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Scemh. " Ch ....... nn Ch,ol TiroJ hreann
1I, .al,tt er oC tha Folk ~ .... sic Soeiety of Ire1Lnd
It.U I tne:.mb
tlng a l
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":Ballade I n En&l1ah In t h, Oult.Cht"
" Sb.a..Ii:,.pear. ' . '.'oollen plpea'ft
"lIuaic ot tile Pontine Oreeks"
"The i.T.E. a r chlv" of Irish tradit i onal mu .. l c "
"Cal d , an U{ /1 .. 111"
"Th. dove"
' •• t cs nteen ' uinglng In India
"Tb, banks ot br"ndy .. ln,"
Out ot rea ch
Out of hea ring
CradallJ She~I" ut Bw..olll/The SeLn 0 Boyle award
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Tired ot Castletown and Abbeyleh? Inter es t ed In ea rly priOl8tea ?
Early O' C"sey , electricsl r l:".lrlng, t.nem.nt cHc, g entrification?
EIgbt.entb-c.nt .... ry w"llpaper, Strump. t .£!..!.l, th. 8candalo"a Cardiner
retrl e conne ction, w. st John Olen, ph." t e r " ork, t 0 1 k .. " a 1 c·
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CEIIERAL II E ETIIIQ
of tl:e Socl,t y .. 111 tu. place tl:1 e year et 8 p .... on Sat ... rdlLJ' :?8
JWI' In the n , w Geor glLn headquartere ot lI a P{obair! Uilleann, currently
undor!!,otllg r estoraticn , at 15 lienrietta St, !lubUn 1.
Election.
ot Chd">"" , lien . Secr.tary, Hon . Treasurer, and a h : eomitt
....... b.re .ill tnke place. 1i"",lnaUons .bc ... ld r each t he lion .
Secretary, lilcholau Carclan, 151 Clar ... ont Cour t , Clasnev1n , Dublin
11 , b1 Saturda1 :?l JWle 1980 . Onl)' paid-up .. embere may be Propond
Or . a)' pr opeea e r . econd n om i nationa.
A homal), and provldonal d,cor ..t11 con t r ibute, atter t he .. eating
at a bout 9 , t o an 0 t C 11 E C H B 0 I L with me .. ber a o f M. P!obat
h. Ullleann and the Sociaty ..... d t hd r frian dB .
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CONTRIBUTIONS
An evening of ahort contributions froll> .. e mber" took place In BUBwe11'"
Hotel , Mole s lll ortb. St, Dublin, on II 4prll.
B a. 1 1 " d 11 , " Engllab , " , , .
i'roln~i. .. ~
6 Conl"",ln presented """' .. n" .. ple" of D'lgll",l>-lane,:uagll ballads
,,'hich 1: .. c ollected In the )) e)ntlgal Gaeltacbt e of Owudorless
",ncred Gwe e doJ'e from th" EnerHsh-s"..aklner e rea" or D"rry "nd Tyr-
00" •. b,re I)one· ,"ust leav" y ou In a heavy accent~d
Oa1.·" y sin,;ine in Iri ~h .
e tyle, WllH.e that of
These 80ntl8 probsbly Came to hlro via America
.. here mnny Ar an e lnc ero learned Englleh-lsngu"ge song ...
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'.0011en pip" ,,'
IIlchol"8 C~roh.n
docwr,ented tbe history of th" erroneou" lC:ee tb .. t
Sh"k .. 9pee,re r e f e r ... ,d to the uilleenn pipe" and that they ther"for" b ....
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contln~ •• 1t • • ~l . t anca, h.vlng b.,n put t orward by Frenc!a Colllne on in
Tb. b. gpipe (1915)•• book th.t 111 likely t o be .. a tenderd work tor the
toro ••' abl, tutur.. Tb. idea haa alre.dy g.ined addad clroul.tion through
Coll1naon.
A 'wool1an bagpipe' I , lIkely to h.ve bean for Shakespe.r • • 1mply a
mouth-blo.n bagpipe at wbich the b.g . e. mad e at aheepakin wlth the t1.,0.
tu..".d out.ards .
