So'ala 0 Chumann Cheol Tire tireann
Ifeweletter of the Folk .IIue1 o Society of Irelan<1
Feabhra 198, Pebruery
, o • T , • T , Reoent meeUngal page 2
J~ee Kelly. fiddh, and Pa<1dy O'Br1an, button acoord i on 2
'Cartlenn oheotl 8.Ul0 na GaeHeob t.' 3
'Pera1an tra d1 Uonel lIIue10' 3
Harpers .Ihh and lrieb - 1824
'Of nobla raoe _aa Shinldn'
Ba11a <1 urillnar 16 April l prograflllla
Geordie an<1 Sarab Ann. raoo:rd :r&v1e.s
The II'eat's a _aka
The North's a_aka
Caltlc lDua Ic stu<11le
A taate ot Ulet ar
Tbe stone t1ddle
Secretarial eall1atanoe
Next meltingl
SONGS IN ENGLISH FRO.ll THE COIilIEIIARA (lAELTACIIT
b , Angela Pert:ridga
Sa turd llY 26 Feh:ruery 1983 a t 8 0' clock
15 Uenrietta S treet , Dubl1n 1
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Angele Part:rldge le a hctu:rer In Ir1eh lit Univerelty College Duhlln.
In the oourse of t1eld :research on Conn ema ra aonga In Irtah , e ba
tound the t native epeakere of triab bave an interastillg r allge of
aonga In EngUsh.
NO'J'E I Prot. llantle HOOD .. 111 give s hctu:re on ethnnmu" icology 1n tb.e .IIull1o Sohool , no 5 T:rinity College Dubl1n, on d March , on hie .ay to Queen ' e Unlverdty Bel f8 a t, .bere be will be teacbing from 5 to 12/13 IIIIrch.
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rID'DLE
11 U or TO" ACC O RDIO~
The rl e s In popu1 erttl of Irleb traditional ~u810 In the 19608 and
19108 h~e enabl ed traditional plaTers to ~k. 11 living aB profea-
1II0n",1 IIIUll l ol l1nll on 11 sCilla no t B8en, PerbllP8, II lnce pra-Fllm!n.
tlmell ' The circuit 111 no lonser, of coure", one of local houll!
and OI" OIl IlI"Olld" danOll8, of falrll and rllOIl IIIlIlItlngll, but of the f olk
c luba , unl yenltln a nd conollr~blllh of tbrllll contlnenh. Tb,
~U8 tC, howe ver, doee not 111111_ t o bavlI changed great1,. Thll aaM,
111 ,)'111" 11 o f repert ory f ound In th" tune-booka of profeadona1 lIIud
ci nne of the lll a t century aTe pTallllnt tn th" mU910 of fiddler JameB
Ka ll y /l nd button-accor d i onist PaddJ' O'Brhn, wbo p1llJ'ed for tb"
Soel a tl on 6 Novembe r In tha beadquarte re of Oaeleagtee In no 15
Nerd on SqUare, Dubl1n.
Eighteenth-century reele, older Hp, Soottleb tun .. , nlnehenth
century ballroom pl ecee, recent polkaa, .ere performed by Ja".,
from Dublin, and Paddy. fro- Ottaly , who bad recently r e turned
t rom t our yenre ot protesel onal playing In the United Statee. An
inn ova ti on, pa r ado1tca l1y, trom the eigh t eenth oentur, .a. eone ot
the ~ua l c ot the harper Ca rolanl alre wbioh bad d r opped tro. tbe
tradltl onal repertory i n the tnter~enlng generatione. Tbe two
muslciane plR)'ed in due t and eol0 witb a leve l ot eklll end mutual
eymPethy har dly t o be tound a~on8 thoae wbo play only In tbetr lel
aura bour e _ And . t the eeme ti me tbelr pro teeaional e1perlenoa
did not diatance them trom the audienoe, wltb whom e10hanga . were
rel.I ed and conversational betwean playing_
J:lmeo and raddJ' can be heard toge ther on two LPa ot tba Alllerloan
OOlll Pan, :Jbnnoc b1e , le it J'ouraelt1 (29015) and Spr!"« i n tbe air
( 7901 8 ) .
