Folklorist Dies
William Larminie, poet, scholar and collector of traditional Irish stories, died from pneumonia at his home in Bray, County Wicklow, on 19 January. He was fifty years old. Born in Castlebar, County Mayo, in 1849, Larminie had devoted much of his later life to literature, philosophy and the preservation of oral storytelling. His death removed an important figure from the developing Irish cultural revival at a time when scholars and writers were turning increasingly towards the Irish language, mythology and folklore. He was survived by his elderly mother and was buried in the churchyard at Enniskerry.
