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Dedication (1:05) Introduction (30:20) Ode by Andrew O'Shaughnessy (1:13) The Scribe (0:51) The Song of Amorgen by Amorgen, a pre-historic Bard (2:31) First Winter-Song (1:08) King and Hermit translated by Professor Kuno Meyer (5:19) St. Columba in Iona (2:19) The Irish Wolf-Hound by Denis Florence McCarthy (1:22) The Rock of Cashel by Sir Aubrey De Vere (1:25) Glengarriff by Sir Aubrey De Vere (2:20) Sibera by James Clarence Mangan (1:59) A Sigh for Knockmany by William Carleton (2:12) Sonnet by Edward Dowden (1:20) Four Ducks on a Pound by William Allingham (0:50) Foam Flakes by Standish O'Grady (2:06) From Shannon to Sea by E. G. A. Holmes (1:20) Eternal Vigil by E. G. A. Holmes (1:19) Birds by Moira O'Neill (2:00) Sheeps and Lambs by Katharine Tynan Hinkson (1:20) April in Ireland by Nora Hopper (1:40) Glorny's Weir by Winifred M. Letts (1:23) The Nine Green Glens by John Stevenson (1:53) Lough Bray, I by Rose Kavanagh (1:53) Lough Bray, II Standish O'Grady (1:26) An Awakening by Alice Furlong (0:46) The Little Waves of Breffny by Eva Gore-Booth (1:16) On Great Sugarloaf by George A. Greene (1:18) A June Day by John Todhunter (1:14) The Swimmer by Roden Noel (2:22) Spring, the Travelling Man by Winifred M. Letts (1:34) A Fine Day on Lough Swilly by William Alexander (2:45) Frost-morning by William Alexander (1:21) The Wind from the West by Ella Young (1:02) To the Mountain Ben Bulben by Moireen Fox (1:12) Anach by Darrell Figgis (1:28) The Fairies' Lullaby by Eleanor Hull (1:09) The Fairy Host (1:39) The Song of the Fairies by A. H. Leary (1:25) Sea-Maiden's Vengeance by George Sigerson (3:40) Song of Maelduin by Thomas William Rolleston (1:59) The Island of Sleep by William Butler Yeats (9:17) On the Waters of Moyle by George Sigerson (2:24) The Return of the Children of Lir by George Sigerson (2:31) The Sea God's Address to Bran (3:52) The Spear of Keltar by W. M. Hennessy (3:04) The Legend of Fergus Leideson by Sir Samuel Ferguson (5:33) Deirdre Dancing by Herbert Trench (3:21) The Noble Lay of Aillinn by Stopford A. Brooke (4:29) The Love-Talker by Ethna Carbery (2:29) To the Leanan Sidhe by Thomas Boyd (2:42) The King's Son by Thomas Boyd (1:28) Little Sister (1:12) The Fairy Thorn by Sir Samuel Ferguson (4:14) On All Souls' Night by Dora Sigerson (1:58) The Ship from Tirnanoge by Emily Hickey (3:15) The Fairies' Passage by James Clarence Mangan (5:12) The Fairy Fiddler by Nora Hopper (1:02) The Fairies by William Allingham (2:17) Hy-Brasail by Gerald Griffin (2:22) The Heather Glen by George by Sigerson (3:00) The Wind Among the Reeds by Nora Hopper (1:24) The Changeling by Ruth Duffin (1:44) The Faery Lover by Moireen Fox (1:21) The Lepracaun or Fairy Shoemaker by William Allingham (2:56) Fairy Song by Elinor Sweetman (0:58) The Others by Seumas O'Sullivan (2:14) What is Love? (1:30) The Song of Crede, Daughter of Guare (2:27) She by Eleanor Hull (1:05) Credhe's Lament for Cail (1:47) Lament of Fand at Parting from Cuchulain (2:14) Were You on the Mountain? by Douglas Hyde (0:57) Pulse of My Heart by Charlotte Brooke (1:22) Two Songs from the Irish, I by Thomas MacDonagh (1:19) Two Songs from the Irish, II by Thomas MacDonagh (0:49) Pearl of the White Breast by George Petrie (1:32) The Outlaw of Loch Lene by Jeremiah Joseph Callanan (1:37) Cean Dubh Deelish by Sir Samuel Ferguson (1:12) The Flower of Nut-brown Maids by Eleanor Hull (2:33) Pastheen Finn by Sir Samuel Ferguson (1:56) She Is My Love (1:17) Happy 'tis Thou