Bono: Voices and Poetry of Ireland

Voices and Poetry of Ireland: A Collection of Ireland’s Best-Loved Poetry with Recordings by Ireland’s Best-Loved Figures (Book & CD), fue un proyecto del año 2003, cuyos beneficios fueron a parar a Focus Ireland, grupo que tiene como objetivo promover los derechos de las personas sin techo en Irlanda.

Este libro de poemas viene acompañado de 3 discos de audio, donde podemos escuchar los poemas, leídos por políticos, estrellas de cine o artistas irlandeses de conocido renombre. Por supuesto, no podía faltar Bono, que participo en la lectura de “God’s Laughter” de Brendan Kennelly.

También nos encontramos con la participación del manager de U2, Paul McGuinness en “Shapes and Shadows” de Derek Mahon y del amigo de Bono, Gavin Friday, en “From the Ballad of Reading Gaol” de Oscar Wilde.

Tracklist de Voices and Poetry of Ireland:

Voices and Poetry of Ireland – Disco 1:

1. The Mother by Padraic Pearse – Bertie Ahern
2. A Glass of Beer by James Stephens – Robert Ballagh
3. They Mystery by Amergin – Patrick Bergin
4. Pangur Ban by Anonymous – Maeve Binchy
5. Danny by J.M Synge – Charlie Bird
6. Nuala by Brendan Kennelly – Tara Blaze
7. Mirror in February by Thomas Kinsella – Luka Bloom
8. God’s Laughter by Brendan Kennelly – Bono
9. A Little Boy in the Morning by Francis Ledwidge – John Bowman
10. Four Voices without an Instrument by Medbh McGuckian – Paul Brady
11. Father and Son by F.R. Higgins – Pierce Brosnan
12. A Christmas Childhood by Patrick Kavanagh – Vincent Browne
13. To L.L. by Oscar Wilde – Gabriel Byrne
14. Mid-Term Break by Seamus Heaney – Gay Byrne
15. The Second Coming by W.B. Yeats – Liam Clancy
16. The Friction of Feet in Time by Michael Coady – Paddy Cole
17. Never Give all the Heart by W.B. Yeats – Andrea Corr
18. First Annual Report by Gerry Corr – Sharon Corr
19. The Man from God Knows Where by Florence Wilson – Phil Coulter
20. The Bells of Shandon by Francis Sylvester Mahony – John Creedon
21. The Fisherman by W.B. Yeats – Anthony Cronin
22. An Old Woman of the Roads by Padraic Colum – Jeananne Crowley
23. Shades of Ranelagh by Macdara Woods – Bill Cullen
24. The Christmas Rose by C. Day Lewis – Dana
25. Duffy’s Circus by Paul Muldoon – Ian Dempsey
26. My Land by Thomas Davis – Dermot Desmond
27. Winter Birds by Moya Cannon – Theo Dorgan
28. Death of an Irishwoman by Michael Hartnett – Theo Dorgan
29. Nude by Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill – Anne Doyle
30. Pity the Islanders, Lucht an Oileain by David Quin – Danny Doyle
31. Ode by Arthur O’Shauhnessy – Ronnie Drew
32. Someone by Dennis O’Driscoll – Joe Duffy
33. To My Daughter Betty, the Gift of God by Thomas Kettle – Myles Dungan
34. from The Paddiad or The Devil as a Patron of Irish Letters by Patrick Kavanagh – Eamon Dunphy

Voices and Poetry of Ireland – Disco 2:

