Lambert McKenna

male, deceased (1956)
Lambert McKenna S.J. was a Jesuit priest and writer. He was born Andrew Joseph Lambert McKenna in Dublin and studied in Europe. He collected and...
Robert Morton Nance

Robert Morton Nance

male, deceased (1959)
Robert Morton Nance (1873-1959) Born in Cardiff of Cornish parents. Nance moved to Cornwall in 1906 where he lived at the village of Nancledra near...

Kenneth Hamilton Jenkin

male, deceased (1980)
A. K. Hamilton Jenkin (1900-1980) was best known as a historian with a particular interest in Cornish mining, publishing "The Cornish Miner", now a...
Gerard McKeown

Gerard McKeown

male, 29 years old
Gerard McKeown (born 1980) is a writer from Ballymena, Northern Ireland. A graduate of Cumbria Institute of the Arts, he is best known for his...

Saint Fiacc

male
Saint Fiacc (c. 415-520) was a poet, the chief bishop of Leinster, and founder of two churches. His father, MacDara, was prince of the Hy-Bairrche...
Hedd Wyn

Hedd Wyn

male, deceased (1917)
Hedd Wyn (13 January 1887-31 July 1917) was a Merionethshire farmer and poet of World War I. Born Ellis Humphrey Evans, the eldest of eleven...
Iolo Morganwg

Iolo Morganwg

male
Iolo Morganwg (or "Morgannwg" in modern spelling; pronounced) was the bardic name of Edward Williams (Llancarfan, Glamorgan, Wales 1747-1826), an...
D. Gwenallt Jones

D. Gwenallt Jones

male, deceased (1968)
Gwenallt (1899 - December 24 1968), (bardic name of David James Jones) was one of the most important literary figures in the Welsh language. He was...
Aneirin Talfan Davies

Aneirin Talfan Davies

male, deceased (1980)
Aneirin Talfan Davies (1909-1980) was a Welsh poet, broadcaster and literary critic. He was the brother of Alun Talfan Davies, with whom he founded...
James James

James James

male, deceased (1902)
James James (also known by the bardic name "Iago ap Ieuan") (1833-1902) was a harpist and musician from Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf. He composed...