National Heritage Week singing in Boyle Abbey, August 2013

National Heritage Week SPECIAL singing session

Sing under Boyle Abbey's new glass side aisle.

Sunday, 25 August 2013 : 14:00 - 16:00

Boyle Abbey, Boyle, Co. Roscommon

Admission: Free
Boyle Traditional Singers' Circle present traditional singing in the Abbey cloister.
All singers, storytellers and listeners welcome to sing under the new glass side aisle.

Organiser Name: Eugene Handley
Contact Address: Boyle Abbey, Boyle, Co. Roscommon.
Email: boyleabbey@opw.ie
Telephone: 071/9662604

1 August 2013: Arts Week Session with Róisín White

There was a lovely session with Róisín White in Dodds on August 1st.
Róisín led the gathered crowd in an impromtu pre-session session and also sang through a couple of songs with the group, including jogging along to Claudy on the Sour Milk cart.
The scene was set for a very full night of singing with Breege performing the Bean a' Tí role. We were glad to see friends from Sligo and Knockcroghery there as well as visitors from Carrick, Strokestown, Drumkieran and Dublin.

Boyle Arts Festival - Singers' night

Boyle Arts Festival - Singers' night

Thursday, 1st August.
FREE Singing Workshop with Róisín White; 7pm-9pm

Singing session 9.30pm onwards

Price:€5

Boyle Singing Circle is delighted to welcome Róisín White to Boyle.

Róisín White is originally from Co. Down. Her style of singing has been variously described as 'punchy', 'jaunty', 'direct', 'no nonsense', 'engaging' and 'seductive'. The majority of her songs (in both English and Irish) are from the northern tradition. She has collected, and made her own, songs sung by many renowned singers including, Len Graham, Paddy Tunney, Robert Cinnamond and her great friend, Sarah Anne O'Neill.

She has two albums to her name: The First Of My Rambles and  With Thanks/Le Buíochas.

We look forward to hearing Róisín and all other singers tomorrow night in Dodds.

Fáilte roimh chách.

June 2013

Do you want your oul lobby...

July cominatcha already.Singing and straight into the Joe Mooney in Drumshanbo, where there'll be loads more.

May 2013

A quiet gathering in May - unusually held on the 4th Saturday instead of the 3rd. Back to the 3rd Saturday from June.

April 20th 2013 in Boyle

Dark-eyed gypsies, the military, shot dogs and horsemeat, last Saturday in Dodds.

The Bonny Light Horseman, this version I do believe, (Brian Leahy instead of Phil Callery in this 1983 recording).

The blog writer can't be every where and was absent nearer to where Kevin was singing about: Cavan and Thom Moore's Cavan girl. From around the same time as the Scholar or the Train to Sligo - which nobody sang the other night.

But the most important thing ... Brian and Eileen are back!

Gather up for next month, May, and remember the change of date, for the month of May only, the FOURTH Saturday instead of the third.

Márta 2013

An lá roimh Lá Fhéile Phádraig.
Slua maith ag an seisiún, mar is gnách. Amhráin as Bearla agus as Gaeilge.
Chan Clíona:

Bhíos lá 'le Pádraig, is mé im shuí i dtigh an tábhairne
bhí cuideacht' álainn lem' ais ag ól.
Bhí maighre mánla, na gcuacha mbán ann
A súil mar an áirne, 's a grua mar snó.
Bhí dís deartháir ann, 'na suí ós cionn cláir ann
A thug searc is grá don réalthainn óig:
Fear súiste 's rámhainne, 's máistir scoláirí
A scríobh a lán is a léigh go leor.

... bíonn a rogha ag an mbean, agus is beag rómánsaíocht atá ag baint leis an scéal - piocann sí
"An téigh gur léir leis, chun tís a dhéanamh,
Is é ba mhéin liomsa 'theacht im threo"!

Agus tuige nach mbeadh.

Ar aghaidh linn go lá Valentín. Beidh an lá sin thart, fán am go gcastar ar a chéile sinn arís, ar an 20 Aibreán, ach b'fhéidir go mbeidh an grá seachas an ghruaim san aer?