2.3 : The power of poets

In ancient times, it was believed that a poet could cause death by satire, so poets and bards were treated with the highest of respect and not a little fear, and boy did they abuse it. They were the rock stars of their day. This is the first of a series from Imtheacht na Tromdhaimhe - The Proceedings of the Great Bardic Institution, published by The Ossianic Society in 1857.