
Best-Loved Irish Ballads
Great Songs from the Irish Folk Tradition
$32.96
- Hardcover
160 pages
- Release Date
27 September 2020
Summary
A collection of Ireland’s greatest and best-loved ballads, including the lyrics, music and chords, along with an introductory piece on each song. Illustrated with photographs and woodcuts. A beautiful guide to the cream of the Irish ballad tradition. Songs of love, yearning, revolution, celebration, emigration, mourning, fun, famine, drinking and more. A collection of powerful yet beautiful ballads of Ireland, placed in and reflecting historical events and traditions. All have stood the test …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781788492201 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 178849220X |
| Author: | Emma Byrne, Eoin O'Brien |
| Publisher: | O'Brien Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | O'Brien Press Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 27 September 2020 |
| Weight: | 385g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 17mm |
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About The Author
Emma Byrne
Emma Byrne
Emma Byrne is a graphic designer and artist, a graduate of Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design. She has won numerous awards for her design, including:
- The IDI (Irish Design Institute) Graduate Designer of the Year
- IDI Promotional Literature Award for her work on Brown Morning
- Children’s Books Ireland Bisto Merit Award for her work on Something Beginning With P: New Poems from Irish Poets
Byrne has illustrated many books, including:
- Best-Loved Oscar Wilde
- Best-Loved Yeats
- The Most Beautiful Letter in the World by Karl O’Neill
- A special edition of Ulysses by James Joyce
- A Terrible Beauty by Mairéad Ashe Fitzgerald
Her other books include:
- Irish Thatch
- Best-Loved Irish Ballads (with Eoin O’Brien)
Eoin O’Brien
Eoin O’Brien is a songwriter, musician, writer, and illustrator. He enjoys a good singsong around a kitchen table or a bonfire. He lives in north Dublin and has two children.
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