Irish Fridays

**Padraig** · 15-01-22, 19:21

Aisling - a dream or vision - often applied to songs about Ireland involving visions of a woman bearing messages of an end to her suffering.
It is also a girl's name, like the young teacher murdered on Wednesday in Ireland called Ashling Murphy causing great outpourings of grief and anger across communities here and abroad.

Aisling Gheal is a song appropriate for a young teacher versed in Irish music, and as a lament for the tragedy of yet another woman being the victim of violence.

Aisling Gheal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q17nVER8hK8

Provided to YouTube by The Orchard EnterprisesAisling Gheal · Seán Ó RiadaCeolta Mhúscraí (Songs of Muskerry)℗ 2011 Gael LinnReleased on: 2012-06-22Music Pub...

**Globaltruth** · 21-01-22, 15:22

2nd February 2022 [2/2/2022] will be the 100th anniversary of the publication of Ulysses by James Joyce, so what better than a song from Finnegan's Wake?

The Ballad of Persse O'Reilly - one of only two(?) songs written by James Joyce.

Here sung by Ian Lynch of Lankum - in a Martello tower - the echo enhances the performance I think.

Songs from the Craic Pipe #9 - The Ballad of Persse O'Reilly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5tE0Fc6-GM

The Ballad of Persse O'Reilly was written by James Joyce and appears in his magnum opus Finnegan's Wake. It concerns the character Humphrey Chimpden Earwicke...

**Padraig** · 22-01-22, 19:18

Originally posted by Globaltruth View Post

2nd February 2022 [2/2/2022] will be the 100th anniversary of the publication of Ulysses by James Joyce, so what better than a song from Finnegan's Wake?

The Ballad of Persse O'Reilly - one of only two(?) songs written by James Joyce.

Here sung by Ian Lynch of Lankum - in a Martello tower - the echo enhances the performance I think.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5tE0Fc6-GM

Well marked, G, you're a credit to the cause. I can't compete, stuck as I am in the past.

I'm still a bit flummoxed when hearing the difference in time between a hornpipe and a reel - except when I hear a reel following a hornpipe, as here.

I like this video because: it has two great players of their instruments; The Blackbird is a classic tune in itself and drives a true hornpipe; the tune also tests your ability to remember - it's not all fiddle-dee-dee; the release when the reel arrives is so satisfying.

The blackbird, hornpipe ; The chorus, reel / Padraig McGovern ; Peter Carberry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vidJn-Ebyc

The blackbird, hornpipe ; The chorus, reel / Padraig McGovern, uileann pipes ; Peter Carberry, accordion. ITMA field recordings of the William Kennedy Piping...

**Globaltruth** · 28-01-22, 13:51

Originally posted by Padraig View Post

Well marked, G, you're a credit to the cause. I can't compete, stuck as I am in the past.

I'm still a bit flummoxed when hearing the difference in time between a hornpipe and a reel - except when I hear a reel following a hornpipe, as here.

I like this video because: it has two great players of their instruments; The Blackbird is a classic tune in itself and drives a true hornpipe; the tune also tests your ability to remember - it's not all fiddle-dee-dee; the release when the reel arrives is so satisfying.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vidJn-Ebyc

It's taken me a week to realise why The Blackbird was familiar....board favourite Céline Tubridy,

The blackbird, set-dance / Céline Tubridy, dancer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lMBQPr8Y9w

The blackbird, set-dance / Céline Tubridy, dancer ; music by Michael Tubridy, flute. Recorded at the old style step, sean nós and traditional set dancing con...

I can hear similarities between the 2 versions - as they say, same notes, just in a different order - or is it just me??
Then again - this is a version of Greensleeves, danced by another fave Emma O'Sullivan, you wouldn't know if I hadnt told you the title.

Greensleeves (Irish/British Folk Music) with Emma O'Sullivan (Irish Sean Nós Dance)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVxLiTRTG8A

https://youtu.be/GVxLiTRTG8A www.greensleeves-music.de with Star Guest Sean Nós Dancer, Emma O'Sullivan in the Kulturhaus, Perlach, Bavaria, Germany on 30.11...

PS Round here the blackbirds are staking their territorial claims a bit early with this milder weather. Most years they start their own piping in early March.

**Padraig** · 01-02-22, 17:24

Irish Fridays Extra.

Celebrating the Pagan Festival of Imbolc - In the Belly of Mother Earth, and the Christian Festival of Spring - Saint Brigid's Day.

St Brigid's Day / Lá Fhéile Bríde 2022: Louise Mulcahy performs her new jig, Port Naomh Bríd

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6fLnL8meyg

To celebrate Lá Fhéile Bríde/St Brigid's Day 2022, the Irish Traditional Music Archive, in collaboration with the Department of Foreign Affairs, commissioned...

**johncorrigan** · 02-02-22, 09:45

Originally posted by Padraig View Post

Irish Fridays Extra.

Celebrating the Pagan Festival of Imbolc - In the Belly of Mother Earth, and the Christian Festival of Spring - Saint Brigid's Day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6fLnL8meyg

Great stuff, Padraig - half way between Solstice and the Spring equinox...we're making progress.

Here's our favourite Count and, according to Petroc this morning, one of James Joyce's favourite songs. Hadn't heard it before, and hadn't seen a one-sided record before.

