Abstract
This paper deals with the religious experiences of Aubrey De Vere as reflected in his writings and is an attempt to trace them with a view to making one of Ireland's foremost poets better known and appreciated. To this end most trustworthy aid was sought and obtained in Wilfrid Ward's Aubrey De Vere. a memoir based on his unpublished diaries and correspondence, in De Vere's own Recollections and in the various volumes of his poetic works. The magazine articles contained in The Catholic World and The Ave Marla were found to be either entirely or partially gathered from the authentic sources mentioned above. Therefore, it is only just to remark that Aubrey De Vere's own writings have been throughout the chief witness to himself in this thesis.