Book of Irish Poetry, part I
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Length 6 h 4 min
Chapters 163
First published 1916
Edited and largely translated into English by Alfred Perceval Graves, this book contains a remarkably large collection of Irish poetry. This is first part of the book. - Summary by Elsie Selwyn
Chapters
1
Dedication Read by Ellies 1:05
2
Introduction Read by Ellies 30:20
3
Ode by Andrew O'Shaughnessy Read by elizabethcanright 1:13
4
The Scribe Read by ChadH94 0:51
5
The Song of Amorgen by Amorgen, a pre-historic Bard Read by Sonia 2:31
6
First Winter-Song Read by Stefan Von Blon 1:08
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King and Hermit translated by Professor Kuno Meyer Read by Colleen McMahon 5:19
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St. Columba in Iona Read by Colleen McMahon 2:19
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The Irish Wolf-Hound by Denis Florence McCarthy Read by Ellies 1:22
10
The Rock of Cashel by Sir Aubrey De Vere Read by Ellies 1:25
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Glengarriff by Sir Aubrey De Vere Read by Ellies 2:20
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Sibera by James Clarence Mangan Read by Ellies 1:59
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A Sigh for Knockmany by William Carleton Read by Ellies 2:12
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Sonnet by Edward Dowden Read by Ellies 1:20
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Four Ducks on a Pound by William Allingham Read by Stefan Von Blon 0:50
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Foam Flakes by Standish O'Grady Read by Ellies 2:06
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From Shannon to Sea by E. G. A. Holmes Read by Ellies 1:20
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Eternal Vigil by E. G. A. Holmes Read by Ellies 1:19
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Birds by Moira O'Neill Read by Ellies 2:00
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Sheeps and Lambs by Katharine Tynan Hinkson Read by Ellies 1:20
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April in Ireland by Nora Hopper Read by Ellies 1:40
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Glorny's Weir by Winifred M. Letts Read by Ellies 1:23
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The Nine Green Glens by John Stevenson Read by Ellies 1:53
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Lough Bray, I by Rose Kavanagh Read by Ellies 1:53
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Lough Bray, II Standish O'Grady Read by Ellies 1:26
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An Awakening by Alice Furlong Read by Sonia 0:46
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The Little Waves of Breffny by Eva Gore-Booth Read by Sonia 1:16
28
On Great Sugarloaf by George A. Greene Read by Sonia 1:18
29
A June Day by John Todhunter Read by Sonia 1:14
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The Swimmer by Roden Noel Read by Ellies 2:22
31
Spring, the Travelling Man by Winifred M. Letts Read by Ellies 1:34
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A Fine Day on Lough Swilly by William Alexander Read by Ellies 2:45
33
Frost-morning by William Alexander Read by Ellies 1:21
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The Wind from the West by Ella Young Read by Ellies 1:02
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To the Mountain Ben Bulben by Moireen Fox Read by Sonia 1:12
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Anach by Darrell Figgis Read by Sonia 1:28
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The Fairies' Lullaby by Eleanor Hull Read by Sonia 1:09
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The Fairy Host Read by Sonia 1:39
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The Song of the Fairies by A. H. Leary Read by Sonia 1:25
40
Sea-Maiden's Vengeance by George Sigerson Read by Ellies 3:40
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Song of Maelduin by Thomas William Rolleston Read by Ellies 1:59
42
The Island of Sleep by William Butler Yeats Read by Ellies 9:17
43
On the Waters of Moyle by George Sigerson Read by Ellies 2:24
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The Return of the Children of Lir by George Sigerson Read by Ellies 2:31
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The Sea God's Address to Bran Read by Ellies 3:52
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The Spear of Keltar by W. M. Hennessy Read by Ellies 3:04
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The Legend of Fergus Leideson by Sir Samuel Ferguson Read by Ellies 5:33
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Deirdre Dancing by Herbert Trench Read by Ellies 3:21
49
The Noble Lay of Aillinn by Stopford A. Brooke Read by Ellies 4:29
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The Love-Talker by Ethna Carbery Read by Ellies 2:29
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To the Leanan Sidhe by Thomas Boyd Read by Ellies 2:42
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The King's Son by Thomas Boyd Read by Ellies 1:28
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Little Sister Read by Ellies 1:12
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The Fairy Thorn by Sir Samuel Ferguson Read by rumpledpoetry 4:14
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On All Souls' Night by Dora Sigerson Read by Sonia 1:58
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The Ship from Tirnanoge by Emily Hickey Read by Anita Sloma-Martinez 3:15
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The Fairies' Passage by James Clarence Mangan Read by Sonia 5:12
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The Fairy Fiddler by Nora Hopper Read by Sonia 1:02
