Scemh. " Ch ....... nn Ch,ol TiroJ hreann

1I , .al,t t er oC tha Folk ~ .... sic Soeiety of Ire1Lnd

It.U I tne:.mb l'JaO

o , , , , , Recen t ~" tlnga l

":Ballade I n En&l1ah In t h, Oult.Cht"

" Sb.a..Ii:,.pear. ' . '.'oollen plpea'ft

"lIuaic ot til e Pontine Oreeks "

s

"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 he a ring

CradallJ She~I" ut Bw..olll/The SeLn 0 Boyle award

,.,. , , , , 5 6

10

'0 W

n

" 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, gentrification?

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·

, " CEIIERAL II E ETIIIQ

of tl:e Socl, t y .. 111 tu. place tl:1 e year et 8 p .... on Sa t ... rdlLJ' :?8

JWI' In the n , w Geo r glLn headquartere ot lI a P{obair! Uilleann, curr­

ently undor!!,otllg r estoraticn , at 15 lienrietta St , !lubUn 1.

Election. ot Chd">"" , lien . Secr.tary, Hon . Treasurer, and a h : eo­

mitt ....... b.re .ill tnke place . 1i"",lnaUons .bc ... ld r each t he lion .

Secretary, lilcholau Carclan , 151 Cla r ... on t Cou r t , Clasnev1n , Dublin

11 , b1 Saturda1 :?l JWle 1980 . Onl)' paid-up .. embere may be Propond

Or . a )' p r opeea e r . econd nom i nationa.

A homal ), and provl donal d,cor ..t 11 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. Ulll eann and the Sociaty ..... d t hd r fr ian dB.

, ~Sb.ort oon1rlb"tlon.~

s ;/ 0 a T CONTRIBUTIONS

An evening of ahort contribution s froll> .. e mber" took place In BUBwe11'"

Hotel , Mole s lll o rtb. St, Dublin, on II 4prll.

B a. 1 1 " d 11 , " Engllab , " , , . i'roln~i. .. ~ 6 Conl"",ln presen ted """' .. n" .. ple" of D'lgll",l>-lane,:uagll ball­

ads ,,'hich 1: .. c oll ected In the )) e)ntlgal Gaeltacbt e of Owudor<! and hn"d

1111(\ on Inl 8 hee r off Oelway. It b.all bee" bill lI~l' .. r 1ence tb."t " """,ber

o f sue" ballad .. are fOWld in IrI8b-spea'dn.,: are&s , "" .... dally tb" lit­

lan dll . Tile 80n l;II li re usu" lly of nln e te.,ntb-century ori g in snd orton

r efer t o l oca l av 'm t " , sucb. 89 th .. s hootin g of Lord L,,1trlm Or " Bun­

b.,g drOl\n!n" t ragedy .

His Done;;,, ) ulnt;erB , ],IIllr18 TO<II li ed llcBrid .. o f Ow ... dore (Tb" b"nks

o f Kilrea , 'the dru",,,,.r boy from 'listerIa,,) and S~an ," ,, 0 Conaslalgb o f

F"n"d ('rh .. Arra~",ore d1a,~Bter) . "ang deed)' Md with Wlderll tandlng or

th~ F .. n.::; Jish ~ol"ll .. . t' cBrlde ' e Bong, which be hod !rom hili ,"otbe r, doubt>­

less ",ncred Gwe e doJ'e from th" EnerHsh-s"..aklner e rea" or D"rry "nd Tyr-

00" •. b,re I)one<:.~ l peeple went on nervic .. .

I'ad r slc 6 Orief" of Inillhee r 6/lner 'rh .. dellerte r and Farnwell, desr

Brin, I r.o;>· ,"ust lea v" y ou In a heavy accent~d e tyle , WllH.e that of

Oa1.·" y sin ,; ine in Iri ~h . These 80ntl8 probsbly Came to hlro via America

.. here mnny Ar an e lnc ero learned Englleh-lsngu"ge song ...

---- - - -'.0011en pip" ,,'

IIlchol"8 C~roh.n docwr,ented tbe history of th" erroneou" lC:ee tb .. t

Sh"k .. 9pe e, re r e f e r ... ,d to the uilleenn pipe" and that they ther"for" b ....

l<mg to the si xtee nth century. Th .. Id .... "roe" frOlll .. sugl;"e 11on or

sbout 11 8 A "'lOde by the " ntlq,u"rion Cherlee V&l lency t b"t th" 'woollen

beGpl p,, ' to which S~.akesj>(l .. re referred In tbe !l e rcb~nt of Vllntce .. " e

in fact the Iri s h IIlbo", or uille .. nn PiPe. Tbe surm1ell ga1ned currencl '

tb~ou8h th~ !irst b<>ok on Irleh mua1c , Josepb Cooper Walker'a ~_

cat 1J]~[loire of tb .. Irish bards (1786) , end wUrv\vlld untit the bel>lnning

of thi." centur;y dlen it waS taken up and ciroulat ed fo e .. certainty by

w. H. Cratttll' Flood, 1n spite o! tbe lack o! any evidence, and in aplte

or the dlcnce o! e ll r eputable &uthor1Uea on tile eubJect . Tbe ide ..

