"That I had wooed, not as I should, a creature made of clay" ... what an inspired way of expressing it. Wouldn't you give anything to have a mind that can put words to the sorrow of such a huge loss like this?
Patrick wrote the poem about his girlfriend, Hilda Moriarty, then a medical student, eighteen years younger than him. She later married Donogh O'Malley, the Irish Minister for Education, and their son is the actor Daragh O'Malley. Wikipedia
The Dubliners got together with Patrick Kavanagh ther poet shortly before he died and suggested giving an air to this poem that they would record. They came up with an old Irish Marching song "The Dawning of the Day". Of Course they slowed the march down and this was the result. Many other Artists have recorded it...Siobhan O'Connor etc. it was a rousing success.
I know, however, The Dawning of the Day has being played forever by the Number One Army Band(Irish Army) and in Croke Park by the Artane Boys Band, in a military quickstep. It would never go over being played slow in a marching parade. The words of the original can be found somewhere..
Once again, a mesmerizing reading of a mesmerizing poem. Thank you
"That I had wooed, not as I should, a creature made of clay" ... what an inspired way of expressing it. Wouldn't you give anything to have a mind that can put words to the sorrow of such a huge loss like this?
Thank you for posting this beautiful interpretation of Paddy Kavanagh's well loved poem. ♥
Patrick wrote the poem about his girlfriend, Hilda Moriarty, then a medical student, eighteen years younger than him. She later married Donogh O'Malley, the Irish Minister for Education, and their son is the actor Daragh O'Malley. Wikipedia
the dubliners are amazing, love their collaborations with the pogues, cheers
The Dubliners got together with Patrick Kavanagh ther poet shortly before he died and suggested giving an air to this poem that they would record. They came up with an old Irish Marching song "The Dawning of the Day". Of Course they slowed the march down and this was the result. Many other Artists have recorded it...Siobhan O'Connor etc. it was a rousing success.
I know, however, The Dawning of the Day has being played forever by the Number One Army Band(Irish Army) and in Croke Park by the Artane Boys Band, in a military quickstep. It would never go over being played slow in a marching parade. The words of the original can be found somewhere..
nice reading!!