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Sunday, May 5th, 2008, from 2 to 4 PM, there will be a gathering at the Aisling Gallery in Hingham (MA) to read, recite, or just listen to Irish poetry. The organizers of this event, a local poetry club, felt there are plenty of Irish music and dance events but they wanted to share another of what Ireland is so well known for and that is its poetry. One of the featured poems is Padraig Pearse's "Mise Eire" (I Am Ireland). Here's a stanza below, courtesy of the Boston Beara Society.
I am Ireland
I am older than the Old Woman Of Beare
Great my glory
I that bore Cuchulainn the valiant
Great my shame
My own children that sold their mother
I am Ireland
I am lonlier than the Old Woman of Beara
Aisling Gallery & Framing
229 Lincoln Street, Rte 3A
Hingham, Mass, 02043
Tel: 781-749-0555
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video professionally filmed in Ireland
in 1929 and more short videos of various
set dances. >>
Listen to your choice of Irish music on Internet radio and podcasts.
Celtic Heartbeat from County Clare is just one of many great
programs for your listening pleasure. More
radio stations playing Irish music >>
Watch The Black Donnelly"s and
other TV shows on NBC.com .
It's free. The Donnelly's are four Irish -American brothers ...,
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Wherever you are in and around Boston, you'll be sure to find a Traditional
Irish Music session nearby. View a list of the local
pubs where musicians gather to play Irish music on instruments such
as the fiddle, tin whistle, flute, accordion, harp, uilleann pipes, bodhran,
Irish guitar, and Anglo concertina.

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to help get you there and guide you to what may interest you. Try
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airlines flying to and around Ireland.
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