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A1t WacLoeblainn pre •• nted .o",e publ1eb.d record­
Inga at the ~uel0 of tb. PontIne Greeke, • people
who .er. e~pelled to m.lnl and Oreece. und.r (amal
Ataturk around 1920 frOll the colony in Ael e I!.inor
whic!! they h.d inbabited fro:. .arly post-eleuia­
.1 tlma. . Th.y Gtlll pr ••• rv. tbair a.parst.
id.ntity end r ega rd other Gr.eke .a corrupted by
contact ."itb tbe 'e.t. Tbey clal .. to prenrv.
ancIent Gr.ek clvl11aa110n, Including ita ~elct
.nd their mudc l e certdnly e(>al. kllld of r.pr ....
• entetion of early European .. ueic. Tb.ir cbi.f
inatr"",en, •• played by •• Il-p.id profeasional p.rform. r. et . eddlng • •
h , Uvala ate., el·e the lyr. , a thr . .... s tring.d baud InBtr ..... nt tun.d in
fourth •• with a net bridga, ""d play.d on tb. knee wit!! a good deel of
drone. the t oub ... , a , h • • pekin bagpi pe witb fiv .... bol. neu"o ..., parallel
melody pipe. but ... itb no drone a , o.nd "tb. no,h.ra, a .ir-bole .nd-blown
flut •• 1 th • r.a r tbu.,b-bole. ~o,t of the a.l.otione ucorded .ere i~
. truroentel. Th. Pontine Gr.eke .in8 to t b. lyra, they b. ve no "".ceo.....
panled eln81n8_ Tbe1 ad~i r e a pree&.d voi~e. Th. Inatru~ent,l mu eie l e
v" r1 bus y, end of .~all compa ••.
~~R{llre
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1 R 1 S , TRADITI O. , , • un ,
At the tlnal ordin.ry m.eting of the • ••• ctl, held
In Bu8 •• 11'. Hot.l on >0 hy, e.thal Goan. Auht""t Libr.rl an ,
Sound Arebiv .... ePok. M
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the bietory at the co .. p.ny'. involvem.n t .ith

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the reco rdi ng end broadcasting ot IriBb traditional mu ai e and song, and
Il lustra t ed tba work of t t s collec t ors and tbe range of .. a t orl.1 be Id by
&. aelection o f Ht U ..... ltno.m recording • •
Sin ce t~ .. f oundution of N"d i fire,."" 1n 1926, traditiona l OIu810 h ...
been & a t apl e of broadcas t i ng , but none of 1t • • s recorded unt i l 1936
" han studio f a ciH t ie s for OI",kin., acota t e d1808 b ee"", • • vath.bla. 11.­
cor ding ..m ft
.... guln .. bas l e b a.,,,,, . ·Ub tba introduction of t be Mobtle Rttcording
Uni t 1n 19t.7 . Tbl e fl r e ! ., ... de fi e ld recording poe Bibl", on a e .....
ta t.> ""d later on tap .. . Thr ough tha work of Sa ... u e En n! . , Se;,. ~ .c
Reo",.,!n" Rnd Proins l ao 6 Coni ... !n wi th t ba 11 . R. U. , a llc h tradi t i onal
Fe r f orne", ,,,, 1'1>0",,,8 1I0r,,". 'N i l1 10 Clancy . J"" Dow-d, JObn Doba rt,., Calm
6 Caoid!,e!iin bn d OIan y o t he r .. ... e r .. i rit r oduce.:! t o t he country a t large .
The 1')50$ " e,.a tha tlo1d"n ,Year . o f t r adUIona l .,u"ic on r a dio . Int .. r­
eH In t h~ mu~ ic ,,&9 on H,e upou rgo .. nd t he r e . ... " n o co",petiti"" rTOOI
r l . Suc!:\ pr gn_eu a 9 Ce lh d re, ... mh r a in e [?,a ve" nchus e n d t h .. lat .. r
R~ .. eBlre'lc!lt a n !l l ad~I!·h .. re a t l l l r~",c",h el·eJ . F'r"," 1'.15 5 t he collecti n g
\\~ v h:·" .. ly done by Cinrin L: .. c ;:at h{,na . Ke tnve lled " Ide ly end broad-
C .. ll t e r t" ~$lv e l J. Although th\ .. a cti Vi ty d oubt l " "9 contributed t the
lev e ll l l1g of r ""i"na l dis t inc t ion,. In t he ,"uai c , I t ale led 1 t be pra­
~erv a tlQ~ of .. uch tba t would o t b' rwI8' ha v e b,. n loat. Tb. coll,cting ,
ho· .. e v .. r , h .. d n o :sys U :n,.tic arc hiva l dl m~ na1on , being done prl"erlly for
b roddcas t lng purp08e .. .