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C • • T L A Ii' 11 C H , 0 1 L
R • 1 D 1 6 , , 0 A ELT A C H T1
T h • • • 1 • 1 ,
" • o • • 1 , •• h , • . , • b 1 v e
• r • •• 1 • Ar an 4u /ill na Nollag 1 Sra!d Kenrlet ta obulr ~aire Hl .IIhaoll eoin,
carUanna{ Rald!'; na Oaelhobta , ealllPlal easaula den obaol traldl
Bl unta on 'gcarUann 1 latbalr an Cbulllalnn agua labbair et tre1a ln
ar obalr ~balllucba1n tbolraann an raid1';.
Ta Hald10 na Oaeltacbta Ina e ta111ebbeatba enole la bre10 10
deicb mb U ana 01t1g1ula, ague la gaaltaobtal na tf ra Blul t a agUB
a tbeblulte ag tatfeedolr{ oguo craolto1r{ lIIar )l10beal 6 bEldhln,
lIa l rt l n 0 FlaUboarta , Sean Ban Br eotbnacb ague Moldho P. 0 Con
aol a . Ce nar cbuireadar Cut bu rlemb a.mbra ln 10 ceol ut l1g na
ngnUachh! a ebab hall , rdglUn ar re1g1 Un , ta roinnt mhaith den
obair dn deanta acu. Coimeadtar na bun tei P9anna, agua ta na 1ll 1I te
uair an cbl 01g d'ambrana loeht aguD de obeo l i dtatace, n1 balllhaln
1 gCaela aeb t mBal 1e ne nGa ll egue in B na Dair! Beega, ague lad
ol areltha do ralr obeoltora egue da 1'a ir thd dll . Ta c801 logtbe
l eo acu Crelo t n BO coentreoba ooolmha1'. na tfro I gooltlnne , aguo
o the!aoenna 00011 mer an t Olroochtae. Ta an loar mor aeo caol1
010101& er abraitb aanna Iller '51 do "'halmeo f', 'Lan a ' "'bala ' ,
no ar oblaracba e pel a! al te.
Bbt t ualrl lll 10 eoor go 101\b ptoaa ag Matra er t help , on ohuld
l a mo d{obb ,; mhul n tlr no Oealtaohte.
PERSIAI'! TRADITI O N A L III U SIC
Perat e - modern Iran - t oward. t he otbe r oxtrem a ot th a Ind e
Europeen l ando trom Irolend , l a a pol iti oa l and cultura l entity
.1tb a writtan hl a t ory ot more t ban three tbou8tind ysara. Altbough
it 10 tbrea U mao tbe ohs ot France , ito relati vely 0"'011 popula
ti on bed, u p \ 0 Ctfty ye ar e ago , te. l arge urban centree. Tbio
, '" e rill tI 'n t red 1 t 1 0 n a 1 mUll i 0'
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led to !I homogen eity 1n Ite learned urban mUBlc, the music of the
eourtll ot the nohility. In oontreet, Perei!! han a verJ varied end
almost entirely rure1 folk muele. While the two tradltlona do hev"
polnte of oontaot, they er!! for the moet part quite distinot. Dr
lIormoT. f'nrhat, rec(lntly ""ppointed Professor of Musio In Trinity
College , Dublin, and himself 8 Pernian, spoke to the Soelety on tbe
urbAn traditi on"l mueto of Perll!& on ~ J"nuery ln Jlenrtetta st.
Unli ke our own, Pe rota'e !Iarly muele of arletooratto tradition
hee aurvlved end flourished In eVOlved form. Perte of Ita history
Oan be traced hack more then 1500 Y"ere, to 8 pro-Islamie Period.
Nemen of roueieieno, pieoAR and instruments ere known , though there
le no nota ted 1IIuol0 from the earl~ period. Some of ite inetrumente,
such ea ths ~ or flute end the eurnel or ehawm , are etlll plaYed,
ce are the harbat, the ancestor of the lute, and the tanbour, a
emell e r etringed inetrument which cen be traoed to the fourth oen
tury . A Itlrge bod~ of manuBcrip\ music eurvivee fTOII the Middle
Agen , the peri od of Petrone6e by the Recular ruling claeses of the
Islamic EmpiN! . It coneleb of ,,:rttirlge on the intervale, modss,
rhythme end in e trumenle In use, and contains varioua forms of mueic
notetl on (u~ed however onl~ for scbolarly anallsle, and not for the
recording or communiCation of Piecee). Tbe period sinoe the ei.
tee nt.h c entury hee eeen a neglect of scholership and a concentrs
tl on on Performance.
