26 Sccala 0 Chumann Cheol Tire ( ircann Newsletter 01 the Folk Music Society of Ire land

Mean Fomhair 1984 September

CONTENT5

Recent meetings:

' Amhrain [{inn Il;:l Feir ste' 'After the Revival - wh ... t next?' 'The Orange l1all' Annual gener a l meeting

Seimine;lr ' i\mhranalocht agus amhrain i nGacilgc': 'Tomas 6 Cr iomhlha in agus "Caislcan ui Neill'" "Cai slean ui Ne i ll" 'Ornaidlocill agus <:In I[ne ceoil i ngneithe den amh­f;:lnafocht traidis;.,n!a' 'Amilrain on 'An t-arnhr6n, ranei a~;us an S€-amus Ermis 'Foinn <I1(,hrain anna i ceoil' P<ljn~al

gcarl l,mn' an t -amh­bail i thcoir: i gCarna' ar ghlcas-

Alo)hrain 0 Vat 0 Flath­arti!

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First mee ting of season

English summary of the Scminilr Neil; Ni Dhomhnaill <It;US Aodh (') Duil>he<lnnaigh nach mair<:ann Work at I-Icnr ictta Strect Mo 'CHEOL' thu! Tcrry 'vloyl;;lt1: 'Irish d .. rlCCS' Ulster-American sym posium '$eanamhrain gCI.) 17 16-IS55' 'Edmoll <l Chnoc' WiHie C I;;nq' Summer School 1984 Sincing at Miltown Proinsias 0 Conluain 'The 'Nedding of l3a\iyporeen' 'I)<llinarnona Or il' 'Ceol l<l agus sea!l(';h<o~ Thlr Chonalll' Other publicat ions Forthcoming au\urnn rneet·· Ings Membership

S p.ln.

suhscriptions

RecitiJl

Vincent Carnplwl l. f iddle

will play {or the SOOCl}'

on Saturday 6 October 1934

at 15 Hcnrietta Street, Dublin 1.

Vincent C.lrnpbcll o f Mecnahalla, Clenties. co. Donegal '5

both an outstanding traditional fiddler and a repository of the older Donegal fiddle st ylcs, tunes and dances. We ,He glad to be able to present him vn <I rare v i sit (0 Dublin .

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AMHR~IN RINN NA FEIRSTE

Conall a Domhnail l

28 fanair ' 1984

Oiche shcancha is COlS line, n ' leach t fhoirmluil , a bill ann, agus b'fhcarrdc sin e, nual r il

labhair Cona ll Cl Domhnaill faoi iH nhnlin a cheanta ir dhllchais. Le cUldeadh ,,) hhean 11 dhear ­thaf Urid Ur Dhomhnaill, a neach ! Ma ll'cad agus a chara Lw.m 0 Conchubh'ur . chan se arnhra in Rinn na Fell stc, agus i gcaint fh i lcata dhllchasach, thug se a n-uda lf faoi lIlar a fuair se lad on sean-bhun.1dh.

Nualf a dlbrlodh daoi ne c hun conaithe i mea~c screabhan is cladach na Rmne bro!is is Id chead blia;n 6 shin , fuair siad sO las Id arnhrai n 11 chumadh. O'cascal f na harnhrain , leitheid

agus 6 Isaoil sill.

, ghna th-irneachtal

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D'fhas Cona ll SU3S ag e is­t<.'adn le is na hall)hrain, agus d'fhoghlaun se iad (; Mhalre John go hairithe , bean ghear­chu iseach a raibh na lcaganacha is ci n e aiei. 'Shll me go minic (; shin nach bhfaea is nach gCllala me a dlta th nlos deiw na

Maire John agus Mar y Phcggy Tomrny ar an da thaobh den tine, an bheirt ag seanchas is ag c ur slos ar a gCllid amhnin, mar ar curnadh i .. d, cc a chum iad, caidc a ba Ild"r no ba cllIall leo ... Bhi a gero; iomu' .

Is rnaith a chulmhne leis ar an luch! ... iui I - 'daomc bochta a t hug muid ort hll ' - agl!s a r an bpairt a bh l aCll i gcllrS<l1 ccoit : '(lh' rud IIl0r ~lltc de ll!ch t ... iull fad (; shin ... mar bhl se de bhua acu bheith ina bhfiditc lrI no ina bp;o~air ' il9us. maith. ag gabhail cheoll . ... I~h l se de nos acu dhul idir baJl te agus cean tracha aglls amhrain a aithris, cur leobhtha , baint daof~ ..•. '

Toisc gur Da lach e lein, ta suim faoi It=ith ag Cona l l in amhnlin Dala lgh Rinn na Fe irste agus thug se duinll An chrubach , An chead Mhai rt 'e Fhornhar, agus Fea r gan c hci ll a r ach.l(Jh i Sclcibhin. Canadh tosta ~ i ~ elm ort do ehllld eadaigh . An tOi lcan Ur , D.Jna ll 0 Maolaine ('<lmhran a thJ.inig isteach ' ), ag1l5 bluire de chaoineadh a chuala Conall is ~ ina ghasur seaS(;a cigin bliai n 0 shin.

Ta tual r isc nl05 iomlaine na sec a r ehuai rt Chonail l le rail HI ' Jrll1iu', Mi r\a 1984 , 6 l:limh Liarn ui Chonchllbhair.

Ba ChLIIS bhr Ol ll duinn a ch loisi nt t-amhranal Netli Ni [)homhnailJ, Aodh 0 lJulbhcannacgh. amhranai Rinn na FClrstc, Imi the ar sllli na chcad eal;:ran elle.

le deanal go bh fuil an del r f iur Chonai l l, aglls cluiteach eile de chuid flrinne. A thuil lcadh sa

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IlFTf.R THE REVIVIlL - WHIIr NEXT?

