Colin Farrell - "Dublin Made Me" by Donagh Macdonagh

My friend found this sound clip of Colin Farrell reading "Dublin Made Me," a poem by Donagh Macdonagh. I put it together with photos of Colin :)

Dublin made me and no little town
With the country closing in on its streets
The cattle walking proudly on its pavements
The jobbers, the gombeenmen and the cheats

Devouring the fair-day between them
A public-house to half a hundred men
And the teacher, the solicitor and the bank-clerk
In the hotel bar drinking for ten.

Dublin made me, not the secret poteen still
The raw and hungry hills of the West
The lean road flung over profitless bog
Where only a snipe could nest

Where the sea takes its tithe of every boat.
Bawneen and currach have no allegiance of mine,
Nor the cute self-deceiving talkers of the South
Who look to the East for a sign.

The soft and dreary midlands with their tame canals
Wallow between sea and sea, remote from adventure
And Northward a far and fortified province
Crouches under the lash of arid censure.

I disclaim all fertile meadows, all tilled land
The evil that grows from it and the good,
But the Dublin of old statutes, this arrogant city
Stirs proudly and secretly in my blood.

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• Donagh
• Macdonagh

[aflautadalua]

Thank you so much Jodelles...

In really I had to listen this video many times cause I have difficult to understand what Colin says, but it's a fact too that this voice and this way of talking are one of the best things that I love in Colin and I adored to can listen him like he stayed so close to me. Great poem and great job!

a kiss as a flute's note in the air between the sky and the earth

Deborah Reis

A Flauta da Lua...

The Moon's Flute...

[JodellesImaginarium2]

I shall put the text of the poem in the info box then :)

[elvisobsessor]

love this - thanks so much!!! Colin's the best.

[PromosbyRicochet]

Surprised this doesn't have more views. I like it. 

[aflautadalua]

Thank you my friend...

Kisses and hugs...

Debh

[lexahb]

This antique look really works here. I'm glad you found the audio of Colin reading the entire poem! ;)

[MrsRonnyFarrell]

SO great poem that made me cry SO great pictures SO great video and SO SO SO hot cute awesome actor that only God knows how much I love him ^_^ GREAT JOB !!