The music ia now a deUned and uniform bodl of long, leerned
pi ecee honded do~n from tsacher to pupil orell1 . Instruction t.
ur:lUa11, p: lven In the home of the teacher, but lIIore recentl~ in
II cademl. e e . TheT" aTe eOllle fUt,...elght lIIodes in Persian mudc, ar
r~n8ed In t welve gr oups each called e daetgeh . Plecee are plB1ed
within e group, movin g from mods to mode, end hI melodic Pattern
referrinG to the opening mode. The mueic le monodio or heter~
phonicl harmony and pclyphony ere not ueed . Improvi8ation in
melod~ end rhythm la of greet importanoe, ~uob more tban tn neigb
bouring Indto, Arabia or Turks1_
C a 0 1 'I' 1 I' a 5
Pro t anor 'arbat oonoluded with racord lnga of two long p1et;:n.
The nrat, b,. an an" ... bl, ot fluta, fiddle, lute, dulci'ller , drum and
f''IIale atnger, began .. itb Wlison phring of a compo"ed Pllrt, II nd
qulckl,. 1I0vad in to Il1provie" Uon bl the inlltrumenh ph,.ing in t urn .
The dnging wae loud, hlgh-pitcbed, orna te and exciting. 'I'he "econd ,
1I0re t,.pigal, wae b)' , ,0101 at on the ~, " fOllr-etrl"g"d delicate
eounding I.netfwna"t with a long, narrow tlng"r-board end pear--eba pad
bod,. , pl...,.,d .. itb tbe ind n: nel1.
Nicbol,e Carol an
HARPIRS • B L S H . " 1 R 1 S H 1 a 2 4
Alf iIIao LocbIalnn o<>c,"unic,tu tb, t olloeing dogument .. ltb tba note
'111' 8. dou tend to go on and on and on!' Tba aaeentlal of 8 agme
wbat "bridged 111' 8. 111 lie tollo."
'R"coll"gUng to baY' beard that the race ot tbe a"clent Idob ha rp
era u" not .holl, n.Unot, and that one Or t.o .. ere ot111 to be lIe t
witb in the c ity, I dBIIPatghed a Berv, nt I"""edlately on tbe aellroh.
(Athr an hour Or 110 iIIr 8. l a dll"ppoi nted wben a "aleb ban"r 10
Produoed), a nativlI ot Angleal,. In e a rl)' lire bll Wa" deprived ot
bie lIgh t, and obUged, by oonuequI "Oa , to reBort for 11 UVlll1bood to
hie puunt occupation-. 'Inding bi"Ielt neglected in cOGlllon wltb
ble rew ctb"r 1I080cietea, b, rellolved IIn orcuing the Cbannel, In the
hope cf bettering bie cond! Hon b)' puuuin g hie calling allong a peo
pta cf kindli"r reeUnge. lie ha d been In tbla elty 11 nll .. b ll r of Y"lIrO,
and had .. at wltb encouragolllent , tbcush that, he e a ld, bed declined.
(Tbe barp"r l amenh, r""embho (}aDien , and tlnally plllJ"h) An tbe
ton"s wb i cb hi wslted "trunk upon blo 1111', bl0 frllm" Qeemed tn ful an
inepiring an"rg:f , and hl0 nount8nlnoe b"amed .1tb th" f1r8 .hlcb
• <Reneoiton e on 11 11ton , Carcllin, .. hoa" nalllfl r eminds II.r B. thllt) In tb" cbap"l nt tbe Casth, he aaw a sculptured heed of thta ,,"otelan on tho tront ot tbe organ-lctt, .. 1tb 1 nota-book bufore It, 01-
though, all h well known, b" wae born blind. 'fbh blllnde r, whicb .. Igbt b" r"garded 00 wbtlll.lllcel enougb In any phce, lIIay b" termed , 1n ref"renol to its Hlb"rnlan orIgin, an erchitectura l !!!!.!!.
6 'H a r pe rs ,, 'e 1 11 h '" , I TIe b 1 8 :? 4'
kindled In hi .. bosom. nie hand for got tb" PaleT of age, and "swept
the s oundin g c hord a" w1 th 11 boldnll ll ll !lnd freedom, eombined "Ub a
de licacy end eorreetnllllll, whleb proved tbat be wae 8t111 oaPable of
lIuot31n1n6 the honOUTII of mlnlltreloT, and that , though lae1, be "1111
not l e&!!t" I n the line of Cambrh,n bards. I bad heard thie Inetru
ment repeatedly played before . but never with an effect comParable
t o the present. The harper wae 811 wi lling to prolong ita tone8 ee
I was to enjoy theml and after a" entertainment of two houTe , whlcb
eucoeeded not meTel, in challing ~ gloo~, but In co~unlee tlng
11 kindred 98 tl 11 f80tl on to many otbers , he oonolude d, at my deeire,
"itb the nati ona l air , " o r noble raoe WIIII Shenktn" ( "bl cb 1111' B. ,
. 1 th chnr acteriatle b"d teete, adm i re".)
