Re: Midnight Court

"Malcolm Douglas" <malcolm.douglas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "mike" wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know of an English language version of this poem that has
> > been put on CD?
>
> Try to be a little more specific. What cd? Made by whom? What poem? Do
> you mean Brian Merriman's 'Cuirt an Mheadhon Oidhche'? Extracts from
> that, with translations into English, appear in Daniel Corkery's 'The
> Hidden Ireland' (Dublin: Gill & Son, 1924, 1956, 1967) and I think the
> whole was published in an edition by Risteard O Foghludha; but I don't
> know details, or if it included a translation.

I used to have a performance of the Midnight Court on LP. Don't remember the
names of the actors or any other details, only that some members of Horslips
(although I think it was before that group was actually formed) did the
background music. I am pretty sure that it has never been released on CD.

Alan

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