Since the ol1 d- 60n t he r~eoTdlng f .. udc ha a e lowed do"" , a8 the I n­
creasi ng aV8ila bllity o f c OOl .. arclal r a cording 8 h88 l e 888n e d t he preas ur8
on fi ndi ng bro"dcaa t .... t .. ria L
But 80",a fIald r ac:rdtng haa al"e,ya ba""
done, and Pr o1neiaB 6 Conlualn c ontinue. to c Ol l a c t e nga .nd lIIu a ic In
t he CQ" u ~ t of docuuntery r8cor

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vlr.1 ho14inge ot individual produ~er.
erl bli ng oopled and 1\ 1, hop.4
tbllt th, archin, ot aad10 na a.,lt.cht • .,Ul bl 4uPUcahd at DOM1brook.
a,o,u •• ot r.etrl~t1on,
ot . tarr and tlohnic.l tacil1tie,. ho"v.r, 1t i e
not enviaaged that aroblv. matertel ,tll ror the pre,.nt bl ~,d'
~om~lrci,l ly
or t hat t b, public .ill blIvI .cc •• , to it.
'vailabll
Catha} pla1ed r l CONUng' ot S"lIU8 Ennh and (o(obbh 11,2121021 (p1P.a).
Pedrdg O'" .. te. »en1, MurphJ', Joha Dohe rt1 (f1ddl .. ) . II:NI Crott1 (concer­
Un,>, Jolle .ll.c»ermott (nute), and ot t he I\.IIgl'" add J'! GheOfl , c"u
III AU!o,., 1I0h, ut Ohrhnn., lIaggie 1I, .. 1".,l and Seo .. .,b 6 hi,n,L
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Ni ohol., C,r olan
ot El1.en Co,tallo ' a O,l"y
pUbllDhed by t ha lrl.h rolk
the long h, lo, 1, given. "
,.r ly Plrt ot tbl century (D. IO).
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"T I! E D 0 V E"
ro t he ~ay 1191 le8u8 of the DublIn maaa ~in e Anthologla bibemice l a
~ rief a rticle _as contributed by Th.ophllua (all&9 Tadhg) O'Flannagan,2
... The (ollo... 1ng ia the 1 .. pr :llpt u o f an old Irish b&rd, ... bicb hS3
b •• n .. uch &dtll1rad for ItQ eenulee poetic&l .. ~r1t , dellc&cy of
thought, and true air of uent1"'~nt & 1 m"hncboiy. The language l a
Pll!'e , ele6an t &rid cortcla", &nd t b. poetry perhctly cOrrect, It
" a a speken by a bard belonging to t b. house of O' Brien , upon bea ....
i.~g a ~o \' . ceo , as b~ paaced by , (1'010 tb, ruin of tile h ",ily aen t
of L£In:;A('l! i n the county of Chre, I n the h.st century. 1 fear
It cannot be done justlc e to i.n "n >;Ildl1nh tranalation dthl n tb.
H",\.t8 of its 0"" .... asure; nOr do I tll1nk a Hterai Pl on tr .. n .....
latton can convey its ucellenc .. to ..n Dlg l1ch r " ader . I bav e ,
b~~· ev~ ., subJOin ed an a t t ... pt in both •••
Tuar guil, a chuil",. do cbeol ,
~. o c!.roidhe nl beo dba bhrigh ,
Do b br eacai& .. 0 dhe;'r 0 .. r06g,
TruHeb nacb ad tho" t do bhie t
Li ten.l 'fran$latl on in I'r08e.
Presage of laClcntation , 0 : dove, is tb.y .. u81",
J.!y he art " not alive fro" ita fore.,
Tbou ba8 t flattered ~y t.a r (rom mi n • • y. ,
Sad t b~t
it 1,. "ot i n tb.y silence tbou bad'st been~
The Attempt in Verea .