JiS
- ' Of nobl e race broadsid e ball a d
... on'
shl nltin ' , i to mudo
C. 11. . Simpeon Ne .. BrWl".l ok
J.
But I muet not f orget to mention" gratlfioation "blob I h"ye e~
perieneed , In hea r i ng the tonee of the t rue Irieh harp. The Wel"h
performe r , who bad RO greetlT intere"ted me, informed me that he
kne .. ot one .bo plaTed tb"t Inetrument In th1 e 01tT. !lnd that, .. be~
ever I ohould .. ioh it, he .. ould prooure hie attendanoe. In the
oouree o f thi s mornin g , I eooordingly eent to heve him produoed. Hle
barp . ,," ahout one half the e ize of the common pedal harp, end one
third tha t of the Weleh. It .as s t rung with wire ins t e ed of oatgut ,
" " l a the ) " tt er, end th i e gave ite t one , a eb,rper, indeed eomewhet
a ehrill s ound. The musio, na vartbalee e , . "a good, and etruck mr (~)
'BALLADS IN IRELAND'
TUE
loyal S A I l 0 R; \1";,,, Ih~
' ANSWER. To .. I ... " i •• dd.",
lohllnl Armj1ro"g's Jail Good Night.
A SEMINAR
cumann cheol tire elreann
folk music society of Ireland
'8I1LLIII)S TREL IIND'
11 eemi"",. 0tI "",.rutioo [otk oan9
SIlturday 16 Arrl1 1983, 10 It • • • - 6 p ....
NB I'(obair( UHI .. ,,"n, lS llendeU .. Stree t , Dublin 1
(fo r di rect ionB aee 0ppoBite )
The lrtoh have b .. en kno~n fo r Bt lea .. t t~o "enturle~ for their contri
butlon t o b1l1hd-"",Ung and ballod-einging In Engthh . Leu ~1de1y
Itn""" la th .. ri ch Ir18h tradit i on of older ballad, brought In fro.
Scotland and Eng l and ~nd trannni tted orally througb generation, though
.. e ldom ~rltten down or prInted. Le3 .. t f .. miliBr of oil 10 the tr .. di
tl o n In Irlah l anguage of o toryt e1l1ng 1n song Bnd oong .... an .. "ce .... -
o r y to storytelling .
The a e .. inll r 18 intende d to " " rvey th .. " .. pn":: t1,, .... o f the paet and
pre"ent. It n1111S to bring toge ther .. v .. rl .. d group of p .. rtlclp .. nt .. in
t.ne" ted In hnll.,,"" a " IlOng, poeny, hhtory and .. ochl .. vent.
10 <I.m. !' ... eoentat i o n
10.15 r ll"drAlg BrcatM.::h , Dublln= 'Narrative vUae forlll8 In Irhh '
11 Co ff e ..
I1.JO !lugh Shl .. ld8 , Dublin= 'The IOUdc of trhh n .. rrative 'folk 80riS '
1:;.15 So,"" unpubllohed vldeot .. rn o f Id.a" a ingera
13 .45 I.unch
:; G.-D. ZI_r .... nn, Neuch1l.tel= 'C(oafl-culturflt Influ ... ncea In T.rlsh " nd A""tr,,lhn b .. l1&d .. '
Tom Hunne lly. IHlto,," Halb"y' ' 8a llad, in field r ...... Arch of the ~eventl c~ '
3.JO T .. a
• Pancl dhc u9 Bion: 'Mllrr .. tiYe foLk .. ong tod"y' Chalr .... ", Lc" Ue Sloc pard
R ... dtnl
DirectUm6 nenrleUII Str~et t o l eRo
than half a ~lle fr OIl Upper O'Connell
Street (vta Parne!1 Sq.W • • CrAnby Rnw,
left into Dor8et St , whi" h <:on tln .. e ..
