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The Book of Irish Poetry, part I

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Edited and largely translated into English by Alfred Perceval Graves, this book contains a remarkably large collection of Irish poetry. This is first part of the book. - Summary by Elsie Selwyn (6 hr 3 min)

Chapters

Dedication

1:05

Read by Ellies

Introduction

30:20

Read by Ellies

Ode by Andrew O'Shaughnessy

1:13

Read by elizabethcanright

The Scribe

0:51

Read by ChadH94

The Song of Amorgen by Amorgen, a pre-historic Bard

2:31

Read by Sonia

First Winter-Song

1:08

Read by Stefan Von Blon

King and Hermit translated by Professor Kuno Meyer

5:19

Read by Colleen McMahon

St. Columba in Iona

2:19

Read by Colleen McMahon

The Irish Wolf-Hound by Denis Florence McCarthy

1:22

Read by Ellies

The Rock of Cashel by Sir Aubrey De Vere

1:25

Read by Ellies

Glengarriff by Sir Aubrey De Vere

2:20

Read by Ellies

Sibera by James Clarence Mangan

1:59

Read by Ellies

A Sigh for Knockmany by William Carleton

2:12

Read by Ellies

Sonnet by Edward Dowden

1:20

Read by Ellies

Four Ducks on a Pound by William Allingham

0:50

Read by Stefan Von Blon

Foam Flakes by Standish O'Grady

2:06

Read by Ellies

From Shannon to Sea by E. G. A. Holmes

1:20

Read by Ellies

Eternal Vigil by E. G. A. Holmes

1:19

Read by Ellies

Birds by Moira O'Neill

2:00

Read by Ellies

Sheeps and Lambs by Katharine Tynan Hinkson

1:20

Read by Ellies

April in Ireland by Nora Hopper

1:40

Read by Ellies

Glorny's Weir by Winifred M. Letts

1:23

Read by Ellies

The Nine Green Glens by John Stevenson

1:53

Read by Ellies

Lough Bray, I by Rose Kavanagh

1:53

Read by Ellies

Lough Bray, II Standish O'Grady

1:26

Read by Ellies

An Awakening by Alice Furlong

0:46

Read by Sonia

The Little Waves of Breffny by Eva Gore-Booth

1:16

Read by Sonia

On Great Sugarloaf by George A. Greene

1:18

Read by Sonia

A June Day by John Todhunter

1:14

Read by Sonia

The Swimmer by Roden Noel

2:22

Read by Ellies

Spring, the Travelling Man by Winifred M. Letts

1:34

Read by Ellies

A Fine Day on Lough Swilly by William Alexander

2:45

Read by Ellies

Frost-morning by William Alexander

1:21

Read by Ellies

The Wind from the West by Ella Young

1:02

Read by Ellies

To the Mountain Ben Bulben by Moireen Fox

1:12

Read by Sonia

Anach by Darrell Figgis

1:28

Read by Sonia

The Fairies' Lullaby by Eleanor Hull

1:09

Read by Sonia

The Fairy Host

1:39

Read by Sonia

The Song of the Fairies by A. H. Leary

1:25

Read by Sonia

Sea-Maiden's Vengeance by George Sigerson

3:40

Read by Ellies

Song of Maelduin by Thomas William Rolleston

1:59

Read by Ellies

The Island of Sleep by William Butler Yeats

9:17

Read by Ellies

On the Waters of Moyle by George Sigerson

2:24

Read by Ellies

The Return of the Children of Lir by George Sigerson

2:31

Read by Ellies

The Sea God's Address to Bran

3:52

Read by Ellies

The Spear of Keltar by W. M. Hennessy

3:04

Read by Ellies

The Legend of Fergus Leideson by Sir Samuel Ferguson

5:33

Read by Ellies

Deirdre Dancing by Herbert Trench

3:21

Read by Ellies

The Noble Lay of Aillinn by Stopford A. Brooke

4:29

Read by Ellies

The Love-Talker by Ethna Carbery

2:29

Read by Ellies

To the Leanan Sidhe by Thomas Boyd

2:42

Read by Ellies

The King's Son by Thomas Boyd

1:28

Read by Ellies

Little Sister

