The Book of Irish Poetry, part I: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Book of Irish Poetry, part I, credited to Various, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

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LibriVox recording of The Book of Irish Poetry, part I by Various. (Translated by Alfred Perceval Graves.) Read in English by Ellies; elizabethcanright; ChadH94; Sonia; Stefan Von Blon; Colleen McMahon; rumpledpoetry; Anita Sloma-Martinez; Stefan D'Souza; Blake Johnson; locturne; Nemo; Kudrna; Kristine Bekere; Larry Wilson; pattymarie; James White; Haridev Dadhich; Ed; Foon Edited and largely translated into English by Alfred Perceval Graves, this book contains a remarkably large collection of Irish poetry. - Summary by Elsie Selwyn

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Book of Irish Poetry, part I
• Author credits: Various
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 163
• Listed recording duration: 6:03:57

Catalogue topics

• poetry
• Irish
• Ireland

Opening tracks: first 24 of 163

1. 001 - Dedication — 1:05
2. 002 - Introduction — 30:20
3. 003 - Ode by Andrew O'Shaughnessy — 1:13
4. 004 - The Scribe — 0:51
5. 005 - The Song of Amorgen by Amorgen, a pre-historic Bard — 2:31
6. 006 - First Winter-Song — 1:08
7. 007 - King and Hermit translated by Professor Kuno Meyer — 5:19
8. 008 - St. Columba in Iona — 2:19
9. 009 - The Irish Wolf-Hound by Denis Florence McCarthy — 1:22
10. 010 - The Rock of Cashel by Sir Aubrey De Vere — 1:25
11. 011 - Glengarriff by Sir Aubrey De Vere — 2:20
12. 012 - Sibera by James Clarence Mangan — 1:59
13. 013 - A Sigh for Knockmany by William Carleton — 2:12
14. 014 - Sonnet by Edward Dowden — 1:20
15. 015 - Four Ducks on a Pound by William Allingham — 0:50
16. 016 - Foam Flakes by Standish O'Grady — 2:06
17. 017 - From Shannon to Sea by E. G. A. Holmes — 1:20
18. 018 - Eternal Vigil by E. G. A. Holmes — 1:19
19. 019 - Birds by Moira O'Neill — 2:00
20. 020 - Sheeps and Lambs by Katharine Tynan Hinkson — 1:20
21. 021 - April in Ireland by Nora Hopper — 1:40
22. 022 - Glorny's Weir by Winifred M. Letts — 1:23
23. 023 - The Nine Green Glens by John Stevenson — 1:53
24. 024 - Lough Bray, I by Rose Kavanagh — 1:53

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