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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... Young husbandman of Erin's fruitful seed - time , In the fresh track of danger's plough ! Who will walk the heavy toilsome , perilous furrow Girt with freedom's seed - sheets now ? Who will banish with the wholesome crop of knowledge ...
... Young husbandman of Erin's fruitful seed - time , In the fresh track of danger's plough ! Who will walk the heavy toilsome , perilous furrow Girt with freedom's seed - sheets now ? Who will banish with the wholesome crop of knowledge ...
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... Young Ireland ' – for which the music was performed by the Radio Éireann Singers . The previous series , featuring ' Moore's Melodies ' and scripted by Brinsley MacNamara , lasted for a very long time , and he was often teased by the ...
... Young Ireland ' – for which the music was performed by the Radio Éireann Singers . The previous series , featuring ' Moore's Melodies ' and scripted by Brinsley MacNamara , lasted for a very long time , and he was often teased by the ...
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... young man called George Fox , a friend of the poet Samuel Ferguson . Fox died far from home , away in South America , and one may feel that Ferguson worked hard to keep alive the name and fame of his young friend . Here is a note on the ...
... young man called George Fox , a friend of the poet Samuel Ferguson . Fox died far from home , away in South America , and one may feel that Ferguson worked hard to keep alive the name and fame of his young friend . Here is a note on 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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