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It' is quite an elitist thread, f f.
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I was having a wee bit trouble reading the words of wisdom following my return from the west, Padraig...seems to have fixed itself...after I switched off/switched on again a few times.
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Welcome back JC.Originally posted by johncorrigan View PostI was having a wee bit trouble reading the words of wisdom following my return from the west, Padraig...seems to have fixed itself...after I switched off/switched on again a few times.
We had a tech dream, it didn't quite work out:
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Just in case anyone missed it, Mary Ann K's World on 3 show last night was from Connemara & featured some Sean Nos
shame she wasn't there for the Bogman's Ball at Maam Cross, which also has a bit of music and (I hope) still goes on...
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The memory strings were tugged this morning by 'Castle on the River Nile' and I had a wee journey back to De Danaan's 'Banks of the Nile' sung by Tom Phaidin Tom (Tom O'Coisdealbha). Age may have taken the toll on the voice but this, for me, is a hauntingly beautiful performance.
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Thanks John. That's one I didn't know. Sounds English to me, but no harm in that!
We have a reference to An Bonnan Bui, via a member here. That started me on a small quest. Seamus Heaney has translated the Irish poem as The Yellow Bittern, but I wanted a song and I came up with a big surprise. You boys have probably heard it, and the group Skara Brae, but I had not heard either. That group went on to become The Bothy Band, and one member joined Altan. But before that they put out a CD which included The Yellow Bittern. This all happened in the early seventies when I had no interest in Irish music, even though I knew one of the members of the band. Once again I make the excuse of family and work during those years, and now, having missed the boat, I'm running out of steam. Anyway, I enjoyed finding the song I was looking for. Here it is complete with Irish and English words. You can also hear Heaney reading his translation on you tube, but not singing. I hope you like the song.
I forgot to mention that one of the two translations in the clip is by Thomas McDonagh executed in 1916Last edited by Padraig; 15-05-16, 20:23.Comment
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Having just returned from some time spent looking at both Inishmore and Clare Island and then spent some time with Jer Bourke, a 7th generation hill farmer on the coast there I found this to be particularly apposite and hope it is of interest to you too.
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I have only vague memories of hearing about the keening women, Global. The programme touched on one of my memories - that of their increasingly doubtful significance after the war (WW2). I lived in an urban environment, but was always familiar with wakes and funerals and with how they too have changed over my lifetime - and indeed how they are to some extent reverting to earlier times. Whatever about keening women, I am not unfamiliar with the lament, or caoineadh, with its tell-tale ochone in the chorus. Iarla has sung The Lament of the Three Marys, which catches the drift of the form, I think.
Here is a different version:
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Thanks from us too Padraig. Tell me again how they ordered the sunshine and the cracking sunset?Originally posted by Padraig View PostComment
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The story of Peadar Mercier told by his family, a brief interview with Iarla, but I'd have posted it anywayLast edited by Globaltruth; 11-09-16, 07:18.Comment
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"We have a great singer in the room with us today"
The Twisting of the Rope
great contribution by Michael Brooks too.
And if, by the faintest chance, your attention is caught by the song, there is a little more information here
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Go rabh mile maith agat, a Ghlobail.
Yes I enjoyed those two, as always. And of course I spent a happy hour or so following up on further offerings in the same vein.
Remember the shadow dancing video? I looked for something else by the musicians who played on that - Caitlin and Ciaran - and found this:
It's an old song An Cailin Rua (The Red-haired Girl) and a dance, and it's by a fairly new group. I wish them well.Last edited by Padraig; 21-11-16, 21:12.Comment
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Following directions from Cerys this morning who played some Joe Heaney , I notice that the film about him, 'Song of Granite', is the Irish entry for foreign-language film for the Oscars. Wonder if I'll get a chance to see it.
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