Most of what we know about the famous poet comes from Nioclás Ó Cearnaigh - who, of course, could not be trusted. Professor Ó Buachalla provides us with a helpful introduction, notes and vocabulary to the songs.
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This book arose from an international convention on the ballad tradition that was held in 1985.
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A truly valuable collection of Munster songs with authoritative notes from a famed collector:Cu-cú-ín a chuaichín, Is cá ndéanfam a' samhradh?
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Ó Riada's magnificent contribution to native liturgy.Gan Íosa mo smaointe ní thaithníonn liom féin, Gan Íosa mo scríbhinn ná foghar mo bhéil . . .
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Songs from Co. Clare, and songs that came to Clare, garnered in the period 1900 - 1977, songs old and new:‘A chúl donn deas na ngruanna bána,Suigh anseo i ndáil liom agus tabhair dom póg;Gur leat a shiúlfainnse cnoic agus gleanntaAgus go Baile an Teampaill mar a mbíonn an spórt . ....
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While many have written about the French influence on the Dánta Grá, Mac Craith looks to the influence of English poetry and Renaissance sensibility on the likes of Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, Pádraigín Haicéad, Seathrún Céitinn and Riocard do Búrc.
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An aesthetic appreciation of the learned love poetry of the period c.1400 -1650. Ó Tuama's deep appreciation of poetry in the amour courtois vein, great poems such as ‘A bhean lán de stuaim' and ‘Cridhe lán do smuaintighthibh', is amply evident.
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The author postulates that most of the love songs still sung today - and most of our dances - came about as a result of the Anglo-Norman invasion.
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Ó hAnluain introduces us to a minor poet from Co. Clare, a rake who died in Spain and whose themes were typical of the concerns of our eighteenth-century poets. Texts and notes.
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This is how a manuscript describes the subject of this book: ‘Dr Woods was a very learned man, a judicious antiquarian and an eminent bard; he held the last Iomarbhá, or Bardic Contention, we have known to be held in Ireland, 1825 and 1826, with Mr Murphy of Grotto Castle.'
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