88 Bolt "" Stl . I t r .. n8 off Bolton
Street ne .. rly op poa l te the College of
Technology .
i'articipatiOtl The fee l o r the . elllnar.
In<:1ud lng tu nnd <:o ffee, I .. El. P"td
up ~~erll of the Folk Mua!" Society
pay no f e e . A<:commodatl on 111 1Il1ite d.
and it 18 advisable f o r all intending
partidpanta, including merrVer8 of the
Soci9ty. to gi ve not i ce of their vlnh
to parti,, 'tllte to the Hon. Secret~ r" vho viiI ac knowledge enrol~nta.
I':nquirbn b, letter to the Hon . Se"r etary, by phone to nugh Shleldn
(Dublin 98~211).
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To, Nlcho l n8 Ca rolAn Ron . Secretory Fol k Hunie Soelet,
of trelAnd 151 CbrelOOnt Court Cla8n" vln, DUBLIN 11
Froll!
I vhh to participllte in the "".tnor " "dlade In I reland" on 16 Apr11
1983 . I "-n,, l olle ~pproprlat"- p"y...,nt ("h"qou to ' Folk Hust" Society of
I re lend ' ) ./ 1 ,,11 A pAid-up .. e"'er o f tlte 5o<:1ety (delet" .. h l cheve r doell
not II pp1y).
S~ture' ______________________ __
AlIailabl. reading :
Irillh folk ""lIiD IItud i4 11 - (if/lie clwol t(,.. no 1 contAin. a rticle.
on ba l lad. by G.-D . Zi~r~nn 'Wh.t i. an Iri.h ballld!' and W.n.A. Willia .. 'TI". brnlddde ba llad and varnacuhr cultun' .
Colol ,.{, .. no 15 (ne w. l etter of the Sox:iet,) cond.ta uin1, of
an article b, !lugl> Shielda a nd to. Hunn.U , ' Scat. bdhd influ
ence. in I r e l and'.
Both are availabliP. froa the Uon. Secratary,
} + 26p ponale
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C • 0 1 T { r e
OEORDIE
RICORD
u. S A RAil
REVIEW S
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A If If ,
0&011.(11 HAlf "A AlfD SARAR ANIIE Q' lflHLL - CIf TH! SHORES or LOUOII IIEAOH. Trad lti onlll aonge of' e TJrone fa .. ily. Topic: 12TS )12 , Lon~on 1978. Rec:orde~ by RoMn Modonl notee bl John lI oulden .
2 O!ORYIE RAMlfA 8Ilf08 . EIISren, liD 0002 , Dublin 1978. Rec.o r dtlll. bl D81th{ Conneughton l note, bl se;n O'Boyle.
It le b. t~er to epeak ot tbe lle h o Il1t e then nenr. o r couree,
tbel he.,e been (!:1vin(!: eon(!:e to 10ung Uhter ein(!:ere Cor "",rh d tit
out tbe ,Id o r recorda. Tben tb .. e ho LPII appeared in quiclt 'lUo
cell810n, one de.,o t ed t o the 11010 dnSlng of' ellcb In turn, t be o t lt
er entirel" gl.,en up to Oeordie' e eon~ .nd etoriea . Stor! e e ? Tbe
edltore . I r e ob vi ouel" at • l a", t o de,orl be a kind of chat . h l ch ,
mucb ,n,odotlll IInd .. uoh "bout InCorwl"nte, 111 '" dlCc"rent CrOlll the
blend. oC porridge end 'e.d uat the t Pa" Cor conver os tl on theee
du e e' Uhterbus from the rlntonll fl oree Tr"", . G<>ordh'o ol'oken
d l otlon le pex-tec t, bie aroent oon Clden cell are gri ppi ng even l C
not all 1111.,1, t o be Cull 1 unde r etood b" 11 11 .Uhout C:O<IJIIen tllrl'
Wben " Tyrone _an h llll .. ne lghbour , Cor e Xample , 'Thet'e • r l 8h t
ol d ponl , lOU kna-, In t be ,.,enlng I t coul d go t o Toolle ' ther,',
no t .ueb .ltn" In tbe repl, .1 tbou t ,_ knowl edge oC l oc,,} geo
grapb,. I ,U_ II nd tbougbt, 'It could. U tbere ' 0' a tood Cl ood In
tb, rl.,er., 1 E,o teric etori ee Cor eure , but tbel eound wonderful ,
and .t11 , I think, enbenoe 11 per r eo t e t ranger' e c",Unjf or f'o .. U t
erHl dth thiB e1nger &11 IIn open , Crhndll and oTlPenm U , n(llve
man tha t he ",uet have known f o r ~an, laar e.
