I and the Village

In this superb collection, Gabriel Fitzmaurice sings of his native Kerry, finding in the places and people around him and in everyday occurrences themes of universal importance. He casts his unerring eye on his relationships with friends, neighbours and the wider world, shedding light on the eternal subjects of love and loss. Drawing inspiration from folklore and ballad-singing, he brings new life to traditional rhyming forms and to the spoken language of his county.

Aisling Gheal	p. 17
To My D-28	p. 20
Facing the Music	p. 22
The Ballad of Joe Fitzmaurice	p. 23
Father Tommy's Leaving	p. 26
He Barks at His Own Echo	p. 27
The Diseart	p. 28
Heroes	p. 30
The Ballad of Long John Butler	p. 31
At the Car Wash	p. 34
Margaret Barry	p. 35
The Drenching Night Drags On	p. 39
Donall Og	p. 41
The Bog-deal Board	p. 44
Donncha Ban	p. 45
The Women's Christmas Eve	p. 47
The Road of No Returning	p. 48
Song	p. 49
I Have Seen Great People in My Time	p. 53
Moyvane	p. 54
A Child's Portrait of Jesus	p. 55
I and the Village	p. 56
The Voice	p. 57
The Meades	p. 58
Country Life	p. 59
On Declining a Commission	p. 60
Scorn Not the Ballad	p. 61
I Don't Care If What You Sing Is Shite	p. 62
In the Dark	p. 63
To Padraig Pearse	p. 64
For George Szirtes	p. 65
The Heroes of my Childhood	p. 66
Alzheimer's Disease	p. 67
Lassie	p. 68
To a Guitar	p. 69
The Tenth Station of the Cross: Jesus Is Stripped of His Garments	p. 70
Knockanure Church	p. 71
The Mortuary Card	p. 72
In Memory of My Father	p. 73
The Solitary Digger	p. 74
A Corner Boy	p. 75
You Trust Me When I Leave You for the Wild	p. 76
A Sonnet for My Wife	p. 77
Double Portrait au Verre de Vin	p. 78
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