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Across the Bridge of Hope

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  • Audio CD (22 July 2002)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: White
  • ASIN: B00000I2T8
  • Other Editions: Audio CD
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 60,808 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

1. The Cure At Troy - Liam Neeson
2. Chiquitita - Sinead O'Connor
3. Sunrise - The Divine Comedy
4. Words - Boyzone
5. What Can I Do? - The Corrs
6. Beyond The Great Divide - Daviel O'Donnell
7. The Healing Game (The Alternative Acoustic Version) - Van Morrison
8. I'm Gonna Fall - Ash
9. Please - U2
10. Broken Things - Juliet Turner
11. The Island - Paul Brady
12. The Bridge - Liam Neeson
13. Across The Bridge Of Hope - Omagh Community Youth Choir
14. Silent Night - Enya

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In August 1998, a bomb exploded in a shopping area in Omagh, Northern Ireland, killing 29 people and injuring 200 more. One of the fatal victims was a 12-year-old boy named Shaun McLaughlin, who wrote a precociously poignant antiwar poem entitled "Across the Bridge of Hope." This tragic irony is, sadly, a recurring theme in the saga of Northern Ireland's violence, so it wasn't difficult to compile 12 songs, from some of Ireland's most famous musicians, that triumphantly honor those who suffered or died in Omagh. The CD opens with actor Liam Neeson somberly reciting Seamus Heaney's poem The Cure at Troy and winds down as he reads the album's namesake prose. Sinead O'Connor croons proudly and reverently atop a scuffling, soft-shoed hip-hop rhythm in "Chiquitita." Boyzone and the Corrs' contributions cast off any dismissible pop stardom in this context, with songs that sweetly honor their lost countrymen and -women. The gentle wake of Van Morrison's acoustic version of "The Healing Game" pacifies a grieving soul. U2's "Please" is direct, angered, and entirely devastating. Throughout, the songs embody the inextinguishable spirit of the Irish--vivacious, stalwart, enduring, faithful. For every fire, there is always the rain, and this CD is a magnificent cloud. --Beth Massa

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IN AID OF OMAGH FUND-NEW CD-U2-CORRS-BOYZONE-LIAM NEESON-ENYA

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Inspired 15 Aug 2008
Format:Audio CD
One of my favourite CD's, track two is awesome. Juliet Turners track Broken things (10) is so good I used it as the track for my wedding....it introduced me to a incredible artist. Paul Brady's track Island (11) is truly inspired.
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I have listened to this cd for well over a year and still come back to it regularly. Broken Hearts is absolutely spell binding
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With pieces from some personal favourites including Juliet Turner, Sinead O'Connor and Van, this is an album charged with emotion which I come back to time and again.
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