tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post9156107621112063378..comments2024-03-27T22:25:42.129-05:00Comments on Reading the Past: Reviews of obscure books: Eilís Dillon's Wild GeeseSarah Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-65970717145625898712009-04-05T23:30:00.000-05:002009-04-05T23:30:00.000-05:00By coincidence, I've just been trying to track dow...By coincidence, I've just been trying to track down a copy of "Maelcho: a sixteenth-century narrative" by late C19th Irish author <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Lawless" REL="nofollow">Emily Lawless</A>. <BR/>While searching I did discover her more famous poems "<A HREF="http://www.archive.org/details/withwildgeese00lawliala" REL="nofollow">With the Wild Geese"</A> at the Internet Archive.Annishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02367569632016734415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-91473905782642830642009-04-05T22:20:00.000-05:002009-04-05T22:20:00.000-05:00Thanks for sharing that link, Annis! I'd never he...Thanks for sharing that link, Annis! I'd never heard a folk-rock version of the song before. <BR/><BR/>It's funny, I've heard Mary Black's version numerous times but am not sure I formally connected it with the Wild Geese!Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-54449138579565074532009-04-05T21:53:00.000-05:002009-04-05T21:53:00.000-05:00I first learnt about the Wild Geese from listening...I first learnt about the Wild Geese from listening to Irish folk music - one of my favourite songs is <BR/>"Siúil a Rúin", a song supposedly sung by a young woman in farewell as her love goes off to fight in the Glorious Revolution of 1688.<BR/>Here's a <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-_qZEpxF1s" REL="nofollow">lively</A> version.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the introduction to yet another interesting author :)Annishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02367569632016734415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-62931545851716954312009-03-28T11:48:00.000-05:002009-03-28T11:48:00.000-05:00This sounds like a very unusual and interesting pe...This sounds like a very unusual and interesting perspective on the French and American Revolutions - thanks for the review.Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11901028520813891575noreply@blogger.com