The Low-backed Car. John McCormack. His Master's Voice Shellac Record. Recorded 1913.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVd9ud-JwlE

Played at 78 rpm.Recorded in 1913.The Low-back'd CarWords and music by Samuel LoverWhen first I saw sweet Peggy,'Twas on a market day;A low-back'd car she dr...

He can really roll those rrrrs!

**johncorrigan** · 04-02-22, 09:04

Off for an Irish Friday evening with my pal in Glasgow tonight to see John Francis Flynn...looking forward to seeing him very much. I like his record very much, but not expecting a 'Cheer up me lads' type of evening.

John Francis Flynn - Lovely Joan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vync96d8Gek

Live performance in Connolly of Leap during lockdown featuring some West Cork characters.Directed by Peadar Ó GoillAudio recording and mixing by Nick RaynerP...

**Globaltruth** · 04-02-22, 13:35

Sounds good Jc - we have featured him on I.F. before I am sure - My son Tim I think.

**johncorrigan** · 11-02-22, 09:52

Originally posted by Globaltruth View Post

Sounds good Jc - we have featured him on I.F. before I am sure - My son Tim I think.

Great night we had in a pretty tiny venue on the southside of Glasgow with John Francis and a couple of his pals. He was very amusing and seemed to know the audience a number of whom seemed to be over from Dublin for a weekend of craic. He finished by playing the first song he ever learned, Luke Kelly's 'Come My Son', which seemed most appropriate and had the crowd singing along.

Luke Kelly come my little son (Rare)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fDNhqzqHkA

Luke singing Come My Little Son Taken from his album thank You For The Days.http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=734917623828933977

I was on the old lateral flow tests for a few days after, I should add.

**johncorrigan** · 18-02-22, 11:21

A wee bit of folk rock from '72 from a couple of Dublin teenager colleens that I heard on one of the programmes about Peel Acres on Radio 6 at the moment. 'Heaven Heath' by Mellow Candle, and it is mellow, and you could imagine listening to it by candle light, with a few joss sticks scenting the air. Happy snowy Irish Friday.

Mellow Candle • Heaven Heath (1972) Eire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPReBcdp_-8

Mellow Candle were a progressive folk rock band. Principally Irish, the members were also unusually young, Clodagh Simonds being only 15 and Alison Bools (la...

**Globaltruth** · 19-02-22, 16:05

Originally posted by johncorrigan View Post

A wee bit of folk rock from '72 from a couple of Dublin teenager colleens that I heard on one of the programmes about Peel Acres on Radio 6 at the moment. 'Heaven Heath' by Mellow Candle, and it is mellow, and you could imagine listening to it by candle light, with a few joss sticks scenting the air. Happy snowy Irish Friday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPReBcdp_-8

Bit late to the party, this was the track I meant to post yesterday...
Sarah Makem:

The Wind That Shakes the Barley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agfoR_ffT-Y

Provided to YouTube by IDOLThe Wind That Shakes the Barley · Mrs Sarah MakemUlster Ballad Singer℗ Topic Records Ltd.Released on: 2012-11-25Composer: Clancy L...

**johncorrigan** · 10-03-22, 23:12

Seamus McGuire on viola and Steve Cooney on guitar with a fine collection of tunes from a recent record of theirs.

Seamus McGuire & Steve Cooney

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSS4B53iVmU

Seamus McGuire is a Sligo born, Letterkenny adopted, world-class fiddle player with groups such as Buttons & Bows and West Ocean String Quartet, he will be j...

Happy Irish Friday, when it comes.

**Globaltruth** · 15-03-22, 09:16

Steve Cooney?

Well him and a load of others, including a wondrous Afro Irish mixture, with Rhiannon Giddens all in support of the story of Irish Dance.

Steps of Freedom: The Story of Irish Dance

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0015f6r

The extraordinary story of how Irish dance evolved over centuries, from a simple folk dance, to become a global phenomenon adored by millions around the world.

**johncorrigan** · 15-03-22, 13:34

Originally posted by Globaltruth View Post

Steve Cooney?

Well him and a load of others, including a wondrous Afro Irish mixture, with Rhiannon Giddens all in support of the story of Irish Dance.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0015f6r

Ah yes! I shall endeavour to catch up. That must have been on on Sunday night a wee bit before the re-run of this excellent wee programme from 2018, Global, 'Seamus Heaney and the Music of What Happens'.

BBC Two - Seamus Heaney and the Music of What Happens

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000bxwv

Biopic about the life and work of Seamus Heaney.

**Globaltruth** · 25-03-22, 15:21

The Coast Road / Maam Cross Junction / All The Way To Clifden

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS5xXefkLYI

Caoimhe Flannery - fiddleÉimhear Flannery - concertinaCarl Hession - pianoComposed by Carl HessionAudio recording / video production by Eugene Killeen M.A.

Only posted this because Maam Cross Junction is one of my favourite places.
Closely followed by Clifden.
Maam Cross is the place where once a year the mountainy men used to come to cook massive steaks on shovels over a peat fire and drink vast quantities of Guinness and potent phoitín

Maam Cross — Joyce Country & Western Lakes Geopark Project

https://joycecountrygeoparkproject.ie/en/attractions/maam-cross/

It's perilously close to the Quiet Man Bridge too.

Irish Fridays

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