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    Oh! Had We Some Bright Little Isle Of Our Own
    Oh! Had We Some Bright Little Isle Of Our Own
    Oh! Had We Some Bright Little Isle Of Our Own
    Audiobook19 minutes

    Oh! Had We Some Bright Little Isle Of Our Own

    Written by Thomas Moore

    Narrated by LibriVox Community

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    About this audiobook

    Thomas Moore was an Irish poet, singer, songwriter, and entertainer, now best remembered for the lyrics of "The Minstrel Boy" and "The Last Rose of Summer".Moore is often considered Ireland's National Bard and is to Ireland what Robert Burns is to Scotland. - Summary by Wikipedia
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
    Oh! Had We Some Bright Little Isle Of Our Own
    Author

    Thomas Moore

    Thomas Moore is the author of the bestselling Care of the Soul and twenty other books on spirituality and depth psychology that have been translated into thirty languages. He has been practicing depth psychotherapy for thirty-five years. He lectures and gives workshops in several countries on depth spirituality, soulful medicine, and psychotherapy. He has been a monk and a university professor, and is a consultant for organizations and spiritual leaders. He has often been on television and radio, most recently on Oprah Winfrey’s Super Soul Sunday.

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