8rotb.r and deter, Geordie and 811ra ll Ann ore e relul.n g p" l r ,
but thel look and eound ebaol uhl l d l tferent. John Woulden .rUes
in bte record notee that ' Sllrab Anne ' e lIodeet" l e 11 br.or d . • . e he
neve r e in88 unl eee " eked and then he r performance la ve r " re
str a ined.' She le Ieee .. e ll eeM'ed b,. recordln88 . no t lit " ll
allo., and i ndeed one III l gbt 881 undull rne rved . But thle te her
12 .
'O eor41e . " . s • r a h ... n n'
a tll ol e tra i ghtforward and unembelllebed , quietly impenetrable to
t be •• dla.
Bo th singers ara olo.er to t b, revhal oul ture, both ••• a. to baye
learnt f •• er 80nS8 trOll tb81r l oeal repertory, than eight b. upsot.
ed . 'I'd b.' l owd t he 4111 that 1 bad .-kne .. that eon, .11' "7' Oeordh 1n a ratber 11p1oa1 rollant. Acoording to John lIoulden, be
'!'oanues t he fa.Uy et,.l. to • muoh blaber clear,. than b18 dehr.·
If tb.t 18 80 , we ere eurprl,..d at b18 n or1cl 1.1.8 of orn.",en ', berd-
1, characterSaUg of b18 region . But it 18 eurpr1B lng anI.'" for it
le certa inly not aup.r1l1pol,led without reference t o 80'''' t:radlUonal
pracUce , t hougb th 10 doea not II t op Gtordh culUvat1ng U daUber
,tel, . probably In r .. pon.., to. IaOr ..... than-l oo. l publlo . In 1969 b,
contributed h o 80nS8 to. BBC diac Uhhr'. flow.rl vd. (BEC 2&1.11
botb r • • pp .. r on tbe E.gr~n dieD - ' Old Arboe', ' Tbe Lhburn 1 ••••
, nd I bav. no tilled tll. ti rs t vera. or tbe l . tler 1n bie tllO rendi
H one. Tb. na .. r.ndltion ie tha .. ore publio, b1gber 1n pH ob , S .... t.
ar 1n volu ... , le •• aub tly o, olllaUnS 1n lD. tra . It b • • r.tber lIore
lIIy1hbl e" and ea ny More notee!
1 6 1 a ,yUabh e,)7 41 no t •• , 5) 66
J- .. .. = :~ . ... ' .!!"~ Wf-Yf~-:r=1&dfr.:ETI ~
I r,""J - - - &.,. ..of ,..r. """".M- " . f~ _ }'" 1If,
J-•. ". ... ...... ..
r..o. (ltoo1,.t- - I · .... - -rl ... __ _ • . " · ht_ ... ;
C 11 0 1 'I' { l' 11 'J I,
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But If O.ord le 111 influllnClld bT n • • lIIodllll of PIl1'fOJ'IJIllnCII , hll 111 onIT
margin,l1, inflUllnClld. Onll o f bill r,lIIl1rk, about an In(orll.llnt IIII1.f bll
bi ll Pllrllonal Id'a l. 'a Vll1'l II IIlI lI t vo lell, 1I0000ethlng IIould ba' dug
Into 1°1.1. ' It delleribell hl"II.lt IIfIlI.
"11 for tbe lIongll, theT Ill''' IIIOOlnT UlIIter onllll l 111'1cII fl O.IITl "nd
rhllt01'iolll, n Oll tlllglo, p"tri o tl0 ( on. Orllng.), lI~e ~tl dlT 1111101'01.111_ "
ooupl. 1'atbllT IItllrnlT 00lIl10, III Ollt I tttl. kna.n 11 111411 (1' 0lIl 11 fell
brolldllUII ball.h of Brltleb origin. 11 oategorl In .bleh Sl'I r l'l b Ann'l!
',.,,IT TOunS _dd' la 11 fln. pllrf01'lIfIno' . ung to 11 pTOJl.r 11 11'.
