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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... BANKS - Thrice happy and blessed were the days of my childhood , And happy the hours we wandered from school By old Mountjoy's forest , our dear native wildwood , On the green flowery banks of the serpentine Strule . No more will we see ...
... BANKS - Thrice happy and blessed were the days of my childhood , And happy the hours we wandered from school By old Mountjoy's forest , our dear native wildwood , On the green flowery banks of the serpentine Strule . No more will we see ...
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... Banks of Erne ' . How many of those fellows had ever heard of or seen Belashanny ? How many of them ever came back ? Adieu to Belashanny ! where I was bred and born ; Go where I may I'll think of you , as sure as night and morn ; The ...
... Banks of Erne ' . How many of those fellows had ever heard of or seen Belashanny ? How many of them ever came back ? Adieu to Belashanny ! where I was bred and born ; Go where I may I'll think of you , as sure as night and morn ; The ...
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... banks of Erne ! Farewell , Coolmore - Bundoran ! and your summer crowds that run From inland to see with joy th'Atlantic - setting sun ; To breathe the buoyant salted air , and sport among the waves ; To gather shells on sandy beach ...
... banks of Erne ! Farewell , Coolmore - Bundoran ! and your summer crowds that run From inland to see with joy th'Atlantic - setting sun ; To breathe the buoyant salted air , and sport among the waves ; To gather shells on sandy beach ...
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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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