Michael Davitt (poet)

Michael Davitt
Born20 April 1950
Mayfield Cork, Ireland
Died19 June 2005
Sligo Connacht, Ireland
OccupationPoet
NationalityIrish

Michael Davitt (20 April 1950 – 19 June 2005) was an Irish poet who published in the Irish language.[1] He has been characterised as "...one of modern Ireland's finest poets in either of the nation's languages[2] and key figure in the 1970s Irish Language poetry movement".[3]

  1. ^ Cracken, Kathleen (1990), "Act of Defiance: The Poetry of Michael Davitt", The Antioch Review, vol. 48, no. 3, Antioch Review, Inc, pp. 372–380, ISSN 0003-5769, JSTOR 4612237
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  3. ^ "The Oomph of Quicksilver". Retrieved 27 November 2010.