Born in Slane, County Meath, in 1887, Francis Ledwidge endured a childhood of poverty before leaving school at fourteen to work as a farm labourer, copper miner, road worker and union organiser. Throughout this time he produced an extraordinary body of exquisite lyric poetry.
4 Ebooks by Francis Ledwidge
Francis Ledwidge: Francis Ledwidge
Born in poverty in Slane, County Meath, Ledwidge worked as a farm hand, copper miner and road labourer. In his twenties he would become a rising star in the Irish literary scene, although he lived …
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Francis Ledwidge: The Complete Poems of Francis Ledwidge
The Complete Poems of Francis Ledwidge is a fabulous collection of poems by the famous Irish war poet. …
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€1.82
Francis Ledwidge: Poetry Of Francis Ledwidge
Francis Edward Ledwidge was born on 19th August, 1887 in the small village of Janeville in Slane, Co Meath in Ireland to parents that believed strongly in education. However at the age of 5 his …
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Francis Ledwidge: Songs of the Fields
Francis Ledwidge was born in Slane, Ireland on 19th August 1887 to a poor family, the eighth of nine children whose father died when he was 5 years old.Despite the family’s encouragement for …
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