Editing Lord Dunsany (section)

==Writers associated with Dunsany==
*[[Francis Ledwidge]] wrote to Dunsany in 1912 asking for help in getting his poetry published. After a delay due to a hunting trip in Africa, Dunsany invited him to his home and they met and corresponded regularly thereafter. Dunsany was so impressed that he helped with publication and with introductions to literary society. Dunsany, trying to discourage Ledwidge from joining the army when the First World War broke out, offered him financial support. Ledwidge, however, joined up and found himself for a time in the same unit as Dunsany, who helped with the publication of his first collection, ''Songs of the Fields'' – a critical success on its release in 1915. Ledwidge kept in contact with Dunsany through the war, sending him poems. He was killed at the [[Battle of Passchendaele]] in 1917, even as his second collection of poetry, also selected by Dunsany, circulated. Dunsany later arranged for a third collection to appear, and later still a first ''Collected Edition''. Some unpublished Ledwidge poetry and drama, given or sent to Dunsany, are still held at the Castle.
*[[Mary Lavin]] who received support and encouragement from Dunsany over many years.
*[[William Butler Yeats]], although he rarely acted as such, selected and edited a collection of Dunsany's work in 1912.
*[[Judith Blunt-Lytton, 16th Baroness Wentworth|Lady Wentworth]], a poet writing in a classical style, received support from Dunsany.