Irish Poetry Reading Collection Volume 4


This is volume 4 of the Irish Poetry Reading Archive. For full details of the collection and to browse all the poets in the collection please see the collection record for the Irish Poetry Reading Archive.

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Irish Poetry Reading Collection Volumes 1-3


This is volumes 1, 2, and 3 of the Irish Poetry Reading Collection. For full details on the Irish Poetry Reading Archive, and to browse all of the poets in the entire collection, please see the collection record for the Irish Poetry Reading Collection.

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Irish Poetry Reading Collection


The Irish Poetry Reading Collection, which forms part of the Irish Poetry Reading Archive, is a central repository for readings by Irish poets, in both the English and the Irish language. This collection aims to capture and preserve the rich and diverse landscape of poetry in Ireland, and includes the voices of: established poets; emerging poets; performance poets; avant-garde poets; English and Irish language poets; and Irish diaspora poets. Many of the readings are accompanied by handwritten or typed presentation copies of the poem, created by the poet especially for the reading.

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Pádraig Ó Snodaigh reads his poem 'Grafton Street'


Irish poet Pádraig Ó Snodaigh reads his poem 'Grafton Street' in UCD Library's Special Collections.

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Paula Meehan reads her poem 'The Pattern'


Irish poet Paula Meehan reading a poem about her mother called 'The Pattern' in UCD Library's Special Collections.

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Rita Ann Higgins reads her poem 'The Hedger'


Irish poet Rita Ann Higgins reads her poem 'The Hedger' in UCD Library's Special Collections.

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Maurice Harmon reads his poem 'The Stunning Place'


Irish poet Maurice Harmon reads his poem 'The Stunning place' in UCD Library's Special Collections.

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Aifric Mac Aodha reads her poem 'Éalú Syrinx'


Irish poet Aifric Mac Aodha reads her poem 'Éalú Syrinx' in UCD Library's Special Collections.

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Rita Ann Higgins reads her poem 'She's Easy'


Irish poet Rita Ann Higgins reads her poem 'She's Easy' in UCD Library's Special Collections.

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Rita Ann Higgins reads her poem 'Be Someone'


Irish poet Rita Ann Higgins reads her poem 'Be Someone' in UCD Library's Special Collections.

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Aifric Mac Aodha reads her poem 'Echtrae Conlae'


Irish poet Aifric Mac Aodha reads her poem 'Echtrae Conlae' in UCD Library's Special Collections'.

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Pádraig Ó Laighin reads his poem 'Ní Thuigim Cén Fáth'


Irish poet Pádraig Ó Laighin reads his poem 'Ní Thuigim Cén Fáth' in UCD Library's Special Collections.

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Pádraig Ó Snodaigh reads his poem 'Drochblas an Athar Troy'


Irish poet Pádraig Ó Snodaigh reads his poem 'Drochblas an Athar Troy' in UCD Library's Special Collections.

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Pádraig Ó Laighin reads his poem 'Oileán na nGael'


Irish poet Pádraig Ó Laighin reads his poem 'Oileán na nGael' in UCD Library's Special Collections.

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Pádraig Ó Laighin reads his poem 'Cárta Ó La Tuque'


Irish poet Pádraig Ó Laighin reads his poem 'Cárta ó La Tuque' in UCD Library's Special Collections.

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Rita Ann Higgins reads her poem 'This Was No Ithaca'


Irish poet Rita Ann Higgins reads her poem 'This Was No Ithaca' in UCD Library's Special Collections.

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Tony Curtis reads his poem 'Like the Buffalo'


Irish poet Tony Curtis reads his poem 'Like the Buffalo' in UCD Library's Special Collections.

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Catherine Ann Cullen reads her poem 'Meeting at the Chester Beatty'


Irish poet Catherine Ann Cullen reads her poem 'Meeting at the Chester Beatty' in UCD Library's Special Collections.

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Tony Curtis reads his poem 'In the Wilderness'


Irish poet Tony Curtis reads his poem 'In the Wilderness' in UCD Library's Special Collections.

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Pat Boran reads his poem 'Station Road Sutton'


Irish poet Pat Boran reads his poem 'Station Road Sutton' in UCD Library's Special Collections.

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Tony Curtis reads his poem 'Fair Weather'


Irish poet Tony Curtis reads his poem 'Fair weather' in UCD Library's Special Collections.

