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Seán Moriarty

GAELIC POETRY

 

  In the late 1980's I recorded Seán Moriarty, a primary school teacher in Killorglin Co. Kerry and native Gaelic speaker from West Kerry, reading great classics of 18th- and 19th-century Irish poetry in Gaelic. Great moments. RIP.

GAELIC TEXTS AVAILABLE HERE


01 - Seán Moriarty - Machnamh an Duine Dhoilíosaigh  (The Melancholy Man’s Reflections)

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02 - Seán Moriarty - Crónán Na mBeach (Douglas Hyde)

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03 - Seán Moriarty - Cúirt an Mheáin Oíche (intro - Brian Merriman)

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04 - Seán Moriarty - An Droimeann Donn Dílis (anon.)

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05 - Seán Moriarty  - Cill Cháis (3 verses, Thomas Kinsella)

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06 - Seán Moriarty - Bán chnoic Eireann O (4 verses, Donnchadh Ruadh Mac Conmara)

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07 - Seán Moriarty - An Tuirnin Lin (collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell, 1957 ?)

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08 - Seán Moriarty - Amhrán Na Leabhar (Cuan Bhéil Inse, Tomás Rua Ó Súilleabháin)

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09 - Seán Moriarty - Amhrán Na Leabhar (translation)

01 - Seán Moriarty - Machnamh an Duine Dhoilíosaigh
00:00 / 02:26
02 - Seán Moriarty - Crónán Na mBeach (Douglas Hyde)
00:00 / 01:01
03 - Seán Moriarty - Cúirt an Mheáin Oíche (intro - Brian Merriman)
00:00 / 01:09
04 - Seán Moriarty - An Droimeann Donn Dílis (anon.)
00:00 / 00:56
05 - Seán Moriarty - Cill Cháis (3 verses, Thomas Kinsella)
00:00 / 01:19
06 - Seán Moriarty - Bán chnoic Eireann O (4 verses, Donnchadh Ruadh Mac Conmara)
00:00 / 01:37
07 - Seán Moriarty - An Tuirnin Lin
00:00 / 00:54
08 - Seán Moriarty - Amhrán Na Leabhar (Cuan Bhéil Inse) Cuan Bhéil Inse (Tomás Rua Ó Súil
00:00 / 03:18
09 - Seán Moriarty - Amhrán Na Leabhar (translation)
00:00 / 01:19
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