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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... Father Lagan who was related to a famous family in the town , and Dr Gallagher , and Father MacBride and Father McGilligan . And in Killyclogher there was Father Paul McKenna , who could quote Robert Burns forever and who brought me one ...
... Father Lagan who was related to a famous family in the town , and Dr Gallagher , and Father MacBride and Father McGilligan . And in Killyclogher there was Father Paul McKenna , who could quote Robert Burns forever and who brought me one ...
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... father had still lik a coolness , Not wan word of welkim he dhrapt Nor he nivir sayed what he wud give her , He wos dotin ' , she sayed - he wos apt ! I got full in the June fair of Carmin , I rid home , an ' I met Sarah Ann , - The ...
... father had still lik a coolness , Not wan word of welkim he dhrapt Nor he nivir sayed what he wud give her , He wos dotin ' , she sayed - he wos apt ! I got full in the June fair of Carmin , I rid home , an ' I met Sarah Ann , - The ...
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... father , I first made that crossing . As the train went over the great viaduct two decent men in our coach stood solemnly to attention . Afterwards my father explained to me that they did so in pious commemoration of another crossing ...
... father , I first made that crossing . As the train went over the great viaduct two decent men in our coach stood solemnly to attention . Afterwards my father explained to me that they did so in pious commemoration of another crossing ...
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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