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Declan Collinge reads his poem 'Father and Son 1966'


Irish poet Declan Collinge reads his poem 'Father and Son 1966' in UCD Library's Special Collections.

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Declan Collinge reads his poem 'Common Ground'


Irish poet Declan Collinge reads his poem 'Common Ground' in UCD Library's Special Collections.

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Maurice Harmon reads his poem 'Stone Games'


Irish poet Maurice Harmon reads his poem 'Stone Games' in UCD Library's Special Collections.

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Theo Dorgan reads his poem 'Croke Park'


Irish poet Theo Dorgan reads his poem 'Croke Park' in UCD Library's Special Collections.

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Pat Boran reads his poem 'Children'


Irish poet Pat Boran reads his poem 'Children' in UCD Library's Special Collections.

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Pat Boran reads his poem 'The Spire ten years on'


Irish poet Pat Boran reads his poem 'The Spire ten years on' in UCD Library's Special Collections.

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Maurice Harmon reads his poem 'The Long Haul'


Irish poet Maurice Harmon reads his poem 'The Long Haul' in UCD Library's Special Collections.

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Maurice Harmon reads his poem 'Loose Connections'


Irish poet Maurice Harmon reads his poem 'Loose Connections' in UCD Library's Special Collections.

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Jessica Traynor reads her poem 'Liffey Swim'


Irish poet Jessica Traynor reads her poem 'Liffey Swim' in UCD Library's Special Collections.

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Betty Thompson reads her poem 'Elegy for Donal McCann'


Irish poet Betty Thompson reads her poem 'Elegy For Donal McCann' in UCD Library's Special Collections.

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Gerard Smyth reads his poem 'Islandbridge'


Irish poet Gerard Smyth reads his poem 'Islandbridge' in UCD Library's Special Collections.

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Gerard Smyth reads his poem 'House on Usher's Island'


Irish poet Gerard Smyth reads his poem 'House on Usher's Island' in UCD Library's Special Collections.

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Peter Sirr reads his poem 'Peter Street'


Irish poet Peter Sirr reads his poem 'Peter Street' in UCD Library's Special Collections.

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Mary O'Malley reads her poem 'A Stone Carver reads Rilke'


Mary O'Malley reads her poem 'A Stone Carver reads Rilke', in the UCD Library Special Collections Reading Room.

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Mary O'Malley reads her poem 'The Lost Boys'


Mary O'Malley reads her poem 'The Lost Boys', in the UCD Library Special Collections Reading Room.

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Tony Curtis reads his poem 'Old Books and Riverbanks'


Irish poet Tony Curtis reads his poem 'Old Books and Riverbanks' in UCD Library's Special Collections.

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Mary O'Malley reads her poem 'At Cré na Cille'


Mary O'Malley reads her poem 'At Cré na Cille', in the UCD Library Special Collections Reading Room.

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Mary O'Malley reads her poem 'Resident at Sea'


Mary O'Malley reads her poem 'Resident at Sea', in the UCD Library Special Collections Reading Room.

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Mary O'Malley reads her poem 'Philoctatea'


Mary O'Malley reads her poem 'Philoctatea', in the UCD Library Special Collections Reading Room.

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Tony Curtis reads his poem 'Two Faces by a Window'


Irish poet Tony Curtis reads his poem 'Two Faces by a Window' in UCD Library's Special Collections.

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Tony Curtis reads his poem 'The Mole and the Cosmos'


Irish poet Tony Curtis reads his poem 'The Mole and the Cosmos' in UCD Library's Special Collections.

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Peter Donnelly reads his poem 'Elegy'


Irish poet Peter Donnelly reads his poem 'Elegy' in UCD Library's Special Collections.

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Peter Donnelly reads his poem 'The Brain'


Irish poet Peter Donnelly reads his poem 'The Brain' in UCD Library's Special Collections.

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Peter Donnelly reads his poem 'An Event Horizon'


Peter Donnelly reads his poem 'An Event Horizon', in the UCD Library Special Collections Reading Room.

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Peter Donnelly reads his poem 'July in Dalkey'


Irish poet Peter Donnelly reads his poem 'July in Dalkey' in UCD Library's Special Collections.

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Moya Cannon reads her poem 'Taom'


Moya Cannon reads her poem 'Taom', in the UCD Library Special Collections Reading Room.

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Harry Clifton reads his poem 'Magazine Hill'


Irish poet Harry Clifton reads his poem 'Magazine Hill' in UCD Library's Special Collections.

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