Blind, for Thee by Douglas Hyde (1:05) The Coolun by Sir Samuel Ferguson (1:55) Irish Love-Song by Katharine Tynan Hinkson (1:17) Cashel of Munster by Edward Walsh (1:54) Molly Asthore by George Ogle (2:53) Remembrance by Emily Brontë (2:33) Lament of the Irish Maiden by Denny Lane (1:33) The Desmond by Thomas Moore (1:21) Love Song by George Darley (1:21) If I had thought thou couldst have died by Charles Wolfe (1:46) A White Rose by John Boyle O'Reilly (0:36) Kitty Neil by John Francis Waller (2:09) Kathleen O'More by George Nugent Reynolds (1:24) The Boatman of Kinsale by Thomas Davis (1:24) Minnie by Thomas Caulfield (1:08) Song I by Aubrey De Vere (1:15) Song II by Aubrey De Vere (1:01) An Ancient Tale by John O'Hagan (2:46) Donal Kenny by John Keegan Casey (2:29) The Drynan Dhun by Robert Dwyer Joyce (1:44) The Wild Geese by Rosa Mulholland (3:26) Outside by Frances Wynne (1:17) To an Isle in the Water by William Butler Yeats (1:20) An Old Song Resung by William Butler Yeats (0:58) Killary by Herbert Trench (1:59) The Wood Pigeon by Katharine Tynan (1:25) Forgiveness by A.E. (1:22) Song by Arthur O'Shaughnessy (1:15) Nature and Love by Stopford A. Brooke (1:43) The Little Flutes by Mrs. Denis O'Sullivan (2:08) The Penalty of Love by Sidney Royse Lysaght (1:27) To Morfydd by Lionel Johnson (1:20) The Sedges by Seumas O'Sullivan (0:55) Can Doov Deelish by Dora Sigerson (1:26) The Betrayal by Alice Furlong (1:22) Song by Eleanor Alexander (1:02) A Silent Mouth by Cathal O'Bryne (1:32) His Home and His Own Country by Emily Hickey (1:00) Bitter Serenade by Herbert Trench (3:07) The Wings of Love by James H. Cousins (3:26) Little Mary Cassidy by Francis A. Fahy (2:02) Molleen Oge (1:46) The Yin Wee Luik by G. F. Savage-Armstrong (1:18) The Shawlie by G. F. Savage-Armstrong (1:54) The Wee Lassie's First Luve by G. F. Savage-Armstrong (2:11) Cuttin' Rushes by Moira O'Neill (1:47) Little Child, I Call Thee by Douglas Hyde (1:26) Eileen Aroon by Gerald Griffin (2:04) Song by Thomas MacDonagh (0:57) Now by Eleanor Alexander (1:27) Amor Fons Amoris by Edmond G. A. Holmes (2:09) Ancient Irish Rann (0:35) Cuchulain's Wooing by Eleanor R. Cox (1:23) Leagh's Summons to Chchulain (1:30) Where is the Sweetest Music? by George Sigerson (2:25) The Giant Walker by Sir Samuel Ferguson (4:42) The Washer of the Ford by Sir Samuel Ferguson (2:32) A Dirge for King Niall of the Nine Hostages (2:50) The Song of the Sword of Carroll (4:36) King Ailill's Death by Whitley Stokes (2:06) Rebel Mother's Lullaby by Shane Leslie (1:25) O'Hussey's Ode to the Maguire by James Clarence Mangan (5:25) A Lament for the Red Earl by Richard Mahony (1:36) Lament for the Death of Eoghan Ruadh O'Neill by Thomas Davis (3:14) The Maiden City by Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna (3:49) The Battle of the Boyne (1:56) A Ballad of Sarsfield by Aubrey De Vere (1:55) A Ballad of Athlone (2nd Siege) by Aubrey De Vere (2:09) After the Battle (of Aughrim) by Aubrey De Vere (1:25) A Farewell to Patrick Sarsfield by James Clarence Mangan (2:34) Fontenoy, 1745, I by Emily Lawless (2:07) Fontenoy, 1745, II by Emily Lawless (1:20) Clare's Dragoons by Thomas Davis (3:14) Cremona by Sir A. Conan Doyle (7:11) The Irish Colonel by Sir A. Conan Doyle (0:40) Oh! The Sight Entrancing by Thomas Moore (2:01) The Burial of Sir John Moore by Charles Wolfe (2:16) Ways of War by Lionel Johnson (1:40) The Sword by Michael Joseph Barry (2:16) A Soldier's Wake by Timothy Daniel Sullivan (2:22) A Song of Defeat by Stephen Gwynn (5:58)