The Book of Irish Poetry, part I

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LibriVox recording of The Book of Irish Poetry, part I by Various. (Translated by Alfred Perceval Graves.) Read in English by Ellies; elizabethcanright; ChadH94; Sonia; Stefan Von Blon; Colleen McMahon; rumpledpoetry; Anita Sloma-Martinez; Stefan D'Souza; Blake Johnson; locturne; Nemo; Kudrna; Kristine Bekere; Larry Wilson; pattymarie; James White; Haridev Dadhich; Ed; Foon Edited and largely translated into English by Alfred Perceval Graves, this book contains a remarkably large collection of Irish poetry. - Summary by Elsie Selwyn For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . M4B Audiobook 001-099 (103MB) M4B Audiobook 100-163 (63MB)

Chapters

• 1. 001 - Dedication1:05
• 2. 002 - Introduction30:19
• 3. 003 - Ode by Andrew O'Shaughnessy1:13
• 4. 004 - The Scribe0:50
• 5. 005 - The Song of Amorgen by Amorgen, a pre-historic Bard2:31
• 6. 006 - First Winter-Song1:07
• 7. 007 - King and Hermit translated by Professor Kuno Meyer5:19
• 8. 008 - St. Columba in Iona2:18
• 9. 009 - The Irish Wolf-Hound by Denis Florence McCarthy1:22
• 10. 010 - The Rock of Cashel by Sir Aubrey De Vere1:24
• 11. 011 - Glengarriff by Sir Aubrey De Vere2:20
• 12. 012 - Sibera by James Clarence Mangan1:58
• 13. 013 - A Sigh for Knockmany by William Carleton2:11
• 14. 014 - Sonnet by Edward Dowden1:20
• 15. 015 - Four Ducks on a Pound by William Allingham0:49
• 16. 016 - Foam Flakes by Standish O'Grady2:05
• 17. 017 - From Shannon to Sea by E. G. A. Holmes1:20
• 18. 018 - Eternal Vigil by E. G. A. Holmes1:19
• 19. 019 - Birds by Moira O'Neill2:00
• 20. 020 - Sheeps and Lambs by Katharine Tynan Hinkson1:19
• 21. 021 - April in Ireland by Nora Hopper1:40
• 22. 022 - Glorny's Weir by Winifred M. Letts1:23
• 23. 023 - The Nine Green Glens by John Stevenson1:52
• 24. 024 - Lough Bray, I by Rose Kavanagh1:52
• 25. 025 - Lough Bray, II Standish O'Grady1:26
• 26. 026 - An Awakening by Alice Furlong0:46
• 27. 027 - The Little Waves of Breffny by Eva Gore-Booth1:16
• 28. 028 - On Great Sugarloaf by George A. Greene1:18
• 29. 029 - A June Day by John Todhunter1:14
• 30. 030 - The Swimmer by Roden Noel2:22
• 31. 031 - Spring, the Travelling Man by Winifred M. Letts1:33
• 32. 032 - A Fine Day on Lough Swilly by William Alexander2:45
• 33. 033 - Frost-morning by William Alexander1:21
• 34. 034 - The Wind from the West by Ella Young1:01
• 35. 035 - To the Mountain Ben Bulben by Moireen Fox1:11
• 36. 036 - Anach by Darrell Figgis1:28
• 37. 037 - The Fairies' Lullaby by Eleanor Hull1:08
• 38. 038 - The Fairy Host1:39
• 39. 039 - The Song of the Fairies by A. H. Leary1:25
• 40. 040 - Sea-Maiden's Vengeance by George Sigerson3:40
• 41. 041 - Song of Maelduin by Thomas William Rolleston1:58
• 42. 042 - The Island of Sleep by William Butler Yeats9:17
• 43. 043 - On the Waters of Moyle by George Sigerson2:23
• 44. 044 - The Return of the Children of Lir by George Sigerson2:31
• 45. 045 - The Sea God's Address to Bran3:51
• 46. 046 - The Spear of Keltar by W. M. Hennessy3:03