But rllPllrtorT 1'emalnll of IIIIoondllrl Intllrll llt In thellll 1'ecordll. '11 111'11 lett "Itb tbe I lIIp1'elllll on tb" t lI ongll, I.Inllll po1'tllnt In thelllllll !vlle ,
al'II a IIIlIdlUJI tor PII1'IIOndlt111111 IIn IIUI1'IIIIIIl on to IIbleb menT 1I11teD"
111'11 .bo 111'11 onl1 "altlng to bll dug Into .111 0ll rta1nll r llllJlond.
flugb Shleldll
1 "1111, do TOU 11l1li, thll river 811l0k.llter ruM Int o Lough Hllllgb end It' a ",Ullt a t tbe f oo t of Den ' lI IIIl1ado ll o r fhldll thllre , a nd Dl'l n kn01l"d tha t If thllrll .ae 11 g ood flood In tbfr ri vlI1', do TOI.I . U. It lIould take it do.n tbe rlv ll r II nd out Int o thll l OU6h , II nd tblln It oOl.l ld 10 on ahea d t o To ..... bloll ' .. aT IIcrOlle tbll l ouah If the rind 11311 blowtnl tbat . el ... • - Ell gran MD 0002 (A2).
14 11' e 1 11 b. " . I r 1 11 b - 1 8 2 4 '
fro.. p.6
fan oy Vl ry 81,1011. . It . a' bll1gbhnad parla", b1 .. , octati on, tha alre
wht ob " li re u hctld b'lng nattve Idah, and tb,,), ... braced tb . but
or Tom )lo<:>rll'" M,lodt .. , not forgetUng tb. "harp tb.t onoe througb
'I'/I01', '. ba U s ," and tb , "slorl e s" of brave Bt'lIn. The ,pp .. ranoe or
til e ha r pe r . a ' vu)' little .-l"- OIode. Ha .... 11 plain Pl'o, ... l1k..
l ook ing being, but of oivil _annarll and ,ddr... . He • • e born In
Uhter , ,om,.b"re In tb, neighbourhood or )lo1f,8t, "nd bad 00118 to
Dublin wUb " n . "",ool.h, .bo no .. ,b, rea .. Uh 11.111 tb, ga1n8 a nd
honoure or mln ntrehy.
~. - Tbt . 1111 1I"1""dIl1. but Dublin b .. nblbltad h. or tbo ••
re . t h IUe. wbl e b u811d to earl!; the oooulon, and ,blob an ,Ull
!lap t up In 8.n" ParU or Ensland . Tb, 8 08t tb, t I baye ... n out or
t b, o_ on cc ure a le tile gro te llqu , .pp • • r.nc. ot tb. cb1en-r- ..... pa.
Tb! . 1 • • bolld. , t o tb,m, and •• 11 It would b. tor tb. "ak. ot b~
man!t,. If tt •• ,. b .. d tb. Brat dill ot "vllr,. mon tb. Tb. ,. d.ok th .....
lI "lvlla on tbe pre a.nt ooc"" lon "Itb tl/f"'rld p"p" r-c"pe .nd orn.
menh, . nd patrol" tb" .Id.,.." .. ll< ... ollotting "'"IOll-pano. trOll .v.r),
p . ... n/f.r. Usq ... ebllu/fb, p.rbaP<l, b", flowed ratb"r 1I0re oop10ud),
tban ... . ua l, . nd Pllt .coordlngl, b • • b • • n In bl" "l"m"nt . P . . .. ng
nu r lI "v.ra l t " P'"rOOllll , . ,. •• r 'a" r"gal.d by tb" IId0<l7 ot tbat
l,rre oC II ll nati on" - tb" C1ddle, - ,bl1.t Tugu" WI': " k .. plng till'
to tb" cboru. witb 11 "n"te little bit or 11 Udr"..!."
- "ndu" fltg" o" M. dtord, liI"aa"obu .. tt., L •• v •• troll " journ"l , or Sk.tcb .. o t rambl .. In Nortb Britain "nd Ir.t,nd Edlnburgb
T JI g W SS T 'S
Tbh . " &,,on 1e tbe firet or 11 n .. a ocllt,., tbe Folklore end Folic
mualc Socia11 ot Clare. Ita " l m le to .ncol.U'"ge en Inter.et In
l olkl ore .nd f olk . ... 110 In general . nd In tbo .. of Ire1.n4 .nd co.
Clar. in p"rtioul " r . Tb" "nnulll lI ubacrlptlon le 1:5 and Intor .. Uon
III1J' be ohh tned tr_ eUber H" rr,. Hu,;b .. (Tel. 151), T.- lIIunneU,
C 8 0 1 T 1 r 8 " " (hI. 195) or Mulrh 6 Rooh~ln (td. 86). an at MUto.n lI"lbu.
