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Laughing Boy, Brendan Behan poem. Tom Fields recites Irish poet Brendan Behan's poem about a mother lamenting the loss of her son at the hand of another son of Ireland.
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BRENDAN BEHAN (9 Feb 1923 --- 20 Mar 1964) was an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, and dramatist.
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The gallery press. Breandán Ó Beacháin. An giall. The hostage. Borstal boy.
Mar 20, 2019 · Brendan Behan. Irish. 1923 – 1964. T’was on an August morning, all in the dawning hours, I went to take the warming air, all in the Mouth of Flowers, And there I saw a maiden, and mournful was her cry, ‘Ah what will mend my broken heart, I’ve lost my Laughing Boy. So strong, so wild, and brave he was, I’ll mourn his loss too sore,
Brendan Francis Aidan Behan [1] (christened Francis Behan) [2] (/ ˈ b iː ə n / BEE-ən; Irish: Breandán Ó Beacháin; 9 February 1923 – 20 March 1964) was an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright, and Irish Republican, [3] an activist who wrote in both English and Irish.
Brendan Behan’s poetry written in Irish comprises in total thirteen short lyrics published mainly in the Irish Literary magazine Comhar between 1946 and 1952.
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