Denys Corbet

Denys Corbet (22 May 1826 – 21 April 1909) was a Channel Islands poet, Naïve painter, and school master. He was the second son of Pierre and Susanne (née de Beaucamp) who was born at La Turquie, Vale, Guernsey, Channel Island. He married Mary "Elizabeth" Wellington (1833–1909) and had 6 children.

Corbet wrote, for the most, in the Dgernesiais language, used historically (but with little modern use) in Guernsey the Channel Islands. Corbet described himself as the Le Draïn Rimeux (The Last Poet). He is best known for his poems, especially the epic L'Touar de Guernesy, a picaresque tour of the parishes of Guernsey and Les Feuilles de la Foret (The Leaves of the Forest) among others.

As editor of the French-language newspaper Le Bailliage, he also wrote prose columns in Dgèrnésiais under the pen name Badlagoule ("chatterbox"). Today Denys Corbet is largely known as a naïve painter of cows and rural life.

Canadian artist Christian Corbet is a cousin of Denys Corbet. Christian Corbet's 6th great grandfather Thomas Corbet was the older brother to Pierre Corbet, Denys Corbet's grandfather.

Corbet

Coordinates: 54°12′N 6°07′W / 54.20°N 6.12°W / 54.20; -6.12

Corbet (from Irish: An Carbad, meaning "the jaw/boulder") is a small village and townland (of 618 acres) in County Down, Northern Ireland, 5km east of Banbridge. It is situated in the civil parish of Magherally and the historic barony of Iveagh Lower, Lower Half. It lies within the Banbridge District. It had a population of 107 people (39 households) in the 2011 Census. (2001 Census: 95 people)

Places of interest

The Great Northern Railway

Corbet railway station was on the extensive Great Northern Railway (Ireland) system.

The station was opened on 1 March 1880.

The station closed on 2 May 1955. This action took place under the Ulster Transport Authority, cutting Newcastle, County Down from the rail network.

Corbet (surname)

Corbet is a surname, and may refer to

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