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William Butlet Yeats
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Nick McElwee Apr. 18, 2009.
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Wonderful, thanks so much for sharing these poems. Nick
everyone interested in WBY should be aware of this outstanding resource:
http://www.yeatssociety.org/links.html
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My Grandad was a massive fan of Yeats, and sitting on his knee as a small child I would listen to him recite verse after verse of Yeats' poetry. He had a small book of poetry that was passed along to me after he passed away. Just thought I would sha…
link to the Master reading Digging---
http://www.teachnet.ie/ckelly/heaney/Reading.htm#Digging
other readings on this site. grand--no, cracking stuff
I had to learn alot of Heaney's poetry at school for my Junior Certificate, Mid-Term Break has always haunted me
Digging
Between my finger and my thumb
The squat pen rests; as snug as a gun.
Under my window a clean rasping sound
When the spade s…
Are Irish jokes racist? Simply answered no they aren't. I'm Irish born and reared and I don't find them offensive in the least. One of the things that sets Irish people aside from the rest of the world is the fact that we can laugh at ourselves. We…
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- My name is Mel, I come from a small Irish town, and I have three children. I love to sing, in English and as Gaeilge. I love animals, have a bunch including a snake. Ummm, cant think of anything else right now...
- What's your Irish link?
- Irish born
- What's your first language?
- English
- What does your Irishness mean to you?
- Being Irish means the world to me. It is not just my nationality. It is a living breathing part of who I am. It is the songs and the stories, the people, the Emerald Isle, the Patriots who have gone before us, and who are among us today. Being Irish and being proud of that fact, is something I was raised with and pass onto my children everyday.
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- At 1:51pm on December 15, 2009,
Alan Hennessy said… - Happy Christmas to you and yours.........Christmas.jpg
- At 2:27am on April 17, 2009,
Terrance O'Dwyer said…
- Thanks for posting Heaney. Wonderful stuff.
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