C • 0 I T { r • J

contln~ •• 1t • • ~l . tanca, 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. made at aheepakin wlth the t1.,0. tu..".d out.ards .

---.---- --

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 clvl11 aa110n, Including it a ~elct

.nd their mudc l e certdnly e(>al. kllld of r.pr ....

• entetion of early European .. ueic. Tb.ir cbi.f

inat r"",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

fou rth •• 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 re a pree&.d voi~e. Th. Inatru~ent,l mu eie l e

v" r1 bus y, end of .~all compa ••.

~~R{llre ,. , ,. T. g. • " "

, , , 0,

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 the bietory at the co .. p.ny'. involvem.n t .ith

• "B.. T. B. A rc h lv • • " ." e l o"

the reco rdi ng end broadcas ting ot IriBb traditiona l mu ai e and song, and

Il lus tra t ed tba work of t t s coll ec t ors and tbe range of .. a t orl.1 be Id by

&. aelec ti on o f Ht U ..... ltno.m recording • •

Sin ce t~ .. f ound uti on of N"d i <> fire,."" 1n 1926 , tradi ti ona 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 fo r OI",kin ., acota t e d1808 b ee"", • • vath.bla . 11.­

co r ding ..m ft .... guln .. bas l e b a.,,,,, . ·Ub tba introd uction of t be Mobtle Rtt­

cording Uni t 1n 19t.7 . Tb l e fl r e ! ., ... de fi e ld re cording poe Bibl", on a e .....

ta t.> ""d la te r on tap .. . Thr ough tha work of Sa ... ue Enn! . , 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!ii n 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 ,Y ear . 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 collect i n g

\\~ v h:·" .. ly done by Cinrin L: .. c ;:a t h{,na . Ke tnve lled " Ide ly end broad-

C .. ll t e r t"~$lve l J. Although th \ .. a ct i 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

~erva 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 :sy s U :n,.tic arc hiva l dlm~na1on , being done prl"erlly for

b roddcas t lng purp08e .. .

Si nce the ol1 d- 60n t he r~eoTdlng <> f .. udc ha a e lowed do"" , a8 the I n­

creasi ng aV8il a bllity o f c OOl .. a rclal r a cording 8 h88 l e 888n e d t he preas ur8

on fi nd i ng bro"dcaa t .... t .. ri a L But 80",a fI ald r ac<>:rdtng haa al"e,ya ba""

don e, an d Pr o1neiaB 6 Conlualn c on tinue. to c Ol l a c t e <>nga .nd lIIu a ic In

t he CQ"u ~ t of docuuntery r8cor<l ing . 'fhe lon g note ( RTE R"d10 1, .lion­

day .. 7-7 • .4 5 p • ., . ) .u staln. the tr"dl tion of b r oadc .. s t pr og r a..,. u , and

Rub of .. e .,o ry ( do . , Fr I d ll.)'a 7 . 30- 8 1' ... . ) ra- plaY8 tntarn ting nlec­

tions of cI d rscord l ng" f roe t be Archive a.

'I'b .. Sound Ar chivea we r e e& t up 1n 1968 under t he Dupe rvl a i on of Dia r­

~u i d Bre~t~~acb. surviving ac .. t a t e& an d f ield a n d broadcaa t t ape , o f

.. 11 ca tago r i ea .er a copi ed and t he .or~ o f i ndexin g begun . Altboug b

.. uch . a a los t I n t he pr oced i ng decadaa , tbe hold l nga <> f t r adltl<>nal

munie r am .. ln l .. pr' aa i ve. The i ndexing of dance .. ua tc i . now In pr ogr •••

and it i a intended t h a t t h .. e ong. "Ill Abo b , tully Induad. Tha d1-

C , 0 1 T { r • , vlr.1 ho14inge ot individual produ~er. erl bl i 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 b l ~,d' 'vailabll

~om~lrci,l ly or t hat t b, public .ill blIvI .cc •• , to it.

Catha} pla1ed r l CONUng' ot S"lIU8 Ennh and (o(obbh 11,2121021 (p1P.a).