1. The Lovers by Anthony Cronin – Paul Durcan
2. July in Bettystown by Gerard Fanning – Dave Fanning
3. Dublin Made Me by Donagh MacDonagh – Colin Farrell
4. Night Feed by Eavan Roland by Marian Finucane
5. Biddy Mulligan, The Pride of the Coombe by Seamus Kavanagh – Brenda Fricker
6. From the Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde – Gavin Friday
7. The Rain Stick by Seamus Heaney – Sir James Galway
8. Bagpipe Music by Louis MacNeice – Bob Geldof
9. Speaking to My Father by Theo Dorgan – Des Geraghty
10. Emotions by Rory Gleeson – Brendan Glesson
11. She Moved Through the Fair by Padraic Colum – Larry Gogan
12. Seals at High Island by Richard Murphy – Adrian Hardiman
13. Sunday’s Well by Vona Groarke – Mary Harney
14. Christy Brown Came to Town by Richard Harris – Richard Harris
15. How to Be My Heart by Pat Boran – Shay Healy
16. What Then? by W.B. Yeats – Seamus Heaney
17. Dark Rosaleen by Owen Roe MacWard – Michael D. Higgins
18. Claudy by James Simmons – John Hume
19. I Grabbed an Education by Patrick Kavanagh – Neil Jordan
20. All of These People by Michael Longley – Fergal Keane
21. Stony Grey Soil by Patrick Kavanagh – Frank Kelly
22. Ulster Names by John Hewitt – Gerry Kelly
23. The Singer’s House by Seamus Heaney – John Kelly
24. The Tree Speaks by Cathal O Searcaigh – Brian Kennedy
25. The Fiddler of Dooney by W.B. Yeats – Senator Edward M Kennedy
26. To a Child by Patrick Kavanagh – Sister Stanislaus Kennedy
27. My Father by John B. Keane – Brendan Kennelly
28. Antarctica by Derek Mahon – Pat Kenny
29. Thems Your Mammy’s Pills by Leland Bardwell – Marian Keyes
30. Omos do John Millington Synge by Mairtin O Direain – Mick Lally
31. There are Days by John Mantague – Desmond Lynam
32. The Sunlight on the Garden by Louis MacNeice – John Lynch
33. To a May Baby by Winifred M. Letts – Ciaran MacMathuna
34. I Will Go With My Father by Joseph Campbell – Jimmy Magee
35. Requiem for the Croppies by Seamus Heaney – Tommy Makem

Voices and Poetry of Ireland – Disco 3:

1. The Country Fiddler by John Montague – Paddy Moloney
2. Christ Goodbye by Padraic Fiacc – Eamon McCann
3. Literary History by Rita Kelly – Charlie McCreevy
4. The Game of Your Life by Gabriel Fitzmaurixe – Paul McGrath
5. Shapes and Shadows by Derek Mahon – Paul McGuinness
6. The People I Grew Up With Were Afraid by Michael Gorman- Pauline McLynn
7. Solstice by Gerry Dawe – Van Morrison
8. The Village Schoolmaster by Oliver Goldsmith – Mike Murphy
9. Fontenoy by Emily Lawless – Kevin Myers
10. The View from Under the Table by Paula Meehan – Christina Noble
11. A Kind of Trust by Brendan Kennelly – Michael Noonan
12. The Jackeen’s Lament for the Blaskets by Brendan Behan – Senator David Norris
13. A Woman Untouched by Frank McGuinness – Miriam O’Callaghan
14. Pride by Paul Williams – Sinead O’Connor
15. Poem from a Three Year Old by Brendan Kennelly – Daniel O’Donnell
16. Plaisir D’Amour by Patrick Galvin – Ardal O’Hanlon
17. Schoolfriends by Susan Connolly – Dierdre O’Kane
18. Ship of Death by Kerry Hardie – Olivia O’Leary
19. The Boys of Barr na Sraide by Sigerson Clifford – Micheal O Muircheartaigh
20. The Ballad of Father Gilligan by W.B. Yeats – Milo O’Shea
21. Canticle by John F. Deane – Morgan O’Sullivan
22. CeaseFire by Michael Longley – Fintan O’Toole
23. The Fairies by William Allingham – Maureen Potter
24. Bewleys Oriental Cafe by Paul Durcan – Deirdre Purcell
25. Swineherd by Eilean Ni Chuilleanan – Niall Quinn
26. A Disused Shed in Co Wexford by Drek Mahon – Ruairi Quinn
27. The Did-You-Come-Yets of the Western World by Rita Ann Higgins – Gerry Ryan
28. Peter Street by Peter Sirr – Jim Sheridan
29. A Drover by Padraic Colum – Dick Spring
30. Everything is Going to Be All Right by Derek Mahon – Niall Toibin
31. I See His Blood Upon the Rose by Joseph Mary Plunkett – Sile De Valera
32. The Aluminium Box by Frank Ormsby – Ted Walsh
33. Beannacht by John O’Donoghue – Kathleen Watkins
34. Anseo by Paul Muldoon – Bill Whelan
35. The Planter’s Daughter by Austin Clarke – Terry Wogan

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