• 47. 047 - The Legend of Fergus Leideson by Sir Samuel Ferguson5:32
• 48. 048 - Deirdre Dancing by Herbert Trench3:20
• 49. 049 - The Noble Lay of Aillinn by Stopford A. Brooke4:28
• 50. 050 - The Love-Talker by Ethna Carbery2:29
• 51. 051 - To the Leanan Sidhe by Thomas Boyd2:42
• 52. 052 - The King's Son by Thomas Boyd1:28
• 53. 053 - Little Sister1:12
• 54. 054 - The Fairy Thorn by Sir Samuel Ferguson4:14
• 55. 055 - On All Souls' Night by Dora Sigerson1:57
• 56. 056 - The Ship from Tirnanoge by Emily Hickey3:15
• 57. 057 - The Fairies' Passage by James Clarence Mangan5:12
• 58. 058 - The Fairy Fiddler by Nora Hopper1:01
• 59. 059 - The Fairies by William Allingham2:16
• 60. 060 - Hy-Brasail by Gerald Griffin2:21
• 61. 061 - The Heather Glen by George by Sigerson2:59
• 62. 062 - The Wind Among the Reeds by Nora Hopper1:24
• 63. 063 - The Changeling by Ruth Duffin1:44
• 64. 064 - The Faery Lover by Moireen Fox1:20
• 65. 065 - The Lepracaun or Fairy Shoemaker by William Allingham2:55
• 66. 066 - Fairy Song by Elinor Sweetman0:57
• 67. 067 - The Others by Seumas O'Sullivan2:13
• 68. 068 - What is Love?1:29
• 69. 069 - The Song of Crede, Daughter of Guare2:27
• 70. 070 - She by Eleanor Hull1:04
• 71. 071 - Credhe's Lament for Cail1:47
• 72. 072 - Lament of Fand at Parting from Cuchulain2:13
• 73. 073 - Were You on the Mountain? by Douglas Hyde0:57
• 74. 074 - Pulse of My Heart by Charlotte Brooke1:21
• 75. 075 - Two Songs from the Irish, I by Thomas MacDonagh1:19
• 76. 076 - Two Songs from the Irish, II by Thomas MacDonagh0:48
• 77. 077 - Pearl of the White Breast by George Petrie1:31
• 78. 078 - The Outlaw of Loch Lene by Jeremiah Joseph Callanan1:37
• 79. 079 - Cean Dubh Deelish by Sir Samuel Ferguson1:12
• 80. 080 - The Flower of Nut-brown Maids by Eleanor Hull2:32
• 81. 081 - Pastheen Finn by Sir Samuel Ferguson1:56
• 82. 082 - She Is My Love1:17
• 83. 083 - Happy 'tis Thou Blind, for Thee by Douglas Hyde1:04
• 84. 084 - The Coolun by Sir Samuel Ferguson1:55
• 85. 085 - Irish Love-Song by Katharine Tynan Hinkson1:17
• 86. 086 - Cashel of Munster by Edward Walsh1:54
• 87. 087 - Molly Asthore by George Ogle2:53
• 88. 088 - Remembrance by Emily Brontë2:33
• 89. 089 - Lament of the Irish Maiden by Denny Lane1:33
• 90. 090 - The Desmond by Thomas Moore1:20
• 91. 091 - Love Song by George Darley1:20
• 92. 092 - If I had thought thou couldst have died by Charles Wolfe1:46
• 93. 093 - A White Rose by John Boyle O'Reilly0:35
• 94. 094 - Kitty Neil by John Francis Waller2:09
• 95. 095 - Kathleen O'More by George Nugent Reynolds1:23
• 96. 096 - The Boatman of Kinsale by Thomas Davis1:23
• 97. 097 - Minnie by Thomas Caulfield1:07
• 98. 098 - Song I by Aubrey De Vere1:15
• 99. 099 - Song II by Aubrey De Vere1:00
• 100. 100 - An Ancient Tale by John O'Hagan2:46
• 101. 101 - Donal Kenny by John Keegan Casey2:28
• 102. 102 - The Drynan Dhun by Robert Dwyer Joyce1:43
• 103. 103 - The Wild Geese by Rosa Mulholland3:25
• 104. 104 - Outside by Frances Wynne1:17
• 105. 105 - To an Isle in the Water by William Butler Yeats1:20
• 106. 106 - An Old Song Resung by William Butler Yeats0:58
