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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... heard a strange noise , The ould flute was still playing the Protestant Boys . My mother came from the village of ... heard Paddy Tunney sing Kearney's song about " The Hills above Drumquin ' . God bless the Hills of Donegal , I've heard ...
... heard a strange noise , The ould flute was still playing the Protestant Boys . My mother came from the village of ... heard Paddy Tunney sing Kearney's song about " The Hills above Drumquin ' . God bless the Hills of Donegal , I've heard ...
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... heard from Michael , its words as rough and unhewn as the rocks of that mythologi- cal mountain : THE BOYS OF MULLAGHBAWN On a Monday morning early my wandering steps did lead me Down by a farmer's station , through meadows and green ...
... heard from Michael , its words as rough and unhewn as the rocks of that mythologi- cal mountain : THE BOYS OF MULLAGHBAWN On a Monday morning early my wandering steps did lead me Down by a farmer's station , through meadows and green ...
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... heard of the wonderful tale , In the breeze of the Orient loosened his sail ; From Ara , the holy , he turned to the west , For though Ara was holy , Hy - Brasil was blest . He heard not the voices that called from the shore He heard ...
... heard of the wonderful tale , In the breeze of the Orient loosened his sail ; From Ara , the holy , he turned to the west , For though Ara was holy , Hy - Brasil was blest . He heard not the voices that called from the shore He heard ...
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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