The spring is definitely here and although the daffodils are a little slow to bloom, St. Patrick's Day was balmy - can you believe that! What happened to the tradition of 'it always rains on (our) parade'?
The singers were in fine fettle after the festivities of the week and kept the songs going well on into the night.
Some of the gang had headed north to the Inish Owen singing weekend and reports came back that they were having a ball. We hope they have some new songs for us from the gathering and that they'll be word and note-perfect by April.
Agus amhráin Chásca:
20th Feb 2010 in Boyle
Some regulars missing in action in February but more visitors arrived to make up the numbers for a very enjoyable night in Dodd's.
We're getting into the Spring season in style now - come along with old songs and new on March 20th, the 3rd Saturday of the month.
Our New Year's resolution is to start at the earlier time of 9.30 - so that we can get all the songs in before the end of the night.
Happy St. Patrick's Day and see you right after that in Dodd's Crescent Bar.
We're getting into the Spring season in style now - come along with old songs and new on March 20th, the 3rd Saturday of the month.
Our New Year's resolution is to start at the earlier time of 9.30 - so that we can get all the songs in before the end of the night.
Happy St. Patrick's Day and see you right after that in Dodd's Crescent Bar.
19 Jan 2010 - You brave young sons of Erin's isle ...
You brave young sons of Erin's isle, I hope you will attend a while...
Take a song, any song, the one in the title of this post or any of the other forty five that were heard the other night and get the story. Here's just one about Tipperary (with helpful information from Tim Dennehy's website , a site about the Carden name and most of all Eccentric lives, peculiar notions / by John Michell):
Carden's Wild Domain
Of all the places in this world no matter where I roam,
I love you dear old Erin's Isle my own ancestral home.
Where'er I stray by night or day fond memory draws my brain
To the happy pleasant days I spent around Carden's Wild Domain.
[...]
So rise you men of Bearnán and get ready for the fray
And join the noble General McSweeney from Killea.
Led on by those great mountaineers those lands we'll soon regain
And we'll plant our homesteads once again around Carden's Wild Domain.
The story of John Rutter Carden (born 1811) of Barnane Castle, Tipperary, is briefly this:
Carden inherited Barnane Castle which had been neglected. The tenants had ceased paying rent and didn't want to start again. As Carden insisted on collecting rents, tenants tried repeatedly to kill him. Carden became known as "Woodcock" Carden, as he dipped and dived like that bird. Once, he overpowered two would-be assassins, marched them to jail and had them hanged. The castle was remodelled to withstand assaults. Carden had a swivel-mounted cannon among his attack-resisting weapons.
Then, in his forties, "Woodcock" Carden fell in love with a young girl, Eleanor Arbuthnot, 18 years old at the time and an heiress. He believed that she loved him and that only for her family holding her prisoner, would have declared her love. He pursued her to Scotland, abducted her and was tried and convicted of kidnapping. Many songs were composed about him and the song, "Carden's Wild Domain," was very popular in Ireland.
Carden died in 1866.
Eleanor Arbuthnot apparently never married.
Barnane Castle is now in ruins.
Read more about the 'dreadfully persistent lover', John Rutter Carden in Eccentric lives, peculiar notions / by John Michell
Take a song, any song, the one in the title of this post or any of the other forty five that were heard the other night and get the story. Here's just one about Tipperary (with helpful information from Tim Dennehy's website , a site about the Carden name and most of all Eccentric lives, peculiar notions / by John Michell):
Carden's Wild Domain
Of all the places in this world no matter where I roam,
I love you dear old Erin's Isle my own ancestral home.
Where'er I stray by night or day fond memory draws my brain
To the happy pleasant days I spent around Carden's Wild Domain.
[...]
So rise you men of Bearnán and get ready for the fray
And join the noble General McSweeney from Killea.
Led on by those great mountaineers those lands we'll soon regain
And we'll plant our homesteads once again around Carden's Wild Domain.
The story of John Rutter Carden (born 1811) of Barnane Castle, Tipperary, is briefly this:
Carden inherited Barnane Castle which had been neglected. The tenants had ceased paying rent and didn't want to start again. As Carden insisted on collecting rents, tenants tried repeatedly to kill him. Carden became known as "Woodcock" Carden, as he dipped and dived like that bird. Once, he overpowered two would-be assassins, marched them to jail and had them hanged. The castle was remodelled to withstand assaults. Carden had a swivel-mounted cannon among his attack-resisting weapons.
Then, in his forties, "Woodcock" Carden fell in love with a young girl, Eleanor Arbuthnot, 18 years old at the time and an heiress. He believed that she loved him and that only for her family holding her prisoner, would have declared her love. He pursued her to Scotland, abducted her and was tried and convicted of kidnapping. Many songs were composed about him and the song, "Carden's Wild Domain," was very popular in Ireland.
Carden died in 1866.
Eleanor Arbuthnot apparently never married.
Barnane Castle is now in ruins.
Read more about the 'dreadfully persistent lover', John Rutter Carden in Eccentric lives, peculiar notions / by John Michell
Kate McGarrigle RIP
Sad to report that that great singer, Kate McGarrigle, passed away on Monday, 18th January 2010, aged 63.
Here's an article about her from the Canadian Globe and Mail newspaper.
And a video clip:
Here's an article about her from the Canadian Globe and Mail newspaper.
And a video clip:
Singing events in 2010
It's time to start planning out trips to the best Singing events coming up in 2010. The first one that comes to mind is the Inishowen Traditional Singers' Circle weekend in March.
Here's an outline of the details:
Here's an outline of the details:
“For 21 years is a mighty long time”
Celebrating 21 years of the Inishowen Folk Song and Ballad Seminar
Dates: 19 – 22 March 2010
Clonmany / Ballyliffin, Inishowen, Co. Donegal
Featuring: Jim McFarland, Len Graham, Micil Quinn, Colm O’Donnell, Peta Webb, Máire Ní Chéilleachair and Derek Williamson
Celebrating 21 years of the Inishowen Folk Song and Ballad Seminar
Dates: 19 – 22 March 2010
Clonmany / Ballyliffin, Inishowen, Co. Donegal
Featuring: Jim McFarland, Len Graham, Micil Quinn, Colm O’Donnell, Peta Webb, Máire Ní Chéilleachair and Derek Williamson
The Inishowen Traditional Singers also hold a monthly session, usually the second Friday of the month.
19 December 2009
Last month, wind and rain, this month, sleet and snow. Roll on 2010 and the Boyle singing circle. Happy New Year to you all. Come along and sing a song for us in 2010.
Don oíche úd i mBeithil
Getting into the seasonal swing, ready for Dec. 19th in Dodd's.
Maighreád Ní Mhaonaigh agus a grúpa, Altan, ag am Nollaig anuraidh, 2008
Maighreád Ní Mhaonaigh agus a grúpa, Altan, ag am Nollaig anuraidh, 2008
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