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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Page 89
... Hill of Killenarden . We walked up and up from Jobstown and over the Hill of Killenarden , looking from there on into Glenasmole , the Glen of the Thrushes , well praised by Patrick Pearse . And we recalled the verses written faraway ...
... Hill of Killenarden . We walked up and up from Jobstown and over the Hill of Killenarden , looking from there on into Glenasmole , the Glen of the Thrushes , well praised by Patrick Pearse . And we recalled the verses written faraway ...
Page 101
... Hill . In the tents play the pipers , the fiddlers and fifers , Those rollicking lilts such as Ireland best knows . While Paddy is prancing , his colleen is dancing Demure , with her eyes quite intent on her toes . More power to you ...
... Hill . In the tents play the pipers , the fiddlers and fifers , Those rollicking lilts such as Ireland best knows . While Paddy is prancing , his colleen is dancing Demure , with her eyes quite intent on her toes . More power to you ...
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... Hill of Slane and started something that , it was said , was never to die in Ireland ( cynics have remarked that he was a bit of an optimist ) , and who are we to contradict a saint ? And from the top of the Hill of Slane I look to the ...
... Hill of Slane and started something that , it was said , was never to die in Ireland ( cynics have remarked that he was a bit of an optimist ) , and who are we to contradict a saint ? And from the top of the Hill of Slane I look to the ...
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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