Pedrdg O'" .. te . »en1, MurphJ', Joha Dohe rt1 (f1dd l .. ) . 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

1 Ni ohol., C, r olan

ot El1.en Co, tall o ' 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. .oI ••• tp .... I ••••• ' .... ll . . .. . ........ . ~. t-· ...... 1 ...... _ •• S· , .... :

... , .~ .... 'i_ .. ................... " .... ,., .~.

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! . )I, .... ,.. ~"". !·",coI:;.C.

I. ' ... J .... . '."'_'. 4'1'k!. ••• ,.. 4 h.,_~~. T" .• ~ '

F..~_""" .... ...l ... " ....... W,

I. S ..... ,. I I .... . ~ " r .I ....... , ........ I._~ ~., '"' ,,,. !, ... I, ... ,· ..... ;oc ,· ........ 1 ,.L.· II .. . I.,.,."j,,~ Iora .. 1o.

•. 'n .. , .• "~,, 10 .,· , •• 1",1.

H, " 10, 1, .... . ,,' "'''''1 I \ ..... 0. .. ....... h <o ."" ~~ .....

Wid<. ,,",,_" ."." .... ".1< ..... •. ~ •• ;r l ..... '. , _ .. n~ l'-o._'.~ .~ .•• _1.1 1 u.... . " .. _ .... " '" I.P IW_ W .......... , ............... ,-.

"T h • Do... .~

"T I! E D 0 V E"

ro t he ~ay 1191 le8u8 of the DublIn maaa~ine Anthologla bibemicel

a

~rief a rticle _as contributed by Th.ophllua (al l&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 eenul ee 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. poe try 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 jus tl c 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 •••

Tua r guil , a chuil", . do cbeol ,

~. o c!.roidhe nl beo dba bhri gh ,

Do b br eacai& .. 0 dhe;' r 0 .. r06g ,

TruHeb nacb ad tho" t do bhie t

Li ten.l 'fran$lat l on in I'r08e.

Pre sage of laClcntation , 0 : do ve, is tb.y .. u81" ,

J.!y he art " not alive fr o" ita fore.,

Tbou ba8 t flattered ~y t.a r (rom mi n • • y . ,

Sad t b~t it 1,. "o t i n tb.y silence tbou bad's t 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 depa rtment I muet belt.v. i t "orr .ct . 4

Fa" i n g t be a r ti"l e i 8 tbe "URic gi ven on tb, n.z t Paee . 5

The chi.f 1n t e r e8 t of tbL8 piec. 1. that it aeaoclata . aD Irla h

-c , 0 1 T { r ,

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<1.1 , Such

a • • oc1at10n. are e z-

tr • .,ely r a re, The pO e .,.

of whicb tb, :!'ira t

v, r ae only la given by

O 'Flann~gan. hae b.en

edite d by T, p, O'lah-

1lly , 6 He auppoeu the

poet to be a ", ,,.b,r of

tb , ba rdlc O'De l y re ....

ily an~ tb. caa tl . to

b . tha t cf tba O'Lough­

I1na near BallYVaugban,

co. Cla re, and aa81~ a

the pea" to the ea rly

a.v.nt •• ntb century.

Tbe me tr • • a loos e

form O( r o.nna{ocht

.,hor, l e s uffici ently

co",pler to make it

va ry unlike ly t ll.& t lbe

Tbe .. uaic to which 1r18h and Scottl . h .yl1e bio ver.e wse ,una or

chanted la, b. caua. of the ao , rc1\y of aurvlvlng ,I, .. pl • • , , .ubject of

.ome obacurlty , Lt is b, Heved tha t it r e ."",bled. tbe fr .... rbytblo ncita­

tive melodle. of L, tin plaln cbant.? Tbe .. elody bere preunted, though

cont. ining .eve ral unl,one and moving e lmo. t entire ly 1n 8,cond8 , l e not

of tbat type, but 1, e not un\laua l .. ea t Burope,n ternary lyrio mdody

type of vocal ranae , r egular In ... tre and etruoture , end giving the im­

pre u lon of .. ~eventeenth Or eighteenth-century origin ,

Proble~. b.gin \0 eri~e .ith the ~ etting of tbe Iriab veree to tbe

melod,.. The four-line veree and t he air- e train ~. lod.,. do nOt f1t e"cb

other w1tbout tbe repetition of tbe fir.t couplet of the veree. But .ueb

repetition doee not occur In .yl1.bl0 v er a. generall,. or in \bl WS v.r­

,1ona of tbll po.~ , 8 and in .. fe. of tbe aub.equen~ yer.ee r epatl\lon

8 "T h e D .. y . ~

. ou l d he a t odd • • lth the ",.aning . Eve" 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 ra t 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

"" "e8m3 to ba tb. .. t ",pH c a Hon of hia (inal J><Ingrapb . h\lt It. v.guanase

l .av. ~ t ~. ",,, U er Wl018 . ...