J Mar ch

In the area of t radi t ional rnUliic, a drop in concert and club attendances, in record sales and in the numl>cr o f professional musicians has been eVIck>nt in the last two or three years in Ireland. On the assum ption tha t this marks the end o f the Ir ish fo lk-music rev iva l 01 the Ja~ t twenty and morc years, a mecting was devo ted to I he question of wha t ..... ould happen to the music during the remain­ing year s of the cen tury. Leadiflg the d isc\,sslon were Pat Mi tche ll , piper , collec tor , and editor : Paddy Glac:km , riddle p layer, record producer, t radi­tional music officer o f t he Arts Counci l: and Finb.Jr Ooyle of the Dep t of Irish Fo lk lore UCD, singer , club or ganIser , and ..... nter on t radltinnaJ music.

Pa t felt t ha t the dance m usIc would be as healthy as ever , i l not as popul.1r, l or the for esee­able fu ture, and th;:Lt i t ..... ould bendit from the c \.r r ent popu­lari ty of tradittona l dancing. which would rai se s tandar ds among accompanying musicians. Tt\(: large number o f sound ret;o rd,ngs of good musicians wou ld • .Iso ensure the mainten­ance o f stand;:, rds. In t raci ng I lle pr ogress of the ReVi va l, Pat d istinguished helv,·een the actual revival ,)f playinS, and the IlIusic 's rise in popularity. Th .. latter he Se"}W as a conscquence of post-war affluence, and the pr esen t dec l ine In audiences a$ due to economIC. recession.

Paddy t lllmgh ! the Rev iva l pr oper to have beg\ln with the organi 'ied \t.'achlllg of young

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musicians "lade po~sible by Government subvention through Comha l ta s branches and Voca­tional Education Committee schools througho ut the count r y. ThiS had resulted in ton incrca~ ;n the number of t echnica lly ilblc m usicians. often be tter Ihan o lder ones ill ha ving had the benefit o f wi tion and access to a w ide r ange of recordings. These young musi­dans would enliure a healthy future f or the music. They might deviate cxpcnmc ntally in wha t they did with it, hu t this was Il<ltur<l l and un,lVoi dahle and the resu l t of genuine mllsit;a l cUrlosi ly. IncrCflS<.'d !)Iaying for dancer:. m igh t have its dangers if the indiVidua l nature of the Inus.(' were SUI)SllillL-d m a band, or if ther e were distort ion of the musk 10 sui t the whims of danc;ers.

F inbar to<) wa~ ('p t l mis tlC about the l uture 01 the ins!rll ­

mcn tal tradi t ion, feeling that It was ver y livcl}' and Ihat the apparent decline wa.. a com­merCial phenomenon affecung the various media. T ra<.htional smging however was no t III a heal thy statc. The IkH ural venue of the rambling hou~e had gOlle, replaced by the public house where Ihe dtmosphere w as not conduc ive 10 that k ind o f :.in~ing . Organised lessons seem more l ikely 10 do harm than Jo:ood . as do competitions, and they du nOI offer hope [or the fu t ure. The two glimmer s of light for ~inglng are small singmg fest i va ls such '-'~ have been {Organised recently In the

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North, .:md singmg clubs Ilke the Gollln C lub to Dublm where tr ",d ltlon,,1 c ircum stances were reproduced as fa r as possible.

The audience, in a long ensuing discuss ion, seemed to agree with the baSIC 0Pllmi sm

Recent meetings

o f the panellis t s, !>ut expressed fears about the future sta te of tradlllonal smgllli> in Irish, about Ins trumental musIc other than dance music , and about the lonl,;- t er m effeC l s of the elec­troni c media .

THE ORANGE BAL L

Fionnual a Prosser

7 April 1984

The Orange Ball is an orga­nised socia l occasion of the Orange Order, Incorporating nlu.J l, wng, music and dance, and in the pas t he ld yearly in the lodges of the Order in the North of Ire land. It now takes place only in a few C€'n lres in Down. Antrim illld Derry, and is prac ticall y unknown to the genera l public. Fionnuala Pro'>ser (nee Scu llion) musicolo­gist wllh the Ul:.ter Folk Museum, has been sur veying the prac t ice in recent years, and has <1ttended the Bal! at the Orange hall of C raigll:!warren, Co. Antriln, where i t is at i t s stronges t.

The Hall is a ttended by men , women and children , and begins 1'.'1 th an hour or so of ordinary soc ia l danc ing . At midnight the t)rc thren in regdlia proCt!ss flom the lodge room car r ying a \·arJety o f ritual objec t s _ swords, lighted candles, mal le t s, com­mittee st icks - t o the m.lln ha ll and wllh fifer s and side drum­Illers playing. Fonnmg a Circle, ltlcy place the objech 011 the [lom In a fixed order. and in Chorus or with ~o lols t and

chorus , they sing in traditional style, unaccompanied, an Orange song. Typica ll y thi s celebra tes the deliver y of the Israelites from Egypt. After a series o f ri tual gestures and a . further procession , another Orange song is sung and the ceremony ends. There fo llows lurther soci al dancmg.

The Origin o f the Orange [\a ll is obscure. I t was certainl y III ellCis tence in the last centur y. Some of the songs used date I from the earl y 1800s, and some I of the emblems may 1::0 back to the inception of the Order in 1795 . The ceremony IS not part of the formal or ganisation of the Order , and high-ranking orrlcer s arc often UIl<lWiir e of its existence. Procedure and symbolism borrowed

sceln from

Masonic sources.

to have Or ange

been and

Fionnua!a ProsS('r will cont-rib~lte .n artic le ~ the Orange 13al1 to the nex t journal o f the Socie ty. Since her Visi t to Dublin, she has left the fork Museum to live ;n England, alltl wc wi sh her well '" her new

file/.ol.s ''' r oJ."