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The Fairies by William Allingham Read by Sonia 2:17
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Hy-Brasail by Gerald Griffin Read by Sonia 2:22
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The Heather Glen by George by Sigerson Read by Sonia 3:00
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The Wind Among the Reeds by Nora Hopper Read by Sonia 1:24
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The Changeling by Ruth Duffin Read by rumpledpoetry 1:44
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The Faery Lover by Moireen Fox Read by rumpledpoetry 1:21
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The Lepracaun or Fairy Shoemaker by William Allingham Read by Anita Sloma-Martinez 2:56
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Fairy Song by Elinor Sweetman Read by Sonia 0:58
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The Others by Seumas O'Sullivan Read by Sonia 2:14
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What is Love? Read by ChadH94 1:30
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The Song of Crede, Daughter of Guare Read by Sonia 2:27
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She by Eleanor Hull Read by Stefan Von Blon 1:05
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Credhe's Lament for Cail Read by Sonia 1:47
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Lament of Fand at Parting from Cuchulain Read by Sonia 2:14
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Were You on the Mountain? by Douglas Hyde Read by Stefan D'Souza 0:57
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Pulse of My Heart by Charlotte Brooke Read by Blake Johnson 1:22
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Two Songs from the Irish, I by Thomas MacDonagh Read by locturne 1:19
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Two Songs from the Irish, II by Thomas MacDonagh Read by locturne 0:49
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Pearl of the White Breast by George Petrie Read by Sonia 1:32
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The Outlaw of Loch Lene by Jeremiah Joseph Callanan Read by Sonia 1:37
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Cean Dubh Deelish by Sir Samuel Ferguson Read by Sonia 1:12
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The Flower of Nut-brown Maids by Eleanor Hull Read by Ellies 2:33
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Pastheen Finn by Sir Samuel Ferguson Read by Ellies 1:56
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She Is My Love Read by Ellies 1:17
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Happy 'tis Thou Blind, for Thee by Douglas Hyde Read by Ellies 1:05
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The Coolun by Sir Samuel Ferguson Read by Ellies 1:55
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Irish Love-Song by Katharine Tynan Hinkson Read by Ellies 1:17
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Cashel of Munster by Edward Walsh Read by Ellies 1:54
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Molly Asthore by George Ogle Read by Ellies 2:53
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Remembrance by Emily Brontë Read by Nemo 2:33
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Lament of the Irish Maiden by Denny Lane Read by Sonia 1:33
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The Desmond by Thomas Moore Read by Kudrna 1:21
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Love Song by George Darley Read by ChadH94 1:21
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If I had thought thou couldst have died by Charles Wolfe Read by Kristine Bekere 1:46
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A White Rose by John Boyle O'Reilly Read by rumpledpoetry 0:36
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Kitty Neil by John Francis Waller Read by elizabethcanright 2:09
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Kathleen O'More by George Nugent Reynolds Read by elizabethcanright 1:24
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The Boatman of Kinsale by Thomas Davis Read by elizabethcanright 1:24
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Minnie by Thomas Caulfield Read by Kudrna 1:08
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Song I by Aubrey De Vere Read by Stefan D'Souza 1:15
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Song II by Aubrey De Vere Read by Stefan D'Souza 1:01
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An Ancient Tale by John O'Hagan Read by Stefan D'Souza 2:46
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Donal Kenny by John Keegan Casey Read by Ellies 2:29
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The Drynan Dhun by Robert Dwyer Joyce Read by Ellies 1:44
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The Wild Geese by Rosa Mulholland Read by Ellies 3:26
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Outside by Frances Wynne Read by ChadH94 1:17
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To an Isle in the Water by William Butler Yeats Read by Stefan Von Blon 1:20
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An Old Song Resung by William Butler Yeats Read by Larry Wilson 0:58
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Killary by Herbert Trench Read by Ellies 1:59
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The Wood Pigeon by Katharine Tynan Read by Larry Wilson 1:25
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Forgiveness by A.E. Read by Larry Wilson 1:22
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Song by Arthur O'Shaughnessy Read by Larry Wilson 1:15
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Nature and Love by Stopford A. Brooke Read by Larry Wilson 1:43