Pensl ~o, 0 do~e le thy not.,
~y h.ar t cannot bear t h8 'ad etra lnl
'rom mina eye t he eeft t ea r thou h.a t a ~ ot .,
Thy dhnce hed aev' d ... t bi. pa1n~
FrOm tbe kindnees of L~"B "
J
~errlOQ Eaq . & etudent of tb, Univu ...
a ity, I ... e nabled to t:1ve t be mU81c, a nd fr Olll hl . known talent
in tbs t e legant department I muet belt.v. i t "orr.ct. 4
Fa"i n g t be a r ti"le i 8 tbe "URic given on tb, n.z t Paee. 5
The chi.f 1nt e r e8 t of tbL8 piec. 1. that it aeaoclata . aD Irla h

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THE DovE.,
3i'!=e-~J¥.t=J , ti~&:""1I
l\()(e,Wy he .. n u"" .. t. b~.~U\" r:ool.
entlr. poem 18 an I mpromp\u,
1
po ... In 8yUabl" metre
dt!> a ..,10

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. oul d he a t odd • • lth the ",.aning. Ev e" with .. epeUtion a1Id "",,,ndation,,,
the Irl. ~ worda do not tit the melody wi t h t he n • • t" .... of the £ngll.b.
the entire pieee in r~ct
rat a . a mo r e dlfflc"ltlo, than It eluoldat •••
Ho. ~o •• " ' s poken ' i mprom ptu 00"''' to bava muale " . "ool .. ted .. Ith It? la
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"e8m3 to ba tb. .. t ",pH c a Hon of hia (inal J>

C • 0 1 T { r • 17 9
appeared mon tbly from Jp. 1793 to Dec . 1794 iIlC)"elve . It.at
under unknown edltors blp, but t be antiquari ana Joaepb Coop. r Walke
r, Ed ..." rn. u and 2nd .d" 1935.
P. 515. I Idy als o "pp."ra in Fitul,"ona snd SmUh Iris h mlnst r . l,y,
c. 1B16, p. 2'?-33 . with the HU. 'Pens iv. Oh Il(>ve' , eet to crl8'"
Inal words b)' Flt~~lmon s . Tbey to(>k it frem the ... nthelogia and
a ce.pt.d It aa an &~ci e nt m.lody .
6 ~e u.egra d~nta Il ( 1927) 155-6, 209-12. O'Flanna6 dn publhhed the
final vorn of tb. pO.

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rh, qUlry frO!ll C;ordon Coz in tb, l i lt "umblT of tll, n,.al,nlr h,. Pr .....
I\lced fI reply from Jhn 1/.0\114", In which b,
give •• tut o f the l ong
r equired entitled 'Le: bim ' -;1 o ' er tbe bl11.1d,' and blainn1ng 'Tbl
Ifray dawn h"d crept 0 ' 1 1' tb, Itl11"e". of coming', It I , t aken tr ....
'''Ir101! Fireside Songs" (. "'ri,. of 64 lIookhta,
10', 11 and 12 a ra U.., knO"lI t o Ot. ) ' 09 " !'atrIot' , TNI"ul'J"~
12 In all of _bieh
publ1,hld
by hl t o "'~. Dublin I bousht by ... ,bout 1964 . .. Tb, booklet, ba"l no ...
' een ,,,-,,,,,,pod in W,lton' ,
late r M.ri ••..• ) '_ J.II.
Ilia t:.v~ c ""'PO Nd \I,. tlzt In tb, 'r..... ... .. p.d· ·.... lion' s tra,I " 1'1 or
(rid: &On ":l nnd balladS , Dublin n. d . (fo r .... or4 dnhd 1 9~7) ,
P. 20) dtll
, ~ , on. J o hn 11&, •• " t and nnd t ha", verbally and typographicdly in Ire
t &(; r. "" e,,;.
J OM edds t be lnfo naatio" \lIst t be long Is Iliv. n in
)c:l n l c ~'! II " n lrelnnd .o. inss , Es s u lIudc Ltd, London 1965 ( no 21) , .. HII
llo te i d,ntif ying t be eold le r a. '!.ance-Cor poral Dely'.