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t\M l-1QANtdOCllT ([5 t\M~IQA 1 N 1 NCt\ l~ ILC i~

se llnlnet'lr lee : 5 Dob e seo an trlu scil11inear lac ag an gCum.)nn. agus an chead cheann as Gaeilge. La bro idiuil don bhreis is Icath-c head duinc a bhl i la lhair: ceithre leacht ; raidhsc amhran ar thr il) agus 0 Va l 0 Flatharta, An Ceathru Rua; eomllril agus plc ar abhar an lac; eisiulnt ehaiseid Ceolta agus scanchas Thir Ch~ amhrain agu~ scealta traidisiunta i nGaci Ige is i rn l~ear la 0 Joe McCafferty, C loich Cheann-fhaolaoidh , eisiuint teabhra in Scanamhrain i g<:lo, bailitiehan de thcaCSilnna lua lha c l6bhuail tc, euid aeu le co:ol. Ta eoip den

beeiLainc 1984 leabhran a da i1eadh saor ill .)iscc leis an nU3chtlit ir sec a r bhaill den Chumann naeh raibh i lalhai r. I.. fc rdir coipcanna brcisc de. agus eoipeannn den chaisead, a chctlnnach on olfi~ (reach Ilh 19 ).

Ta buiocllas an Ch"is!e ag dui dt5ibh s iU<! a chabhraigh, So hairith e do Mhaebh ui Chear­bhallain a bhcathargh an s lua, agus do Mhichea l I-ioln.'es agus Harr y Uradshaw a nnne n<l himeach taf a thaifeadadh ill;!!S a chraoladh af na cJa racha r31dlo Leargas agus The Long Note laol seach.

Cat hal (j Halnle : 'T omes t1 Criomthain ClQUS "Cajs/ean UI Nejl1'"

An ch;:wi a thagra lonn an t-amhran<ll if chuid amhran d.) shaol fein, a bhl mar lheama ag Catha1 (') 1·I.:iinle , ollamh le Gaci lge i gCola l:ae na Trfonoide, I)ailc Atha Cliath. I.\'rad 'An t~Oj]('allach ' Tomas 0 Criornh­thain .. Sus U; Neill a

-- Oh"':~':n,;~::~~'~'hnnn~:n~:~::'~i don a I aitheanta a chnuasaigh amhrain agus a chum romnt vearsa l a r fho inn eholl iaJl ta . NI bhiodh leise!: ai r hrerthh',nas a thabhairt ar amhrall no ar amhran.ai. Is Illlnic a thugann

se ina lcahhair Clllltai s at na hOca.dl ceo.i a hhfodh al; mllin ­tir 11,;) mHlascaodai - ist'gh r dtigh tabhairne no amuigh !aom spCir 110 co is tealla igh.

I gcomhluadar 8rll1l1 ar ocaid den l sOrt i dtigh tabhairnc sa Damgean a thug se gra do chal lfn. InIon Dala igh Ini!' MI' icilcain I, agus bhl SI ag rci amhrain ; bparrt lena rmi tha ir, nos as an gcoitiant.lcht. 1)1\ , an ca; lin a/1.us TOlna" ;i Ilia lena chcile le tamall, ach r inl1eadh cleamhnas e ilc do Tholl,as agus gheill se do. Ag u acht do ins An to ; leallach ar oiche Ila

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bainise a r an Ollean, um IO ld 1878, delr Tomas: 'Is c seo an t -arnhran a durt ar mo phosadh fe in, agus III durt <teh e'. Tuganll :.e ansin sa bhullscr ibhinn ocht Ilcarsa den a mh, ';n Ca is­Ican Ut Nei ! l, a ll)hran ca ilin trClgth(' .

Dar le Calhal, dCls ab ca ·sin ag Tom;) s chun cas challin lre lglhe na hlnse a chur In lul da lueht clstt'<lchla. Is thar c hcann an chailln a dtllr! se an

f olllr.c6fJ I' jC ~ !1~n "(ns it'l 1 , !.l e ~ IJ"' ar /il," Nust.

IImhninaiocll t

l -arnhran agus e a chuiSIlJ fein. Nl lheadfadh se bheith <teh arnhlaidh rnar [citr e nach Jig­eadh focall arnhr~lI) thar a c hlu;).is gan ai rd a thabhair t ortl l U. 'Nl c hcapfa go r ilibh aon l e::onga in aon duinc elle sa ligh, beag no mor, no go raibh se crfochnaithe. 1)0 thug a raibh iS f igh slIas dOfl amhran dcanta e agus. ar an dlaobh eite, don amhnln nitle c,.

