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About this book
In a series of timeless and modern-day renditions, Maurice Riordan brilliantly introduces us to the poems that founded Ireland's rich literature. Memorable and accessible, these early lyrics are presented in their classic incarnations by literary giants from both sides of the Irish Sea: in examples by W. H. Auden, Flann O'Brien, Alfred Lord Tennyson, John Montague, Robert Graves and Frank O'Connor. But the anthology is much more than a survey of canonical texts; through a series of specially commissioned poems, fresh eyes are brought to bear on these ancient poems: by Seamus Heaney and Eiléan Nà Chuilleanåin, by Paul Muldoon and Kathleen Jamie, by Ciaran Carson and Christopher Reid, and many others. The experience is enhanced still further by the enabling hand of Riordan himself, in a sweep of exquisite translations of his own made especially for this publication. Unforgettable and inspirational, a book for giving and for keeping:
The Finest Music by some of the art-form's finest players.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Landing Page
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Note on Titles
- Introduction
- 1: The Oratory
- 2: The Scribe in the Woods
- 3: Myself and Pangur
- 4: Bee
- 5: Summer
- 6: Autumn
- 7: [Is aicher in-gĂĄeth in-nocht]
- 8: [FĂ©gaid Ășaib]
- 9: Storm
- 10: The Bangor Blackbird
- 11: [Int én gaires asin tsail]
- 12: [Ach a luin is buide duit]
- 13: Calendar of the Birds
- 14: The Praises of God
- 15: Manchanâs Wish
- 16: [MâĂłenurĂĄn im aireclĂĄn]
- 17: Bell
- 18: Unruly Thoughts
- 19: The Priest Rediscovers His Psalm-Book
- 20: from Marbhan and Guaire
- 21: Jesus and the Sparrows
- 22: St Iteâs Song
- 23: The Downfall of Heathendom
- 24: The End of Clonmacnois
- 25: Song of the Woman of Beare
- 26: Eve
- 27: LĂadan Laments Cuirithir
- 28: The Song of Crede
- 29: [Cride hé]
- 30: Deirdreâs Lament for the Sons of Usnach
- COLM CILLE
- 31: Last Verses in Praise of Colum Cille
- 32: [Fil sĂșil nglais]
- 33: [Is aire charaim Doire]
- 34: Colm Cille in Scotland
- 35: Colmcille on Exile
- 36: The Scribe
- EPIGRAMS
- 37: Mo Lingâs Way
- 38: Advice to Lovers
- 39: [Isém linn indiu]
- 40: [Ro-cĂșala]
- 41: [AtĂĄ ben as-tĂr]
- 42: [Téicht do róim]
- 43: The King of Connacht
- 44: The Drowning of Conaing
- 45: CĂș Chuimne
- 46: India
- THE OTHERWORLD
- 47: The Wooing of Etain
- 48: Loegâs Description of Mag Mell
- 49: ManannĂĄn from The Voyage of Bran
- 50: The Island of the Glass Bridge
- 51: from The Voyage of Maeldune
- 52: from The Vision of Mac Conglinne
- SWEENEY THE WILD MAN
- 53: from Verses Attributed to Suibne Geilt
- 54: Suibne and Ăorann
- 55: Suibne in the Trees
- 56: The Man of the Wood
- 57: The Rough
- THE FINN CYCLE
- 58: The Song of Finn in Praise of May
- 59: [ScĂ©l lem dĂșib]
- 60: Sliabh Cua
- 61: GrĂĄinne to Finn
- 62: CaĂlte on Finn
- 63: The Praise of Fionn
- 64: The Sleep-Song of Grainne Over Dermuid When Fleeing from Fionn
- 65: Arann
- 66: The Fort of Ărd Ruide
- 67: CĂĄelâs Praise of the House of CrĂ©ide
- 68: Caoilte Laments the Passing of the Fianna
- 69: [Binn guth duine i dTĂr in Ăir]
- 70: The Blackbird of Derrycairn
- Notes and Sources
- Acknowledgements
- Index of Titles and First Lines
- About the Author
- By the Same Author
- Copyright