Reference: ISBN 978-1-906883-47-8
While many have written about the French influence on the Dánta Grá, Mac Craith looks to the influence of English poetry and Renaissance sensibility on the likes of Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, Pádraigín Haicéad, Seathrún Céitinn and Riocard do Búrc.
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An aesthetic appreciation of the learned love poetry of the period c.1400 -1650. Ó Tuama's deep appreciation of poetry in the amour courtois vein, great poems such as ‘A bhean lán de stuaim' and ‘Cridhe lán do smuaintighthibh', is amply evident.
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The author postulates that most of the love songs still sung today - and most of our dances - came about as a result of the Anglo-Norman invasion.
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