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Subject: IRISH LANGUAGE
Matches Found: 9

CELT, by ROBERT FRANCIS    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I heard a voice clang like a brass kettle clanging
Last Line: Things that had been mere history before
Subject(s): History; Ireland; Irish Language


DONEGAL, by BRENDAN JAMES GALVIN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Bog cotton and whin. A stone
Last Line: Goes up each morning, %singing to penetrate the sun
Subject(s): Donegal, Ireland; Exiles; Irish Language


FAREWELL TO ENGLISH, by MICHAEL HARTNETT    Poem Source                    
First Line: Her eyes were coins of porter and her west
Subject(s): English Language; Irish Language


GAELIC LEGACY, by ANN RUSSELL DARR    Poem Source                    
First Line: Trying to ignore the only thing
Last Line: His civilized socks. %peace
Subject(s): Family Life - Ireland; Grandparents; Irish Language


HAG OF BEARE (CAILLECH BERRI), by ANNE WALDMAN    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I ebb like the ocean
Subject(s): Irish Language; Poetry & Poets; Translating & Interpreting; Women's Rights; Gaelic; Feminism


HAG OF BEARE (CAILLECH BERRI), by ANNE WALDMAN    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I ebb like the ocean
Last Line: That's all you get to blunt your knife
Subject(s): Irish Language; Poetry And Poets; Translating And Interpreting; Women's Rights


INVOCATION OF PEACE; AFTER THE GAELIC, by WILLIAM SHARP    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Deep peace I breathe into you
Last Line: Peace! Peace!
Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona
Subject(s): Christianity; Irish Language; Peace; Prayer; Gaelic


MR MACANDREW WRITES FROM ST KILDA, by DEENA LINETT    Poem Source                    
First Line: I have put aside all thoughts of helping these people
Last Line: Servant, reverend george macandrew of dumblane
Subject(s): Child Molesting; Clergy; Irish Language; Prayer; Religion; Saint Kilda (scotland)


SOLILOQUY OF THE IRISH POET, by VICKI HEARNE    Poem Source                    
First Line: My singing moves the wind, the seaking of swift horses
Last Line: Threads inside the seams, binding him, freeing me
Subject(s): Ireland; Irish Language; Poetry And Poets