Edmund Spenser in Ireland

Timeline of Spenser in Ireland

This feature showcases many places connected to Edmund Spenser's time spent in Ireland. The timeline highlights many places mentioned in Spenser's or visited by him. Not all Irish places known to have been visited by Spenser or indicated in his writing are mentioned here. On the timeline, blue entries denote events relevant to Spenser's writing; green entries pertain to the Munster Plantation or Kilcolman Castle; and red entries showcase certain events involving Spenser or that influenced Spenser during his time in Ireland. The interactive menu on the right side of the map identifies the locations mentioned in the timeline, which are also indicated on the map with circles or rectangles. 

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Sources

“Biography.” Spenser Online, http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/spenseronline/scholarly-resources/biography/. Accessed March 2018. 

Burlinson, Christopher and Andrew Zurcher, "Spenser and Ireland: a summary chronology." Selected Letters and Other Papers. By Edmund Spenser. Edited by Christopher Burlinson and Andrew Zurcher, Oxford UP, 2009: 222-35.

Cork City Council. "Historic buildings in Shandon area." Cork Past and Present. IE. n.d.

Hadfield, Andrew. Edmund Spenser: A Life. Oxford UP, 2012. 

Judson, Alexander C. The Life of Edmund Spenser. Edited by Greenlaw, E., Osgood, C.G., Padelford, F.M., Heffner, R.Oxford UP, 1945. 

Maley, Willy. A Spenser Chronology. MacMillian, 1994. 

Maps of Europe. Administrative Map of Ireland. 2014. http://www.maps-of-europe.net/maps-of-ireland/ 

Spenser, Edmund. Selected Letters and Other Papers. Edited by Christopher Burlinson and Andrew Zurcher, Oxford UP, 2009.