t ,,,.'dl,,u u.'" 1~" C I't s~o

~~~+Lr~~w rl'~· !I"i" (J""t.Z"i"t'; "·<lQ/,,,,dh '. I~. </1,,,,,, ''''~ IJi."""" .... - leat ._ .. .., ,.,;---..

~dil¥tt#fH t=J=i=g)r~ ~_,.; A·U'" l6.MO;~ ~':.,," ~~~.J'_-, t.I ' .. ..... 1 .0 'e ... <..'>' 'dir": ' jIW • .: .

Oliain IS an o!che a,cir, is e mo lean nach anoch t ata ann, An bU1lchaillfn sClmh deas do bhrcagfadh me :;cal"d ar a ghluin, I).:i n- imeoinl"l br! mo sccil duil IS bilolach na dtbnf<i dhow (l,n Go bhfuil mo gllr.:i ban n<' mo Ihreigean, Cl Dhia hh leghil is a Mhutre

nach dubhach.

Do gheallats-se re in dom go Do ghcallais m •• dheidh s ... n go Thug.us gc.,II,illlt III aghaidh

mbreagfoi mo IC.Jnbh a r dlUis, mbcadh aom ios idtr me agus tU;

an lac dholfl gur hi: tgea:;-sa leatsa

l\gUS foraoir mo run ,

tinn geil rdhubhach Hi an saQ I so al; teacht idir rne agus tu,

- CJi! It; Ailf" _,, . A~ c",..,6n. Ci H At ....... ".tU/, "l·o , .. .,..,.: .. "1",,,./

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Se6 irse Bodley: nglH?I the den

' Ornaidiocht agus an Hne amhranaiocll t traldi s .iunta'

ceoi 1 i

Bh! ~6irsc Uodley, u<lcht<lran ,Ill Chuma inn, ag pie lei s na cine.:ilacha ornaidloch", a ta le fail in amhranaloch! traidisiunta na tire , go ha irithc IJl amhran­aiocht as Gaeilge, agus a le iriu.

Ta se luras t<l go Icor idir­dhca lll a elhCan:;.mh idir ornaidl a9us :;.n line ceo!! s:;.n amhran­.:lh.>Cht tra ldlsi(UHa, ach ni Icor comharthal an chcoil chlasaicigh chun an t- idirdhealu S ill a chur ill IUt. Cc go mb!oon na ootal ccanna in orna idi an da shaghas cco", btonn rithi lll a n-(lrnaidl c-3g5ud . agus comh;u tha ! faoi Ic ith ag teastail uathu heir! . Ta coras nodanna cum! ha ap. Scoi rse ch\JI\ orn;:i idi an cheoil Ghaelaigh a bhreacadh (Ieal'h t:.igse chcol tire I agus Diann\lId 0 Muirithe TiiC'""""K i lrnore c."lrols, oAc 1982). "is e don scol;:me agus don hhfoghl,umeoir.

Trf phrlomh~,ho rt ornaidl ata ann: an crcinufC (mo.-dcnt), an casadh (turn) agus an I-urnota (grace-note").'" Ceanglaitcar le

chc ilc iad agus itnrl tcar gach sOrt brcachna~thc ort hu is Idelir , ach go gciOltcar le h idirchcin~ eann3 c";Ilsar<!.ch<'l.

Trid i5 !rld, is ![,Irce ind na ho rnaidi III arnhr.:inaloch! as BCar la (sampI3: Jack Ocvcreult. An Chill Mhor, co. Loch G"nnall) agus is [I(!irs! agu~ is cas t" iad in amllranaiochl mhall 5e3naimsear th3 CIIOn<l rnaf3 (sampIG : Scan Mac I)ono("h<l , an Aird Thoi r, Carna, co. na C3 1I1 imhc).

I)c ghnath. u:<aidlear an c rClIll lre u3chtar<lch nuall" a bhlOIlO an line ceoil ag ISlili, nil c re imi re locht3r;lch <\S\IS e ag •• rdti, agus !ag lM go d t i an casadh 0 oota nios Isle. Ach ta SO leor CiSCCilchta! ann.

o chomparald 3 rllll¥! Scoirsc idir se leag<l n den amhran Connachtach An C<l is idcach ban, is fe ir go bh[uil crlJ[h bunusach a~ an I>hfonn, cuma ("(; 11 t -amh­ran31 (,1.1 a chasadh.

Cathal Goan: 'Amhra _in 6n gcertlann '

M.,tr chr loch ar c tlllrsal na maidne, rug Cathal (;oal1, RT£, an lucht c istcachta le Js 3r thim­chuai rt n3 nGacltachta i i gcuid­eachta nmhranaJ1hc as car tlann RT£. Le irigh .w taifeadtai a bhi alge 0 thlls an chcid go dtl na 1')60 [ an saluhreas amhran a tii tagtha s la ll 0 cha ithcamh na mblian t;l . Chual<othas Ta lll iur an chrol mhoi r 0 Waiter Power, n ;'l Iki.-;t:;~, (Of-liS 0 L.lbhr.:is o Cadhla, n:, [)CISC l'n7; ,II.n

~pc i rhhroJiIlJle<!.11 bl lea~adl 0

Ph.idral!; 0 r,,;)m;) . etul 1\011h;) 1950; An bi ns ln luachra 0 .'lhcJn o I)ongl"l.ule, Corca DhUlbt ,ne 1960: Talfnsc irn ("hodl3dh " ~tlofiin 6 COlsde<llbha, Cill "hcath3f"h, co. all Chlalr 191.19; 0 I'll.ld(ty Dcvi lt, Shabh ('<I!1aUl , co. an Chlair 196~ ; Eileanor na n·m <> Cholm (~""5i0liI1~ GiTr.scc , COll«m3r« 191.1'1: An Chl;, lc«nll 6 Tho1l)a~ 0 Gallchol'r," Acarll 19501; All drOlshnc.:io

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8

oonn 0 Clochan Amhr1ill

PIJ;idro.11K 0 Ilaoill, An Liath 1931: agus

an 1Sillj'llrl 6 Ellls ui

Chcarnaigh , 1968.

IImhrana iocht

An Ulascaod Mor

Af1geJa Partridge: 'An an bai lHlteoir :

t- amhran , Seamus

an t-amhranai a9u5 £n1l15 i gCarna '

I ~lrlnc Angela Ilarlridge cur SIOS, On;! chuid 1;'1 agus ona leabhar cmn lae, af an gcead da thura::; il rinnc Searftus Ennis go Canl(t, I 191'2 , ar rothar, 31i" bailll] <lmhr';n. Chailh se m l an;.in 6 laT LllnaSil agus rnr cUe cl l;:i( mhl na Samhna , agus lhOSil iKh se ar an obalr bhaih­thco.reachta sa cheantar a IC<ln go dti Sllr cllUlf se le ct.cile ':111 bailnichan is rno d'amhniin Chonarnara da ndcar­ll;Jclh riamh, aglls ata fos gan eagarth6i readH, gan foilsi.l.

