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Irish Studies at Boston College
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The Irish Studies program at Boston College offers a richly interdisciplinary study of Irish and Irish-American culture, history and society.
Jun 21, 2023 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
In marking the 225th anniversary of the fatal routing of the United Irishmen at the Battle of Vinegar Hill,
listen to Seamus Heaney reading "Requiem for the Croppies"
recorded on the LP: The Northern Muse (Claddagh Records, 1968)
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 "Requiem for the Croppies" by Seamus Heaney
[written to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising]
orig. publication: Dublin Magazine, v5 no2 (Summer 1966), p. 48
republished: Door into the Dark (Faber & Faber, 1969), p.24
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