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Matthew Sweeney
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Publisher | Pan | ||
ISBN | 0330415840 | ||
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Jayne
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Synopsis
This is a beautiful gift book featuring a sumptuous and uplifting range of Irish poetry. Matthew Sweeney has chosen classics such as "Cockles and Mussels", poems from such celebrated poets as Seamus Heaney and W. B. Yeats, and lesser-known gems that he has discovered on his journey through Ireland's rich poetic heritage.
Review
This is a glorious collection of classic and modern Irish poems. It takes in all the old favorites like 'Mollie Malone from Dublin's Fare city' and many others that I have not read before.
I enjoyed this book very much because as some may know I contacted my real roots back in the summer and met my Irish Family. They love Irish poetry and Dad was forever teasing his grand children because they did not know some of the old favorites - neither did I but don't tell Dad!
This collection has been put together by Matthew Sweeny and are a wonderfull mixture of Irish Gaelic and English poems. This is a great little book to take with you on a bus or train journey and enjoy the lilting words and sentiments uttered by the poets who have been selected.
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