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The Little Flutes by Mrs. Denis O'Sullivan Read by Ellies 2:08
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The Penalty of Love by Sidney Royse Lysaght Read by pattymarie 1:27
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To Morfydd by Lionel Johnson Read by Ellies 1:20
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The Sedges by Seumas O'Sullivan Read by Larry Wilson 0:55
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Can Doov Deelish by Dora Sigerson Read by Sonia 1:26
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The Betrayal by Alice Furlong Read by Anita Sloma-Martinez 1:22
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Song by Eleanor Alexander Read by Stefan Von Blon 1:02
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A Silent Mouth by Cathal O'Bryne Read by Sonia 1:32
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His Home and His Own Country by Emily Hickey Read by ChadH94 1:00
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Bitter Serenade by Herbert Trench Read by Larry Wilson 3:07
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The Wings of Love by James H. Cousins Read by Ellies 3:26
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Little Mary Cassidy by Francis A. Fahy Read by ChadH94 2:02
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Molleen Oge Read by Ellies 1:46
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The Yin Wee Luik by G. F. Savage-Armstrong Read by Ellies 1:18
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The Shawlie by G. F. Savage-Armstrong Read by Ellies 1:54
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The Wee Lassie's First Luve by G. F. Savage-Armstrong Read by Ellies 2:11
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Cuttin' Rushes by Moira O'Neill Read by ChadH94 1:47
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Little Child, I Call Thee by Douglas Hyde Read by Larry Wilson 1:26
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Eileen Aroon by Gerald Griffin Read by ChadH94 2:04
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Song by Thomas MacDonagh Read by Ellies 0:57
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Now by Eleanor Alexander Read by pattymarie 1:27
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Amor Fons Amoris by Edmond G. A. Holmes Read by Ellies 2:09
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Ancient Irish Rann Read by James White 0:35
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Cuchulain's Wooing by Eleanor R. Cox Read by James White 1:23
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Leagh's Summons to Chchulain Read by James White 1:30
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Where is the Sweetest Music? by George Sigerson Read by Ellies 2:25
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The Giant Walker by Sir Samuel Ferguson Read by ChadH94 4:42
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The Washer of the Ford by Sir Samuel Ferguson Read by ChadH94 2:32
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A Dirge for King Niall of the Nine Hostages Read by Haridev Dadhich 2:50
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The Song of the Sword of Carroll Read by Ellies 4:36
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King Ailill's Death by Whitley Stokes Read by Ellies 2:06
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Rebel Mother's Lullaby by Shane Leslie Read by Larry Wilson 1:25
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O'Hussey's Ode to the Maguire by James Clarence Mangan Read by Ellies 5:25
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A Lament for the Red Earl by Richard Mahony Read by Larry Wilson 1:36
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Lament for the Death of Eoghan Ruadh O'Neill by Thomas Davis Read by Ellies 3:14
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The Maiden City by Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna Read by Ellies 3:49
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The Battle of the Boyne Read by Ed 1:56
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A Ballad of Sarsfield by Aubrey De Vere Read by locturne 1:55
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A Ballad of Athlone (2nd Siege) by Aubrey De Vere Read by locturne 2:09
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After the Battle (of Aughrim) by Aubrey De Vere Read by locturne 1:25
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A Farewell to Patrick Sarsfield by James Clarence Mangan Read by ChadH94 2:34
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Fontenoy, 1745, I by Emily Lawless Read by rumpledpoetry 2:07
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Fontenoy, 1745, II by Emily Lawless Read by rumpledpoetry 1:20
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Clare's Dragoons by Thomas Davis Read by Foon 3:14
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Cremona by Sir A. Conan Doyle Read by Foon 7:11
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The Irish Colonel by Sir A. Conan Doyle Read by Foon 0:40
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Oh! The Sight Entrancing by Thomas Moore Read by Foon 2:01
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The Burial of Sir John Moore by Charles Wolfe Read by Foon 2:16
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Ways of War by Lionel Johnson Read by Foon 1:40
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The Sword by Michael Joseph Barry Read by Foon 2:16
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A Soldier's Wake by Timothy Daniel Sullivan Read by Foon 2:22
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A Song of Defeat by Stephen Gwynn Read by Foon 5:58
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