1h09 Ennls 1)(, amhr an san 311 6 LUlla::;a go Mean Fomhair, ach ba lease ICls dui ann an chcad la bhi an aimsir go hainnlS agus nl mlnh se lein ar f~namh. Bhl a IIlIOS alJ;e 0 !:.horcha Ni Ghu'lIrim go raibh IOllnadoiri ionta<: ha ar oilean FJ(lhllise, clann She.:llnin Choi l~ lOin Mllic Dhonncha, aeh de tholsc na sine nlor bhuail se leo 1;0 eeann I<:lInaill. Nuair a bhuall. rcitlgh se nlos fearr leis na Inna na lels n;] ftr, aeh 'unir ~C dha Kor amhnin on gclann Iri cheile. Tii Mal;gie , an Inhathair, le cioisinl a r ehcirnin a r inncadh deieh mbliana ma dhialdh sin, ag ra Duin du 0 delghdllo, amhran saolhair . CllIur malsllr scoile on an fonlladcllrl 011 Alrd Thoir in ,mime d'Ennis, agus thog se go leor uathu sular fhlll se ar Uhillle Alha eli;]! !I, go halrithe o Nalll Mhaire Ni Ghriofa, an l -aOIl amhrallat sa che<tntar ag a

raibh na hamhrain Chcannailhe. Ag OireaclHas na hhana 1942

chas fnms ar Shcosamh 0 ht:anai 6n gCodlin, ai t idir Ca rna agus an Aird Th<>ir. Rug o ht:anaf an c he .. d dWHS le is on gcomorlas amhranaloch ta, agus chuaigh Ennis a fhad le IS nualr a thainlg se ar alS go Conamara ml n;] Sam!ma. Romnl de na hamhraln a thug 0 ht:anai uaidh • !lea l an Alha oUI, Roi s ln dubl!. An buinnean bUI, Seachran Chearbhaitl - d'fho!:hlalln se iad o Shean Choilrn Mac Donneha, amhranai aer<tch c ltiilcaeh on Aird Thoir. Fu .. ir Ennis 26 Amhran 0 Shean Choilm , agus bhl se breii sas la leo: 'an ceol lS fcarr agus is udarasai de chuid Chon<tmara a thainig i mo IllfCO go loi ll'.

nlli Angcla, ala anois l11a le .. ch toir le G<tcil~e i gColalsle 1\3 hOlhcoilc. Ilailc Atha C lialh. Ill" c6nal gceanlar Charna Ihan fan mbtiain 1975, agus Ihog si fein ceol, ar thelp, 0 inlonacha Nal11 Mhairc (leaeh gg:.e cheol tire ) agus 0 Ciioilin ban agus 0 I)hara Ban , mi c bhana Ic Scan Choihn. Chua lamar Coilin ag ra Una bhan dgllS An Sllisin ban, agus Dara ag r<l Cc-alal an ChUl1 chraobhaigh (Ieis an vcarsa ' A Sheain bhain, ca mbionn IU?', vearsa lIaeh ralbh ag daoine c ite). Is cosui l gur hhrailh siad coiuhncas icli r na hamhrain sin agus a gcas fem.

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Breandan Brea thna ch : ceoi 1 '

'Foinn amhrain B r ghleasBnnai

Phlc igh Ore<lndan I3reathnach an tsnmdhm ala bn st(' idir eeol mall !'!irlise sa tSC<lnaimsir a~us CE'ol den tsaghas s!n sa chcad seo, agus an bhainl ala a~ an da chineal le romn amhrain. Mar ba dhual do chathaolrleach NPU, piobairl a bll; mar sham­plai aige.

Luch l oirfididh is mo a bh i mar lidai r ag l3unt in~ 5,1 cheol a scriobh se sios. I dlUair im Phetrie, nl fheadfai leagan ceart d'rhonn a scriobh 5i05 ach o amhranai, mar COlllnlonn nthim na bh foca l smacht ar an amhranai, III hc fearacht all cheo ltora e, a bhfuil eead " chinn eige, agus IS ag iarraidh c rein a chur os comhair an pho­bail le fiantas a chuid cheoi l agus le fl oscaiocht.

Ar amhara; an lsaoil , la dha tha lreadadh (os le fail 0 dhci readh na hao!se seo caile inar fC ld ir beir! phiobaire a chloisini ag gal>hall fhoinn leis na seilnmhodhann<J seanma, IIlicheal 0 5!i!l leabhain (Mic; Cumixi) 0 cho. Chiarrai duine diobh, ag seinnl Gol /la mban 5.an ;ir , c uid de phlOsa Ina Gclois­"'iCaT"Cupla u:lir an srulh ceo.1 a chua la Joyce ag piob;'!ir ' lar an chc!d seo coli le, agus a thainig on gc lai rscoi reach l , <Iar leis. An slil sin a bhi Pir,olt ag !arraidh .. chur i gccill nuair a so iobh se fOlnn na n-amhrall i Pocts and poetry 0 1 Munster (an chead sraith. 18119). Dan Markey 0 coo, Ltl an dara piob.:me. agus lonn an amhnlin QirdHII an ChreaBi!!.l aigc. Is dOlchi go r~l!bh foca il an amhrain m all;ne aige, Illar chloigh se ~o docht leo, ag dun;;t(Ih an t«('ilmsuir a~ dcireadh f,;ach IlflC agus gan

sru th cco d ar blth aige. IYfheid­ir go mhiooh an o;i stil ag an aon phlob<llre, ach (i'imip,h sm <lgus Ihamig ~eo,

An chuid is n.o Of' na foinn mha Ila a hhioclh agu~ a bhiolln le cto! sint ag felSeilnrl.l agu~ fleadhanna 53 chead sea, is 0

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!~~~f:"~'~~b~"~!l sa c heol, go gfuaiseacht an -ca~ca ann .

agu~ nach 1\0 ma llh a radl<ldh na focad le is. Mar Icia hi chual­ath<ls Johnny Doran a~ scinm An chuileann agus 51iabh na mOan.

Fcictear do I\hreandan f,;ur ca!lleadh pC traidlSlllin SC;lnm3 a I>hiodh ann S<ln ao!s $('(I cane agu~ go gcaitear ~til a chruth!l as an nua chun fomn ;lmhr<l.n il

shcinm ~o btalar ar llirt!s! ceod , Don phlObairc mhol se ciscam­lair Wi ll ic Clancy ag SClnn. The I:recn linnet, fonn amhraina d'fhogh lairn se ona aint!n, agus a fa lbh na focal I go crllinll ')lge, Thug an tuisdn! sin cruth agu~ fOlrln don bh/onn. I ~ mor an ais do cheol lo;r vcarM ,"nhrain a bheith a!ge chun !la bc im(';:lnna a fha d.

