Irish poetry.
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Ancient sources : Irish myth / Susan Porter and Brenden O’Hehir (Episode 5 of 7) ; produced by Padraigin McGillicuddy.
Irish mythological tales were part of a highly developed oral tradition consisting of four major cycles, and preserved by a highly revered caste of poets. With the destruction of the old aristocratic Gaelic order, this poetic tradition became the province of the peasantry, and as such was brought to the New World. Susan Porter was…
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The Poets / Robert Tracy, Brenden O’Hehir, and Joan Keefe ; produced by Padraigin McGillicuddy.
Readings and commentary on modern Irish poems by Seamus Heaney, John Montague, Derek Mahon, Patrick Kavanaugh, and W. B. Yeats.|THE POETS / Robert Tracy, Brenden O’Hehir, and Joan Trodden Keeffe| produced by Padraigin McGuillicuddy. SERIES: Irish Contributions to English Literature| no. 6. The Irish have a strong poetic tradition stretching back several thousand years. With…