Rent The Poetry of Ireland (2006)

Harpist,singer and television personality,Kathleen Watkins,is married to Ireland's best known TV and radio presenter,Gay Byrne,who wrote the sleeve notes for this release. Gay Byrne wrote: 'I believe Kathleen to be the best speaker of poetry I have heard. She has a particularly pleasing and mellow voice,but from long interest in the works of poets,she is able to extract much more meaning from the words than is evident from just a reading. In various gatherings through the years I have seen her provoke a tear or two with her voicing of Seamus Heaney's and Patrick Kavanagh's pieces.' The readings are accompanied by film of some of Ireland's beautiful locations.