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Notes
Countrywide's Hannah Quinn Mulligan recounts her personal connection to poet Brenden Kennelly. 'Begin' is read by Brendan Kennelly from a CD and book collection published by Bloodaxe Books (2011) called The Essential Brendan Kennelly: Selected Poems (ed Brown and Longley)