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15th Jun 2015

Video: Damien Dempsey sings a Yeats poem and it’s simply beautiful

Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of WB Yeats

Eric Lalor

The Death of Cú Chulainn has rarely sounded better.

We love a good Damien Dempsey tune here in JOE and this rendition of the Yeats poem, Death of Cú Chulainn, sees Damo at his imperious best.

Recorded to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the poet’s birth and also to support the Dublin bid for the European Capital of Culture in 2020.

It’s something else…

Clip via Dublin 2020

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