Robert Farren ( ga, Roibeárd Ó Faracháin; 24 April 1909 – 29 December 1984) was an

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. Farren was a native of

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, where he worked as a school teacher and was a director of broadcasting at

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. He was the author of a much-acclaimed critical work, ''The Course of Irish Verse in English'' (1948). Five of his own poems were included in ''The

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, 17th century-20th century'' (ed. by

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and

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, Clarendon Press) in 1958.

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