The Finest Music
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The Finest Music

Early Irish Lyrics

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eBook - ePub

The Finest Music

Early Irish Lyrics

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 Ní 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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Information

Publisher
Faber & Faber
Year
2014
eBook ISBN
9780571298037
Edition
0
Subtopic
Poetry

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Landing Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Note on Titles
  7. Introduction
  8. 1: The Oratory
  9. 2: The Scribe in the Woods
  10. 3: Myself and Pangur
  11. 4: Bee
  12. 5: Summer
  13. 6: Autumn
  14. 7: [Is aicher in-gĂĄeth in-nocht]
  15. 8: [FĂ©gaid Ășaib]
  16. 9: Storm
  17. 10: The Bangor Blackbird
  18. 11: [Int én gaires asin tsail]
  19. 12: [Ach a luin is buide duit]
  20. 13: Calendar of the Birds
  21. 14: The Praises of God
  22. 15: Manchan’s Wish
  23. 16: [M’óenurán im aireclán]
  24. 17: Bell
  25. 18: Unruly Thoughts
  26. 19: The Priest Rediscovers His Psalm-Book
  27. 20: from Marbhan and Guaire
  28. 21: Jesus and the Sparrows
  29. 22: St Ite’s Song
  30. 23: The Downfall of Heathendom
  31. 24: The End of Clonmacnois
  32. 25: Song of the Woman of Beare
  33. 26: Eve
  34. 27: LĂ­adan Laments Cuirithir
  35. 28: The Song of Crede
  36. 29: [Cride hé]
  37. 30: Deirdre’s Lament for the Sons of Usnach
  38. COLM CILLE
  39. 31: Last Verses in Praise of Colum Cille
  40. 32: [Fil sĂșil nglais]
  41. 33: [Is aire charaim Doire]
  42. 34: Colm Cille in Scotland
  43. 35: Colmcille on Exile
  44. 36: The Scribe
  45. EPIGRAMS
  46. 37: Mo Ling’s Way
  47. 38: Advice to Lovers
  48. 39: [Isém linn indiu]
  49. 40: [Ro-cĂșala]
  50. 41: [AtĂĄ ben as-tĂ­r]
  51. 42: [Téicht do róim]
  52. 43: The King of Connacht
  53. 44: The Drowning of Conaing
  54. 45: CĂș Chuimne
  55. 46: India
  56. THE OTHERWORLD
  57. 47: The Wooing of Etain
  58. 48: Loeg’s Description of Mag Mell
  59. 49: ManannĂĄn from The Voyage of Bran
  60. 50: The Island of the Glass Bridge
  61. 51: from The Voyage of Maeldune
  62. 52: from The Vision of Mac Conglinne
  63. SWEENEY THE WILD MAN
  64. 53: from Verses Attributed to Suibne Geilt
  65. 54: Suibne and Éorann
  66. 55: Suibne in the Trees
  67. 56: The Man of the Wood
  68. 57: The Rough
  69. THE FINN CYCLE
  70. 58: The Song of Finn in Praise of May
  71. 59: [ScĂ©l lem dĂșib]
  72. 60: Sliabh Cua
  73. 61: GrĂĄinne to Finn
  74. 62: CaĂ­lte on Finn
  75. 63: The Praise of Fionn
  76. 64: The Sleep-Song of Grainne Over Dermuid When Fleeing from Fionn
  77. 65: Arann
  78. 66: The Fort of Árd Ruide
  79. 67: CĂĄel’s Praise of the House of CrĂ©ide
  80. 68: Caoilte Laments the Passing of the Fianna
  81. 69: [Binn guth duine i dTír in Óir]
  82. 70: The Blackbird of Derrycairn
  83. Notes and Sources
  84. Acknowledgements
  85. Index of Titles and First Lines
  86. About the Author
  87. By the Same Author
  88. Copyright