Ni aontaionn Brean(lan ic­rait!'a:; Phclric go rnhiOll1l an ceot fcm ag cur mothu clgin m lul, agus nach feidlr c a ~hemm i gceMt gan rncm an dlcoil a thulsclrlt. Ni ghcdleann sc ach oiread don bhan!il go bhfuil ~cea l le hmslrlt ag Imm amhr.iin 10lSC lisaid an natha 'abai r ambr.]II ', a(;us go bldui' ar an gccol lolr aird a thabh;:ur t ar an sccdl Sin.

10 Amhranaiocht

Paineal

Tar els we bhl pie gearr brlomhar ann faoi ahhor an lae. Painealaithe Virginia 1~lankell­horn, <ltnhranai agus leaclltoir le Gacilge, ~hlire Bhrcathndch, tidlcir agus IC<lchloir le c('ol, I1reand.in 0 l\,Iadagain, ar ... hranai agus ollarnh le Gaeilgc, <l chuir 'liS k· diospOireacht, agus Angela Partridge a bhi sa cath­aoi r. Cei~teallna orruildiodna.

dealraionn se, ha m:.6 a 11lIgh .H aigne daoine, aeh plcadh roinn ! eile d'imlhosca na harnh­ran"iOc/lla: ocaidi, bri, cad "\ i ndan d l. Rinne Maire trach! <lr chursa ethnomusicologr ar a t>hfuil si ag !rcasta! . mBeal Fei rste faoi latl~air, agus ar thabhacht a lellhclde do staid­ear ar an arni)r;)naiocht.

vsl 0 Flatharta

As an gCaoran Mor, An Cheathru Rua, Conamara, a Ih<linlg Val 0 Flalharta chllgainn. Ni amhranai e aui go mar moeal phobaJ Fodhla mar 11 ) Ininic it fhagann se an bailc, aell IS <lmhranai dell scolh e , fear mar Ihar an Irl scar le guth laidir flnealla. seans l lI na I~.:iitc aigc agus roillnl da chuid fein inl i. Chan se Bean an (hir rua, Sicini Bhrld Eamoilln, Cuakhm-Gillcann Ncifin, 1\1)

sceilpil) drolglmcach, agus Roisin dubh. Bhi Vu l liar an tslua arrs nios dcireanai san oiche ag selsiun amhniniliochla a lean go mean-oiche sna Four Seasons, Sniid Chapel.

B'c Anril! 0 f3 raon.5in a chuir Val in ai t llne don chomll­luadar, agus la ar mbuiochas al), dui do aglls do R!onach UJ 6gain agus Jackie Slnall a d'eagra igll an clluair t.

Nlochs 0 CenrlJ"aJ HI'1

The seminar on 'Singing and Songs in I ri~h' , reporled above. was atl"nded by aoolJ l fifty members and non-members. FOlJr papen deal l wilh: Tomas ('; Criom lhain (aulhor 01 The is landman)' and the meaning which Ihe love song 'Caislean UL Neill ' may have had for him in his own tile (0 Hainle , 10 be published in a fuller version in lrisleabhar Mha Nuad; Ihe ornamentation of Ihe melodic line in Irish fo lk wng, par t ICularly in Irish and in Connemara (Bod!e}'); song collecting, Carna , Connemara, by 5eamlJs Ennis and. afte r some thirty years, hy the alJlhor (Par t­ridge), Ihe playmg of song airs, rela t ion of Ihe song 10 instrlJ­menial rendilion, and Ihe Slaws of the praclice as a traditLon (Brealhnach). Olher fealures were ' a reci tal of archiva l record­Lngs (Goan) , a panel diSCUSSIon o f Ihe day's programme, and a !,,,e recita l by a visiting singer from Connemara , Vat 0 Fla­thana, of whom a video was also made in Trinny College DlJbhn. For the casselte and book!el PlJbli~hed at Ihe seminar sce pp. IS ,1"d 12, and for a flJller reporl of It in English , DolJglas Sealy in Soundposl 20, JlJne - JlJly 1984 .

Ceol Tire 26 " ANNUAL GENERAL MEETI NG

The Annual General Meeting was held on ') June 19811. Elected to the committee were Seoirse BOO ley Chair man, Caitlin ui I!igeilrlalgh '·Ion. Treasurer , Nicholas C':lrolan I-Ion. Secretary, Brc.:.ndan Greathnach, Cathal Goafl, Tom Munnclly, Proins las o Contuain, Hugh Shields. AI a ,s\lbsequen t commit. tee meeting Alf Mac Lo<:h lainn (G<.lway), John Moulclcn (Port rush) and Nollaig 0 hUrmol taigh {l}e lfas t} were co-oplCd to the. committee .

After the adoption of the

minutes o f t he 'prevIous AGM , the lion. Treasurer's r('po' \ , and Ihe Hon. Secrelary's report, ways and means 10 increase membership were d iscussed "t length. It was decided that the Society'S subscription rates should stay a t their prest'nt le ve ls . Thanks was expressed \0 the Arts Counci l lor Ih con­tinuing suppor t, and congra tul ­ations extended to NPU for their success in the refurbishing of 15 Hellfl e tta Street.

Hlcnolas C.,roJ.,

WORK AT 15 HENRJ[TTA STREET

The labours o f 'refurbi sh­ment' are reaching a chmax in "Ienrietta Street and will cer­tainly be complete before those of the N<l t ional Llbrilr y. Mean­while. our lIleetings will con­t inue to use the pre mises of Na Pioba iri Uilleann , where wc a re very g lad to have an address

and local point of our activity. A telephone will soon make for even better communica tion.' Members who at tend the next meetl!1g get the ex tra bonus of see ing in progress some of the work invo lved in res tor ing a fine early Gt:orgian bui lding.

MO ' CHfOL ' THO