1:12

Read by Ellies

The Fairy Thorn by Sir Samuel Ferguson

4:14

Read by rumpledpoetry

On All Souls' Night by Dora Sigerson

1:58

Read by Sonia

The Ship from Tirnanoge by Emily Hickey

3:15

Read by Anita Sloma-Martinez

The Fairies' Passage by James Clarence Mangan

5:12

Read by Sonia

The Fairy Fiddler by Nora Hopper

1:02

Read by Sonia

The Fairies by William Allingham

2:17

Read by Sonia

Hy-Brasail by Gerald Griffin

2:22

Read by Sonia

The Heather Glen by George by Sigerson

3:00

Read by Sonia

The Wind Among the Reeds by Nora Hopper

1:24

Read by Sonia

The Changeling by Ruth Duffin

1:44

Read by rumpledpoetry

The Faery Lover by Moireen Fox

1:21

Read by rumpledpoetry

The Lepracaun or Fairy Shoemaker by William Allingham

2:56

Read by Anita Sloma-Martinez

Fairy Song by Elinor Sweetman

0:58

Read by Sonia

The Others by Seumas O'Sullivan

2:14

Read by Sonia

What is Love?

1:30

Read by ChadH94

The Song of Crede, Daughter of Guare

2:27

Read by Sonia

She by Eleanor Hull

1:05

Read by Stefan Von Blon

Credhe's Lament for Cail

1:47

Read by Sonia

Lament of Fand at Parting from Cuchulain

2:14

Read by Sonia

Were You on the Mountain? by Douglas Hyde

0:57

Read by Stefan D'Souza

Pulse of My Heart by Charlotte Brooke

1:22

Read by Blake Johnson

Two Songs from the Irish, I by Thomas MacDonagh

1:19

Read by locturne

Two Songs from the Irish, II by Thomas MacDonagh

0:49

Read by locturne

Pearl of the White Breast by George Petrie

1:32

Read by Sonia

The Outlaw of Loch Lene by Jeremiah Joseph Callanan

1:37

Read by Sonia

Cean Dubh Deelish by Sir Samuel Ferguson

1:12

Read by Sonia

The Flower of Nut-brown Maids by Eleanor Hull

2:33

Read by Ellies

Pastheen Finn by Sir Samuel Ferguson

1:56

Read by Ellies

She Is My Love

1:17

Read by Ellies

Happy 'tis Thou Blind, for Thee by Douglas Hyde

1:05

Read by Ellies

The Coolun by Sir Samuel Ferguson

1:55

Read by Ellies

Irish Love-Song by Katharine Tynan Hinkson

1:17

Read by Ellies

Cashel of Munster by Edward Walsh

1:54

Read by Ellies

Molly Asthore by George Ogle

2:53

Read by Ellies

Remembrance by Emily Brontë

2:33

Read by Nemo

Lament of the Irish Maiden by Denny Lane

1:33

Read by Sonia

The Desmond by Thomas Moore

1:21

Read by Kudrna

Love Song by George Darley

1:21

Read by ChadH94

If I had thought thou couldst have died by Charles Wolfe

1:46

Read by Kristine Bekere

A White Rose by John Boyle O'Reilly

0:36

Read by rumpledpoetry

Kitty Neil by John Francis Waller

2:09

Read by elizabethcanright

Kathleen O'More by George Nugent Reynolds

1:24

Read by elizabethcanright

The Boatman of Kinsale by Thomas Davis

1:24

Read by elizabethcanright

Minnie by Thomas Caulfield

1:08

Read by Kudrna

Song I by Aubrey De Vere

1:15

Read by Stefan D'Souza

Song II by Aubrey De Vere

1:01

Read by Stefan D'Souza

An Ancient Tale by John O'Hagan

2:46

Read by Stefan D'Souza

Donal Kenny by John Keegan Casey

2:29

Read by Ellies

The Drynan Dhun by Robert Dwyer Joyce

1:44

Read by Ellies

The Wild Geese by Rosa Mulholland

3:26

Read by Ellies

Outside by Frances Wynne

1:17

Read by ChadH94

To an Isle in the Water by William Butler Yeats

1:20

Read by Stefan Von Blon

An Old Song Resung by William Butler Yeats

0:58

Read by Larry Wilson

Killary by Herbert Trench

1:59

Read by Ellies

The Wood Pigeon by Katharine Tynan

1:25

Read by Larry Wilson

Forgiveness by A.E.

