póiní an leasa'' ''An tAodhaire Óg'', can be found in Ó Foghludha. Others such as ''An sean-duine Seóirse'' can be found in O'Brien.

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* ''Irish poetry and the clergy'', pp. 30–56, Ó Fiaich, * ''Filí agus cléir san ochtú haois déag'', Heussaf, * ''Poets and poetry'', O'Daly (eag.), * ''Atá an fhoireann so'', in Ó Foghludha (eag.), ''Cois na Bríde'', p. 36 * ''A voice from the Jacobite underground: Liam Inglis'', in Moran, (ed.), ''Radical Irish priests 1660–1770'', pp. 16–39, 1998. * ''Ireland And The Jacobite Cause, 1685–1766: A Fatal Attachment'', p. 50, 156, 276, 285–6, 294, 338–45,

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, Dublin, 2001, 2004.

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* http://comres.corkcity.ie/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=130G29663P0Q8.931&profile=main&uri=search=TL~! iam%20Inglis,%20Augustinian%20poet%20priest%20of%20the%2018th%20centurymenu=search&submenu=advanced&source=~!comres * http://www.librarything.com/work/10609217 * https://books.google.com/books?id=IcMt8ZncwIwC&dq=Liam+Inglis&pg=PA11 * * http://irishecho.com/?p=44810 * http://www.nui.ie/eigse/pdf/vol34/eigse34.pdf {{DEFAULTSORT:Inglis, Liam 18th-century Irish Roman Catholic priests 18th-century Irish-language poets Writers from County Cork Poet priests 1709 births 1778 deaths Irish male poets 18th-century Irish male writers Christian clergy from County Cork

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