Colleen Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 i haven't read that book, L_D, but going back to a conversation you and I and Theologian in Training had a few weeks ago.... I got the Ignatius Press Catalog today and lo and behold! There was a new book by Joseph Pearce on Oscar Wilde! It's so cool! I think I'm going to have to get it. Anyway, back to Irishness: [img]http://www.screensaverjapan.com/nature/biland/biland.jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudate_Dominum Posted March 26, 2004 Author Share Posted March 26, 2004 Yay! If you get the book let us know how it is. Also, that's a great pic. Keep 'em coming if you feel like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudate_Dominum Posted March 26, 2004 Author Share Posted March 26, 2004 This is where I wish I lived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmotherofpirl Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 [quote name='Laudate_Dominum' date='Mar 25 2004, 08:19 PM'] What's the story on it? I've been thinking about reading it for a while but I'm not sure what its all about. [/quote] Its about how the Irish saved civilization. While the barbarians overtook Europe, the Irish monks quitely copied all the ancient Greek books and kept scholarship alive in the monestaries and schools. Eventually the monks went off all over Europe and ignited education and learning: from Paris, Cologne, Milan, Vienna, Naples, Berne, all nothern England. It turn the English helped the Irish christianize Saxony, Bavaria and parts of Denmark. Charlesmagne, was tutored by Irish monks, one taught him astronomy, another geography, and still another statescraft. I just wish the book were longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCC_Catholic Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 L_D i thought i would share that i too love everythin Irish and i want to move there one day and teach or write my poems what ever there is nothing like the Irish Country side from what i have been told. i have loved Ireland so much that it has been a dream of mine to move there since i was about 5 Sarah Marie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudate_Dominum Posted March 27, 2004 Author Share Posted March 27, 2004 [quote name='WCC_Catholic' date='Mar 26 2004, 08:59 AM'] L_D i thought i would share that i too love everythin Irish and i want to move there one day and teach or write my poems what ever there is nothing like the Irish Country side from what i have been told. i have loved Ireland so much that it has been a dream of mine to move there since i was about 5 Sarah Marie [/quote] You certainly have good taste! I hope and pray that you make it to Ireland. I wonder if I'll ever end up there.. *sigh* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudate_Dominum Posted March 27, 2004 Author Share Posted March 27, 2004 cool cottage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudate_Dominum Posted March 27, 2004 Author Share Posted March 27, 2004 the town of clifden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudate_Dominum Posted March 27, 2004 Author Share Posted March 27, 2004 [b]Sliabh Geal gCua Na Féile[/b] O, a shliabh geal gCua na féile Is fada uait i gcéin mé Im' shuí cois cuain im'aonar Go tréighlag faoi bhrón An tuile bhuí ar thaobh díom Idir mé 'gus tír mo chléibhe Mar a shliabh geal gCua na féile Nach géar é mo sceol Dá mbidhinnse imeasce mo gaolta I Sceithín ghlas na séimbhfear Nuair a scaipeann teas na gréine ann Ón spéir ghil gan small Nó dá mbidhinn ansiud faoin réaltain Nuair a thiteann drúcht ar fhéar ann O, a shliabh geal gCua, nar dhéirc sin Dá mb'fhéidir i d'fháil Mo léan, ná fuaireas tógaint Le léann is mórchuid eolais I ngeadhealuinn uasal cheolmhar Ba sheolta mo bhéal Da threabhainn cuairt thar sáile Is do bhearfainn bua thar barr chughat Mar a shliabh geal gCua, ba bhréa liom Thú ardach i réim Mo ghrása thall na Déise Idir bhanta, gleannta is shléibhte O snamhas anall thar tréanmhuir Táim treighlag gan bhrí Ach ó ba thoil le Dia mé a ghlaoich as Mo shlánsa siar go hEirinn Agus slán le sliabh na féile Le saor gheann óm' chroí [b]Translation[/b] Bright, bountiful mount So far, far away I sit by the sea Weak, lonely and sad The foam-tipped waves Divide me from my love Oh bright bountiful mount Cua How wretched my tale If I were there with my people On the green-clad hills Warmed by the heat of the sun In a bright, cloudless sky Or if I were there on a starry night As dew falls on the grass Oh radiant mount Cua That would be wealth beyond compare My sorrow, that I was not raised With learning and skill The noble strains of Gaelic As jewels on my lips I would travel far And come back with prizes to you My splendid mount Cua I would sing praise to your name The Déise is my love Its plains, valleys and hills Since I crossed the great ocean I am lifeless and low But God willed that I should leave So I send my blessings home And bid farewell to the bountiful mountain With all my soul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCC_Catholic Posted March 27, 2004 Share Posted March 27, 2004 that was a beautiful poem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudate_Dominum Posted March 29, 2004 Author Share Posted March 29, 2004 (edited) [quote name='WCC_Catholic' date='Mar 27 2004, 05:02 PM'] that was a beautiful poem [/quote] Plenty more where that came from. Do you have any Irish poetry or song lyrics that you like? Edited March 29, 2004 by Laudate_Dominum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCC_Catholic Posted March 29, 2004 Share Posted March 29, 2004 i love irish drinking songs and there is also a song that is about Sarah and i love it i love the drinking songs for some reason i cant think of any of the titles but i love them all they make me laugh (When Irish Eyes are Smileing!) Sarah Marie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudate_Dominum Posted March 29, 2004 Author Share Posted March 29, 2004 Hehe.. yeah, some drinking songs are really funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCC_Catholic Posted March 29, 2004 Share Posted March 29, 2004 they are they are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudate_Dominum Posted March 29, 2004 Author Share Posted March 29, 2004 Here is one for drinking: Oh Bridgit O’Malley, you left my heart shaken With a hopeless desolation, I’d have you to know It’s the wonders of admiration your quiet face has taken And your beauty will haunt me wherever I go. The white moon above the pale sands, the pale stars above the thorn tree Are cold beside my darling, but no purer than she I gaze upon the cold moon till the stars drown in the warm sea And the bright eyes of my darling are never on me. My Sunday it is weary, my Sunday it is grey now My heart is a cold thing, my heart is a stone All joy is dead within me, my life has gone away now For another has taken my love for his own. The day it is approaching when we were to be married And it’s rather I would die than live only to grieve Oh meet me, my Darling, e’er the sun sets o’er the barley And I’ll meet you there on the road to Drumslieve. Oh Bridgit O’Malley, you’ve left my heart shaken With a hopeless desolation, I’d have you to know It’s the wonders of admiration your quiet face has taken And your beauty will haunt me wherever I go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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