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T !I E iI A N I: S BIIANDYIIIINE~
r ba qu. r i e s (rOOD !::dHb !'owke alao includ.d In t ba i •• , nu-bar, ' Son~
queri oa f r ""_ Can"d,,', ba v. pr oduc. d one r8 f .ranca t o tU8 e ung, a,nt by
1'om ~·. u nn . l1y .
To," wrile. tbat t b. first V8ne occu r . in • collection of
fU!>3'8n t . · """8 .t AI!!:erlcan wak •• In Doneg.l' I n ~S
Inah Folklore Dept, Univ.nity Collage, Dublin.
1411 , P. 6-7 of tll.
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'Irish t radi tion.l .,,,1110 bas • big futur. In Mutll dupit. the ~OIIg
_ben na ttv. tune' we r e •• 1010. h.ard In tb, county.
lull
Till, i , tb. con fl ~ld vi •• of • ~an ~1I0 hop,. t o b. In tb. tblck or
thi s pro."IGed reviv.l. Ke 10 72 y.ar Blrn. y McKenn. rrom "..,

C e 0 1 T { r e 1 1 1 1
o 0 T o , HEARINO
' Kl0 ocl entlf1c Ilbrll.r), wu bequeathed to the 110)'11.1 lr18h Ac" d","y , Ar>otber
b aqueet. of wbich I have no detalla, .,.a to a lady who had earned
b18 admiration for her skill "S a OIucidan. AB a ),0=;; "'an at Cress
Caetle ~1 :rw~n bad shown interes t in Iri s h ~uslc. encouraging the travelling
plpera and fiddlers, aO th"t the ",a,"""nte' ball wall a popular resort
whare all we r e welc",".. Later, when Ed .. ard Bunting waB coll"cttng
",aterhl for hi s "Ancient :.lu~ i.c of Irela nd", Klrw.:.n . ·aa of great essist­
&nce in e %ploI"lng tba e""'r""a in Co. O"lwo,)' . 11" .·~ nt .Itb S=t1ng aho
Into Co . Donesa1, but the hmU thar" wa ~ much lea" ~UCC8 SHru l.
Accordlns to Lady Morgan , Ki r wan ' e mu sical taat" .a" c orn plet"ly eltered
durine hie a ta)' In SI'l!;land . She had eung tor hi,. "Esmonn-an-cnoc"
to harl' accOlDp.anl .. ent and wa a touched to find hiOl we e ~lng. ~o,..ever , he
quickly e%plaln." th/lt He howl of a d)oing dog would havs the ."",e effect.
"101)' dellr cillld" , he aald, "t;lve up your lrl"h harp , . nd )'our Iri
s h howl , snd e tudy Ita lian OlUe!C ; you er .. worthy of 1aI0.·ing it, you
heve e true ",ua\csl o q :8nlestio.'1, but it I,. Perverted ." Hi s dau!>hhr",
w~re a~ fond /IS Lady ~orea n of the traditiona l Irieh elra but, out ot
r espec t for their father'e feelings , pr.ctl s~d only ~hen they kne. he
was out of hesring. '
_ 1'. E . Dlxon 'lIieha rd Kirwan , the Dublin philosopher [1733-1812]'
In Dubli n historical record XXIV 111 (1971) 59-60. Klro

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A f e'. fri e n d" or Ze ... ~
0 Boyle bav" been dl"C'J8e1ng tb" notion of _:11"
;; h ld ~ f nHuto to 1:.18 ",,, ,,,orl' He wu a .",n ",bose td"nol"hip we ""lu"d,
-oh oc" gi flo w. "".,Irod , who"8 na~ure w" loved. OU r trib"te ,,110,,14 b"
nu:,,!!. but a t tb" BB"''' H ",,, it . bou}d be one t bat would b" wopr"t_
tl OU~ . l1 k ~ Selln hillu lf. ""d ''''~1 10 " d. ' lni ~ ur.
A ~ I b., ,"c::: ~" t, !I t th .. r"q .... "' or hin h ml ly, tb" 8c .. lptor Cliodn!l
C\I ~ ~ " n I " pr~p" rlng " h" .. ~~ tO