My Poetry Readings with Declan Walsh
My Poetry Readings is a podcast of poetry, from Ireland and elsewhere.Presented by Sligo based, Declan Walsh, (who is neither a poet or English literature scholar!) , it is a podcast of his journey to revisit the poems that may have shaped our lives and perhaps discovering new ones along the way.Each episode in this series includes an introduction to a popular poem, it’s this writer and the actual reading of the poem - leaving the interpretation of the poem to yourself.Check it out on https://mypoetryreadingswithdeclanwalsh.buzzsprout.com/
Episodes
13 episodes
'On Raglan Road' - by Patrick Kavanagh (Last in Series - S1E13)
About the Poem'On Raglan Road' was written by a 40 year old Patrick Kavanagh for a young 22 year old medical student, Hilda Moriarty. It was first published in the Irish Press newspaper in 1946 under the title ‘Dark Haired Miriam...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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20:03
'The Song of the Wandering Aengus' - by WB Yeats (S1E12)
About the Poem'The Song of the Wandering Aengus' is told from the point of view of an old man who, at some point in his past, had a fantastical experience in which a
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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9:52
'You Don't Get to be Racist and Irish' - Imelda May (S1E11)
About the PoemYou Don't Get To Be Racist And Irish" documents Irish people's history of immigration and emigration and May says that it is now time for Irish people to return the favor.The poem also touches on Ireland's h...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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6:41
'The Planter's Daughter - by Austin Clarke (S1E10)
About the PoemThe society depicted in the poem , The Planters Daughter, is one reminiscent of images of Ireland in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. A planter was usually an English or Scotsman, br...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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6:51
'Begin' - by Brendan Kennelly (S1E9)
About the PoemCommunicated through the description of a morning walk across the Grand Canal in Dublin, the poem is a philosophical reflection on starting something new again. It starts off as a celebration of a new d...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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7:39
'Lament for Thomas McDonagh' - by Francis Ledwidge (S1E8)
About the PoemLament of Thomas McDonagh is a poem written by Francis Ledwidge for his close friend, Thomas McDonagh, who was executed for his role in the Easter Rising in 1916 in Ireland. The Easter Ri...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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9:24
'The Cure at Troy' - by Seamus Heaney (S1E7)
About the PoemThe Cure at Troy was written in 1990 for the Field Day Theatre Company, and is an adapted version of the ancient tragic Greek play, Philoctetes, written by Sophocles – which takes place in th...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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9:08
'Mirror in February' - by Thomas Kinsella (S1e6)
About the PoemThis short poem, 'Mirror In February', which was included for study on the former Leaving Certificate English syllabus, is familiar to generations of Irish schoolgoers. It first appear...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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9:12
'The Stolen Child' - by William Butler Yeats (S1E5)
About the PoemWilliam Butler Yeats wrote ‘The Stolen Child’ in 1886 and is considered to be one of his more notable and popular early poems.Based on Irish Legend, 'The Stolen Child' concern...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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11:03
'She Moved Through the Fair' - by Padraic Colum (S1E4)
About the PoemShe Moved through the Fair was written by Padraic Colum - with an original musical version composed by Herbert Hughes. It was first published by Hughes in 1909 , with a revised version publish...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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9:15
'The Lake Isle of Innisfree' - by William Butler Yeats (S1E3)
About the PoemThe Lake Isle of Innisfree’ is one of W. B. Yeats’s first great poems. The poem conjuring up a longing to go back to nature and live a self-sufficient life, and examines the themes of nature peace, wisd...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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