• 107. 107 - Killary by Herbert Trench1:59
• 108. 108 - The Wood Pigeon by Katharine Tynan1:25
• 109. 109 - Forgiveness by A.E.1:22
• 110. 110 - Song by Arthur O'Shaughnessy1:15
• 111. 111 - Nature and Love by Stopford A. Brooke1:43
• 112. 112 - The Little Flutes by Mrs. Denis O'Sullivan2:08
• 113. 113 - The Penalty of Love by Sidney Royse Lysaght1:27
• 114. 114 - To Morfydd by Lionel Johnson1:19
• 115. 115 - The Sedges by Seumas O'Sullivan0:55
• 116. 116 - Can Doov Deelish by Dora Sigerson1:26
• 117. 117 - The Betrayal by Alice Furlong1:22
• 118. 118 - Song by Eleanor Alexander1:02
• 119. 119 - A Silent Mouth by Cathal O'Bryne1:32
• 120. 120 - His Home and His Own Country by Emily Hickey1:00
• 121. 121 - Bitter Serenade by Herbert Trench3:07
• 122. 122 - The Wings of Love by James H. Cousins3:25
• 123. 123 - Little Mary Cassidy by Francis A. Fahy2:01
• 124. 124 - Molleen Oge1:46
• 125. 125 - The Yin Wee Luik by G. F. Savage-Armstrong1:18
• 126. 126 - The Shawlie by G. F. Savage-Armstrong1:54
• 127. 127 - The Wee Lassie's First Luve by G. F. Savage-Armstrong2:10
• 128. 128 - Cuttin' Rushes by Moira O'Neill1:47
• 129. 129 - Little Child, I Call Thee by Douglas Hyde1:26
• 130. 130 - Eileen Aroon by Gerald Griffin2:04
• 131. 131 - Song by Thomas MacDonagh0:57
• 132. 132 - Now by Eleanor Alexander1:27
• 133. 133 - Amor Fons Amoris by Edmond G. A. Holmes2:09
• 134. 134 - Ancient Irish Rann0:34
• 135. 135 - Cuchulain's Wooing by Eleanor R. Cox1:23
• 136. 136 - Leagh's Summons to Chchulain1:29
• 137. 137 - Where is the Sweetest Music? by George Sigerson2:25
• 138. 138 - The Giant Walker by Sir Samuel Ferguson4:41
• 139. 139 - The Washer of the Ford by Sir Samuel Ferguson2:32
• 140. 140 - A Dirge for King Niall of the Nine Hostages2:50
• 141. 141 - The Song of the Sword of Carroll4:36
• 142. 142 - King Ailill's Death by Whitley Stokes2:05
• 143. 143 - Rebel Mother's Lullaby by Shane Leslie1:25
• 144. 144 - O'Hussey's Ode to the Maguire by James Clarence Mangan5:25
• 145. 145 - A Lament for the Red Earl by Richard Mahony1:36
• 146. 146 - Lament for the Death of Eoghan Ruadh O'Neill by Thomas Davis3:14
• 147. 147 - The Maiden City by Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna3:48
• 148. 148 - The Battle of the Boyne1:56
• 149. 149 - A Ballad of Sarsfield by Aubrey De Vere1:55
• 150. 150 - A Ballad of Athlone (2nd Siege) by Aubrey De Vere2:09
• 151. 151 - After the Battle (of Aughrim) by Aubrey De Vere1:24
• 152. 152 - A Farewell to Patrick Sarsfield by James Clarence Mangan2:33
• 153. 153 - Fontenoy, 1745, I by Emily Lawless2:07
• 154. 154 - Fontenoy, 1745, II by Emily Lawless1:20
• 155. 155 - Clare's Dragoons by Thomas Davis3:14
• 156. 156 - Cremona by Sir A. Conan Doyle7:11
• 157. 157 - The Irish Colonel by Sir A. Conan Doyle0:40
• 158. 158 - Oh! The Sight Entrancing by Thomas Moore2:00
• 159. 159 - The Burial of Sir John Moore by Charles Wolfe2:16
• 160. 160 - Ways of War by Lionel Johnson1:39
• 161. 161 - The Sword by Michael Joseph Barry2:16
• 162. 162 - A Soldier's Wake by Timothy Daniel Sullivan2:21
• 163. 163 - A Song of Defeat by Stephen Gwynn5:57