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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... remember coming out , much moved , from a performance of Synge's Deirdre of the Sorrows in the old Abbey Theatre . Siobhán MacKenna had played Deirdre , and walking home , all the way to the far end of Clontarf , I could still hear her ...
... remember coming out , much moved , from a performance of Synge's Deirdre of the Sorrows in the old Abbey Theatre . Siobhán MacKenna had played Deirdre , and walking home , all the way to the far end of Clontarf , I could still hear her ...
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... remember my failures , But remember this my faith . And so I speak . Yea , ere my hot youth pass , I speak to my people and say : Ye shall be foolish as I ; ye shall scatter 132 And as I Rode by Granard Moat.
... remember my failures , But remember this my faith . And so I speak . Yea , ere my hot youth pass , I speak to my people and say : Ye shall be foolish as I ; ye shall scatter 132 And as I Rode by Granard Moat.
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... remember old Anthony Cassidy ? Sure , and you must . Man ! But ' twas he had the mental capacity , Hadn't he just ? How he could argue a case categorical , Roll out the wonderful word metaphorical , Talk for whole hours at a stretch ...
... remember old Anthony Cassidy ? Sure , and you must . Man ! But ' twas he had the mental capacity , Hadn't he just ? How he could argue a case categorical , Roll out the wonderful word metaphorical , Talk for whole hours at a stretch ...
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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