Lllcturllll ot thll prellllnt lI.allon' lI pr0l\:rllI ..... ha • • Ineluded t.o Jlueiell l
on llll , on lA D.oe.,bllr bl' Breand~n Rreathhaoh , 'Thl! Inlltrullen t ll l tradi
ti on ot Chr.' and on 11 JanuaTl' bl' Toll !lunndll', 'Th. En81hb
hnguagll aon8 trlldlUon In Cl arll'.
", · 0 R 1'1{ , 5
Unde r the Utl. 'Thll Irhb folk traditi on' the Ne" Unhuettl' of Ul
.ter (IItll1 .t Col.rainll) h.a or €anhlld a progra"""lI of l ee lurell
running from Ko.e .. bllr to Na:J and Including .ullleal toplee ' Brllllnd;n
Brtatbnach en 19 Aprl1, 'The folk lIulllo o f Iretand'. " nd lIugb
Shielda on 6 NaJ' . 'The Uhter tolk-- eong tradltlon' - both In Leo-
tura Th .. tre 8 .. t 8 p ....
•
CELTIC • U SIC STUDIBS
Thll organhlng Committee ot tbll SlIventh International Congrelte
of CeUlc Studle" to be held at Odord, 10-15 Jub 1983 , .. hhe>!
to .noourag. the eubm1eelon ot propoea1" for flaP. r e to be read
a t tbll Congreea on reellaTeh Into 'cettio' muete, I.e. tbe tra
dlUonal !lueto of tbe Celtio COunhtell, ellpeolnlll' p"per a .. ltb
an Inhrdleolplln,,1"1 IIPproaOh to tbe lIubjeot. It 111 a" a rll ot
the taot tbllt tb8 re I . 11 growing lntllrellt In tbe eettlng UP ot
a board ot .ualool og1etPJ/l!thnOlllua l oolog1I1h dth a epeeial In
terellt in ' Caltio ' Nutllo Studln and hopee to arranga 11 no ti on
( Cl' netionll) at tbe Congreee In 1983 de.ohd to PlIl'f!lre r,,tll~
Ing to thte field. Proreellor D. Ell1e Evan"
(Orgenhlng $lIor e"'l"1 )
JaeulI College, ~ford
TAS". or ULSTER
all the Ob.er.er'. uplorator7 rellah journalht !Ilurped it on
2 Janl1llr7 In en unloealh.d '.Illege hall' t o r tb. benefU or In-
16 S a 0 r'. tar 1 a 1 a e 8 1 • tan c a
tending tourlstsl
It waa a gloriouB (ootrtapplng, epontanteouB oalebr.tion ot foUt
IIIU8101 acoordion, drUIII. tin abietlt, f1ddle, hnor banjo and
timber flute. At tlm e8 1t waB 81 ~08t 8. ,tyll.,d .e a He. Or-
18.ns jazz concert .1tb eaob art!. t t aking a aolo opol.
A Io-year ol d boy danoed t he dholpl1lU1d high-utepping ~odhr&l'l
while a n un 8co~P8nl.d singer related a t.l, of 'tb. 81f •• tbe
lDo ther-in-l.w, tb. c'.d bulldog and me.'
With 80 muoh produce bome-sro"., and bOllle-ourad, and .1th 1II08t
village8 atl11 having am.l1 bakeri'8 .here fr.ab .b •• ten bread,
potato bread , treaole bread, Bode br. ad, are artletlc ore.tiona
tbare la a taBte ot Ulster ~ou oould 8.11 .leb to return tor.
TH. S T 0 H E
r IDDLB
Re.dere ot Paddy !Unney'.
book ot tbb U tIt - no ..
printed in paperback - "'1/.)'
be tntere eted to knc ... hat
tbe object aotuall, lOOked
like. Paddl bea racentl,
allo racordad. an LP 1n
A~erioa .1th thla tltla.
s g C R ETA R I A L
A SSISTANCE
A raoent advertiaelllent In
tbe daily Paper, .111 bave
alread1 reveal ad tbat the ne
goti8ti on ~ held In December and January tor the funding of a full
tll11e secretary by the Arta Councl1 - to be abared by tbe Society
.. Ub Na P{oba ir{ UIUeann - bave been euccuetully cOl!lplated. APpli
cations bavs baen sought frolll suitsbly qualified oandidatae .