tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922811677717021224.post7054955598426437496..comments2013-04-07T20:22:42.100+02:00Comments on History and Culture A _ 2012-2013: Listen to the songPatricia Bouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02287857398663731126noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922811677717021224.post-10526988915849726042011-09-23T17:18:41.587+02:002011-09-23T17:18:41.587+02:00Thank you, Annabel. It's beautiful.
BTW, jus...Thank you, Annabel. It's beautiful. <br /><br />BTW, just added a LIST OF LINKS called Ireland and included this link <br /><br />:)Patricia Bouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02287857398663731126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922811677717021224.post-56168103883676834412011-09-22T22:17:49.313+02:002011-09-22T22:17:49.313+02:00I looked up this song online and I had no idea tha...I looked up this song online and I had no idea that so many artists have recorded cover versions of it! (U2, Sinead O'Connor etc.)<br /><br />Following along the Irish theme, I found a website about some of Dublin's famous literary figures which I found interesting: http://www.dublintourist.com/literary_dublin/. <br /><br />On another website, I came across what is thought to be Ireland’s first “poem,” spoken by Amairgin the Gael as he first set foot in Ireland:<br /><br />The Mystery<br /><br />I am the wind which breathes upon the sea, <br />I am the wave of the ocean, <br />I am the murmur of the billows, <br />I am the ox of the seven combats, <br />I am the vulture upon the rocks, <br />I am a beam of the sun, <br />I am the fairest of plants, <br />I am a wild boar in valor, <br />I am a salmon in the water, <br />I am a lake in the plain, <br />I am a word of science, <br />I am the point of the lance of battle, <br />I am the God who created in the head the fire. <br />Who is it who throws light into the meeting on the mountain? <br />Who announces the ages of the moon? <br />Who teaches the place where couches the sun? <br />(If not I)<br /><br />Translated by Douglas Hyde (folklorist and first president of the Republic of Ireland)<br /><br />(http://www.mesacc.edu/~tomshoemaker/celtic/Amairgin.html).<br /><br />On the same site you can find quite a lot of information about Irish myths and legends as well. <br /><br />Lastly, I would like to share a short poem about Ireland, written by Gwen Dickerson in 2006: <br /><br />I must visit Ireland <br />Its call pervades my brain <br />Flooding me with feelings <br />Of aching love and pain <br /><br />I shall gaze upon its lush lands <br />Entranced within its spell <br />Engrossed in tales of "wee folk" <br />And those of "Banshee wails" <br /><br />I'll bring to mind its famine <br />Where many folk did die <br />I'll linger and I'll ponder <br />Tragedies of life . . . and why? <br /><br />Visit, I must, to Ireland <br />To that land of emerald green <br />Paying tribute to those departed <br />And a country's future dream. <br /><br />(http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewPoetry.asp?id=155764)Annabel Kay Ruizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06474576601097711577noreply@blogger.com