1:22

Read by Larry Wilson

Song by Arthur O'Shaughnessy

1:15

Read by Larry Wilson

Nature and Love by Stopford A. Brooke

1:43

Read by Larry Wilson

The Little Flutes by Mrs. Denis O'Sullivan

2:08

Read by Ellies

The Penalty of Love by Sidney Royse Lysaght

1:27

Read by pattymarie

To Morfydd by Lionel Johnson

1:20

Read by Ellies

The Sedges by Seumas O'Sullivan

0:55

Read by Larry Wilson

Can Doov Deelish by Dora Sigerson

1:26

Read by Sonia

The Betrayal by Alice Furlong

1:22

Read by Anita Sloma-Martinez

Song by Eleanor Alexander

1:02

Read by Stefan Von Blon

A Silent Mouth by Cathal O'Bryne

1:32

Read by Sonia

His Home and His Own Country by Emily Hickey

1:00

Read by ChadH94

Bitter Serenade by Herbert Trench

3:07

Read by Larry Wilson

The Wings of Love by James H. Cousins

3:26

Read by Ellies

Little Mary Cassidy by Francis A. Fahy

2:02

Read by ChadH94

Molleen Oge

1:46

Read by Ellies

The Yin Wee Luik by G. F. Savage-Armstrong

1:18

Read by Ellies

The Shawlie by G. F. Savage-Armstrong

1:54

Read by Ellies

The Wee Lassie's First Luve by G. F. Savage-Armstrong

2:11

Read by Ellies

Cuttin' Rushes by Moira O'Neill

1:47

Read by ChadH94

Little Child, I Call Thee by Douglas Hyde

1:26

Read by Larry Wilson

Eileen Aroon by Gerald Griffin

2:04

Read by ChadH94

Song by Thomas MacDonagh

0:57

Read by Ellies

Now by Eleanor Alexander

1:27

Read by pattymarie

Amor Fons Amoris by Edmond G. A. Holmes

2:09

Read by Ellies

Ancient Irish Rann

0:35

Read by James White

Cuchulain's Wooing by Eleanor R. Cox

1:23

Read by James White

Leagh's Summons to Chchulain

1:30

Read by James White

Where is the Sweetest Music? by George Sigerson

2:25

Read by Ellies

The Giant Walker by Sir Samuel Ferguson

4:42

Read by ChadH94

The Washer of the Ford by Sir Samuel Ferguson

2:32

Read by ChadH94

A Dirge for King Niall of the Nine Hostages

2:50

Read by Haridev Dadhich

The Song of the Sword of Carroll

4:36

Read by Ellies

King Ailill's Death by Whitley Stokes

2:06

Read by Ellies

Rebel Mother's Lullaby by Shane Leslie

1:25

Read by Larry Wilson

O'Hussey's Ode to the Maguire by James Clarence Mangan

5:25

Read by Ellies

A Lament for the Red Earl by Richard Mahony

1:36

Read by Larry Wilson

Lament for the Death of Eoghan Ruadh O'Neill by Thomas Davis

3:14

Read by Ellies

The Maiden City by Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna

3:49

Read by Ellies

The Battle of the Boyne

1:56

Read by Ed

A Ballad of Sarsfield by Aubrey De Vere

1:55

Read by locturne

A Ballad of Athlone (2nd Siege) by Aubrey De Vere

2:09

Read by locturne

After the Battle (of Aughrim) by Aubrey De Vere

1:25

Read by locturne

A Farewell to Patrick Sarsfield by James Clarence Mangan

2:34

Read by ChadH94

Fontenoy, 1745, I by Emily Lawless

2:07

Read by rumpledpoetry

Fontenoy, 1745, II by Emily Lawless

1:20

Read by rumpledpoetry

Clare's Dragoons by Thomas Davis

3:14

Read by Foon

Cremona by Sir A. Conan Doyle

7:11

Read by Foon

The Irish Colonel by Sir A. Conan Doyle

0:40

Read by Foon

Oh! The Sight Entrancing by Thomas Moore

2:01

Read by Foon

The Burial of Sir John Moore by Charles Wolfe

2:16

Read by Foon

Ways of War by Lionel Johnson

1:40

Read by Foon

The Sword by Michael Joseph Barry

2:16

Read by Foon

A Soldier's Wake by Timothy Daniel Sullivan

2:22

Read by Foon

A Song of Defeat by Stephen Gwynn

5:58

Read by Foon