Twen ty-one long years wi ll have seen the appearance of twen ty-one issues of Ceol, a journal o f Ir ish mus ic , everyone of them edited, and often out o f his pocke t, by Brcanda n Breathnach. His friends would li"e to mark the twent y- ft rst issue - to appear be fore the end of the ye.:.r - by mak ing 11 a la rger than usua l onc , and a leaf let invi t ing su bscr ip llons to this cnd has gone round some bu t perhaps not all members. The idea is to ask for a higher than usual subSCrip t ion to the

ac tual number, and £2.50 IS proposed. More will of course be welcome, but , as With nine­teenth·century effort s at print ing the Anc ient Jl. lusic , the really va luable th ing is to ha ve an income assured in advance by we ll-wishers. Petrie was not all tha t succe:.sful, and Ford" gOt only d iS.Jppoin tment. Let' s see what the more affluent twentie t h, cen tury can do!

Contribu t ions , wi th name and addres:. please, to Nicho la:. Carol,m, 15 Hcnnetta Stree t , Dubl in I.

12 Seanamhrain i geld

'IRI SH DANCES'

1\ pioneering collection 0 1 tcn se t dancc~ f rom around the coun tr y . rni.lclc and edlled by memher Terry Moy lan , was published in M i ltown Malb.ay during the Wilt ic C lancy Summer Schoo l. FigtJres and steps

are minute l l' descri bed, <lnd represen tf'd by a new dance notillion devised by the editor .

Available from NPU, 15 Hcnriclta Street , Dublin I a t 0.75 post frec.

Sce ".14 f or ~n IJlu.' \ r8 tiQn

FIFTH UL5rER-~MERICAN HERITAGE SYMPOSIUM

This event took place at the New Uni vC' rsuy o f Uls ter , eolcra ine . on t ~ ) Augus t. It included a session un folk music \0 which con trihtltions wcre mode by Sl eph.Jnic Perrm 'The Scotti sh, Iri sh and Appalachian

folk-song traditions: connc~l i ng l inks' and by our cornrmltcc member John Moulden 'Alneri ­c<ln influences on an Uls ter fo lk song co llec t ion' (that of Sarn Henr y).

' SEAN- AMI'/RAIN I gClD 1716- 1855'

This is a twc! ve-p..lge collec tion of reprinted song- tc)(ts in Iri sh, with melodies, that originally appeared down to Pet r;e 's edition of 1855. It gives an idea 0 1 the va r ie ty 01 kinds o f ea rl y publica t ion, usmg type- faces tha t range from e legant and o ft en s triking Gaelic to c rufle broadside prrnting in roman. ft a lso i llustra tes the kmd of S(lngs that got into pr int at tha t period . and the related fa c tor of literacy in Ir ish. See also below. Pri{:e 50r .plus postage 22p.

' EDI .. ION AN CHNOC '

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Ceol Tire L6

More vari ed every yea r the \lhJlie C lancy Summer Schoo l 0 0 June· 9 July 1984) added thi s year to it s range o f activities a session o f real st(\rytelllllg and a Singing work­shop which is descnbed be low by Kitty Shlclds . A new Yolume of DA l gCA IS appeared (no 7) edi ted by Harry I-I u~~hes , and Terry Moylan's ml5H D,\NCES was a lso pub­lished and is now obtuinable from 15 I·lcnrie tta Stree t bee p. 12 ). D,\ l gCA IS is on sale at Miltown Malhay, co. C lan:, price £4: write to Muiris 0 ROchain.

SINGING AT MILTOWN

At th is year's Wi lhe C lancy Summer School the school's !irst Singing Worbhop took place, tucked away in the old West C la re railway slation , now part of the Central Hote l annexe. The idea of a s inging workshop fIllght conjure up ideas o f hideous uniformit y, for instance , a choir o f singers burs ting forth on Mi ltown Ma lb.ly , all perform­ing in perfect unison a song in Connem<lra seannOs. This was far from being the case.

The aim o f the workshop was to bring about an apprecia­tion of tradit ional song and of the fea tures which make it traditiona l. The mornings began wilh a ta lk on the hist orical bac"gro\md of Irish songs with taped examples played by Tom Munnelly. Fal se assumptions , such as the Arabic or unique nature of Iri sh song, were de­bunked, while Virginia Blall"en­horn deplored the pervasive modern trend of ' inyis lble guit ars ' in unaccompanied song. A great diversi ty ol types of song was covt:re d: Iri sh, macaronic , i\nglo~rrish love songs, ba llads common with t he Eng li sh tradition.

Aller a break the c lass members sang and rece ived I>ositive advice from This hour was soon

Vlrgmia . dubbed

'V Irginia's c linic '. The c lass contamt!d people o r vastly differ­ing origins and exper ience. The Important thlllg was for each 10 slIlg Cl song of Ill!. or he r own c hoice; and the main lesson learned by alt was that once conventions were obser ved there was broad scope lor indi VIdua l choice and s tyle. I~u t the most c)(c itlllg hour was Ihe laSI onc o f eac h tnorning when singers were brought in who camc from all over Ire land: Donega l, Armagh, Galway, C lare, Fer~

