“Gay Gaels” who have enriched Ireland’s history and culture for the world

Contents:

• “GAY GAELS” WHO HAVE ENRICHED IRELAND’S HISTORY AND CULTURE FOR THE WORLD
• GAY HISTORY – FEBARY 9: IRISH POET BRENDAN BEHAN, ARCHIE BUNKER’S GAY BUDDY, AND JERRY FALWELL OUTS A TELETUBBY
• TRACKG A HISTORY OF IMAGARY QUEER OR GAY MEN MORN IRISH LERATURE
• THE GAELIC FOR “GAY”
• GAY POET HIGHLIGHTS JOY AND STRA OF IRISH
• THE GAELIC FOR “GAY”

“GAY GAELS” WHO HAVE ENRICHED IRELAND’S HISTORY AND CULTURE FOR THE WORLD

Ennis ntued, “This bi-lgual anthology of 25 young LGBTQ+ poets livg Ireland disprov the notn of the stereotypil ‘gay’ still the mds of many people, not least the ‘objectively disorred’ person of relig tholic fundamentalism.

In their own motley ways, the poets are ‘proud to be gay’, spe the fight some have to fight daily to fend their right to be gay, as dividuals, human begs and fully mted members of society wh equal rights due all areas of life.

GAY HISTORY – FEBARY 9: IRISH POET BRENDAN BEHAN, ARCHIE BUNKER’S GAY BUDDY, AND JERRY FALWELL OUTS A TELETUBBY

© 2021 GCN (Gay Communy News). In recent years, Irish society has unrgone sweepg transformatns, cludg legalisatn of same-sex marriage and crimalisatn of homosexualy. It may e as a surprise to learn that late medieval/early morn Ireland a cult of male homosexualy/bisexualy was apparently not only prevalent but wily tolerated among the upper echelons of Gaelic society, particularly the lerati, but cludg also native kgs and chieftas.

TRACKG A HISTORY OF IMAGARY QUEER OR GAY MEN MORN IRISH LERATURE

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THE GAELIC FOR “GAY”

From a psychologil standpot seems unlikely that a heterosexual male, even of poetic ste, would have posssed eher the abily or clatn to adopt the role of homosexual lover, or been pable of stag .

GAY POET HIGHLIGHTS JOY AND STRA OF IRISH

The likelihood is that those givg exprsn to homoerotic sentiment were naturally so cled. At the very least he mt have been plic – a monstratn, perhaps, of the power exercised by poets wh Gaelic Irish seems unlikely a heterosexual male, even of poetic ste, would have posssed eher the abily or clatn to adopt the role of homosexual lover, or been pable of stag Homoerotic sentiment apparently survived among the Gaelic Irish lerati until well to the 17th century.

THE GAELIC FOR “GAY”

We know, for stance, that the Kerry poet Piaras Feiréar (1600-1653) one of the greatt Irish language poets of his day, posed both homoerotic and heterosexual verse.

" While, as already noted, bed-sharg was regard as a privilege enjoyed by distguished followers as well as poets of kgs and chieftas, the nial by mentators that had any homosexual nnotatns is not nvcg. We do know that William Ruf, son of the Norman De William, nqueror of England 1066, was very probably homosexual.