And as I Rode by Granard MoatCombining the rigour of an anthologist with the informal charm of a legendary raconteur, Benedict Kiely leads us on a delightful ramble around Ireland through song and verse. Starting in 'Sweet Omagh Town', we travel down the lanes and highways of thirty-two counties with help from the great poets of Ireland and from the traditional songs of nature, love and rebellion - 'The Yellow Bittern', 'Ringleted Youth of My Love', 'The Bold Fenian Men' and many others. And as I Rode by Granard Moat is much more than a collection of poems and ballads: it is at once the literary evocation of an island and an intimate, highly personal chronicle. |
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Contents
Contents | 1 |
The Green Flowery Banks Anon 7 The Ballad of Douglas Bridge | 14 |
Omagh Town Anon 28 The Treacherous Waves of Loughmuck | 31 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | And as I Rode by Granard Moat |
| Author | Benedict Kiely |
| Publisher | Lilliput Press, 1996 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 3 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0946640785, 9780946640782 |
| Length | 227 pages |
| Subjects | › › Poetry / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
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