managh, Limerick , Cork, [)ublin. The singers were: Phi t Ca lle ry, Muireann Duignan, Frank 1-I41 rte, Tom Lemhan, .10hn Lyons, Gabriel MacArc1le, Sc an 'ac Dhonncha, Paddy Joe MacMahon , Malf(!ad Ni MIl<"lona lgh, Antame o Far<lcha in, Gerry O' I~e llt y , Roisln WhJle. Th!;: tr" dltion they shared a s welt a s regiona l differenccs and their mdlYldual persona lit ies were there 10 be seen and heard 111 Ihe fl esh.

AI the end o f the week , on a hot S<.Iturday afternoon, we a ll posed ou tside the annexe for a 'Class o f KIt ' pho tograph, rememberll1g no t only Tom's fmal exhor tallon 'to go forth :.i ngmg' but the o ther ma m lesson whic h wa~ to go for th listening as well.

Proi nslas a Conlua l n

PROINSI AS 0 CONLUAIN

Proi nsi<lS 0 Cl>n luain, com ­m i tt ee member ann founding member o f the Society, re tired r ecen t ly f r om a li fe ' s .... ·or k o f prOflucing de l i~h t fu l , instru<: t ive and per manen tl y va luaoie pro­grammes for RTE r ad io.

I'ro insias's spec ial in t erest in Irish and h is e)Cperience o f the cu l tura l affa ir s o f the Gae l­tac ht marked hi m as an eminent ­ly proper c hoice for the Chair ­m(lnship 0 1 t hi s year's O i r-each!<ls

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n...1 nGae l, t o be held in Gwee­dore . His abi di ng inter est in f o lk music wa~ a lso rcr.ogn i7.cd when he was asked t o preside th is year over t he Wi Jlie C lancy Summer Schoo l III Mi llown Malbay (scc p. 1 J); h(' was of course an ac ti ve ly par ti c ipa t ive, and no m("re ornamenta l , presi ­dent. We look for ward to his continuing pa rticipa t ion in si m i lar even ts and projec t s.

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Ceol rIre 26 15

' THE WEDD ING OF BALL YPOREEN'

The controversial VISit 10 Ire­land 01 Presldent Reaga n r~vi­ved inter es t Ul the ba llad of 'The Wedding of Il allyporet::n'.

This was one of the popular street ballads of the nineteenth cerHury , printed on ballad shee t s and chapbooks. It even travelled w i th Irish immrgrants 10 England and A merica. r have a slip ballad prin ted in M;)n­chester and a Dubli n chapbook version printed In Capel St reet. I t was also pruned in the more subst1.ln lla l cheap songster books c ircu la ted In America , and I have i t in The Rose, Shanlrock, and Thistle Song Book; The Son ~ of t he Old Countr for the People of the Colonies sic print ed in New York around 1840. In modern times It has been kept 31ive in the Mercier I}ook of old Ir ish strect ballads edited by James N . lieal y (vol.) , 1969).

A ll these versions arc w i th­out music, bu t the air was the well -known 'Ha linamona Ora' r e­produced here from I lam i lton' s universal t une-book (voI.2) prin­ted in Gla~gow, 1846. There is also a more genteel version

For all Its popularr l y, 11 has to be admit ted that till S IS not a grea t ba llad. It is the stan·· dar d Paddywhackery o f Iht:: ' Lanlga n's Ball ' t ype, b\H good hln for a singing pub, particu ­larly In Ihe jo llifi c<lIlons at I}allyporecn.

An up- to-the-rnrnu te r eprint in broadSide for mat was put OU t

by t he Trmity Closet Pn:~s a) a handpr inted 11 1" x I S" sheet ." Th, s ~ersioll c laIms 10 be re­prllHed from The c)(ilc of [ nn's sonssw( Philade lph ia c. 1850, but i f you rcad 1\ c;;lrefull}l }IOU Will find I1 is a c unnlll& c.:oll\( lbHtion to the C alnpaigll against Reag;;ln, Sll1CC the fOHrlh ver se which lists the guests a t thIS shenanlgan mentions 'Black Thady, and crooked Reagan'. The or iginal version i s 'Ol ... ck Thady , and crooked M<lCI:;<:'IlIlIS'. An artfu l propaganda souvellir for American viSitor s. Maybe Ihis subtle al terallon Will pa)S

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Joe McCaffcrty II\I('~ on an u I,lnd ho~ a felY milt's from his nativ(' place I}Joody Foreland, ! le west "corner o f Ireland. H is first language i~ Irish, the language o f his stones, fo lklore, prayers and m,)"y of hi~ songs. Hr a l50 has many son~s in English, some o f them perhaps learnt dUring work in Eas t Donegal .. od in the North of I~ril"in.

This lillX' nf Joe presents the widest range o f his musIc and words in both l,mgtJagc!;: songs of lovc , ('migr illion, shipwreck . song~ local .:md widespread, a r e f lr,tOUS sOIlR of death ritual, an e arly Ell r, lish ball(ld, an In ~h OUtiOlIV song and it s story, ve r se~ III lighter V('IIl, slorie~ of fai r y lore, o f t ri c king the d('vil, of brothers' rivalry -inlc("ational tale t ype~ - of topographical legend, prayers and lea ve­taking forllluldS in Iflsh.

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tn;)\e r ial com lort but is lull 01 respect for language a nd its o ld tradit ions. His girt for words is evidell t in the commilled tension of hIS singing and the runaway excitement o f his stories.

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