On t~ u ass~,"pu on tbat 0 ' Flllnnagan , d e "pi te this v agu e ness, I " pu ....

,or tine; t o ,.;lv8 t he looledy to . "hleb. the poem "'a . Bung , the pOBBibl.)1 tl ••

"'~:. to b .. t .. o . Utbar the "8 10d)' la" f r aud , .. aOlllpo,, !tion of O'Plll.1'.n­

a£an or Mer:r1on o r Bo,n other, or it I .. " notaUon by lieI'd"" , wbet b.o"

, ocurate or rati onal ized , of an a i r knOwn to h i",,,elf Or to O' Plannagan .

?nud la unIU:,ly. O'!"lanna gan .. a$ a r ,pUt"hle if o .. erreachlng

~chol a r . There I s no e .. idenco t b"t b. bad any m~aical abl11tl ••• 9 Tb.

bu atonlc "odal c barac ter of tbe ,.e1ody and t b. ract tha t .. tour- , t r .. in

,oe l od, .o" ld ha .... be.n the """ .. ,nient ,ort to eounterfelt , Indica t e that

t hl. air la not a "'sde-tCf-"' ... . "r. fra"d .

1I0~' 0 .. ~r . If the "ir i e a gen"In. popU l . r or traditional 0rI. , It la

unlil.e ly to b" ve hacn ",,<le for thh poe ... Obvlo""ly .:allpaaed .a a si r­

" train pi ,cI , it doee not . ea haB be"n Ilr. ady 8\8t. d , fU t hl v.r" ,

~ltho"t r~.etl tlon , nor d oe 8 I ta cha racter accor d _lth wbat i. kn own o r

tbe mu a le of 3, 11"ble v. r se . ~o ~S verBIon of tb, poe'" he. a n ai r c lt.d

for It. 8 'rh .. pr a ctice or tbl l a ter accen tu ttl po.ta, moreover, abowl that

poeti c c~ po.ltlon l .. e r o f requently eot to alreadY 'rlatlng m.lodl , . , and

Hl1e I~ probably th .. cae. be r • . 'Ilh.tb. r t b. linkage .... tra diti onal and

kno .... o to O'F'lar.n ll<!an In Clar. or .. bether It " a8 .. ade by bl. (or by lIe r r­

I ",,) for tll18 pUblica tion la bardly 0<>. to be d. cld,d .

Whl1 .. 1t la ,,<>881\>1& that aucb pr oduch af tll. late bardle eyllablc

vera~ t radi ti on , In _bleh 'en .pvro~i .. a tlon t o ro~~lar atre ae begins t o

a. urt 1 tse lf ', 10 _e r. link.d to ralrly .. ode rn alre of their own o r eub­

. equ ent perioda , It ... ould h .. In edvanc, of t be evidenc e provided by

O'Flanoagan ' s artlcl. to eay .0.

I P. 36~ . TII18 .&g"doo , an hterutlng ayaopt _ <>f o..a1an-Ine plred roman­H clsm end Anglo-Jrhh n&ti"naU ,. of t be ".rl,.Gd ot Crsth.n'lI 'l'arl1".oelt.

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 antiquar i ana Joaepb Coop. r Walk­e r, Ed ... " r<\ Led ... lcb and wUUe'" Beauford ... ere involved In Ite Pro­ducUO<'I.

2 O'Fl&1lMgan (1760--1812) ... u t b. aon of. C&thol1c hedge acbool_ mae ter and ac rlbe of Tulla, c<>. Cla ro . Ha ahowa d e&rl), tal ent and in 17 8 4 entered 1'rlnl t)' College In circumah.llce' <>f s""'. IIl)'ster),. ~fter graduation be r • .,dned In tbe cones-e, t e.ching Iriob prl­v"tel), . L,.aving after marria",.. b. work. d for tb. Po~ t Offic •• I!. died In Llmorlck, ba~ln! f ailed t? bav. bls ~.jor works of,aehol-. rsUp publisl:iad. Sc e She"", cb"in ' ';'heophllu9 6 Plann"gdn'. In O"lvia III (1956 ) 19-27; O' ,'l8onn"gan Th. a nn,,18 of Innlafa ll­~. In22 , p. ~nl .

3 LueiuB Rlc bard ~'errl ,'n, born in co . ",ntrt .. , the s On of Ja""'s lterr­Ion. a acbooh,,,a t .r, .... s educat.d by ble fatber a.n d enter.d Trin-Ity College in 1190 .t the age He graduat.d B . .... in 1195. \BurIC l>n. u and 2nd .d" 1935. P. 515. I I<no .. nothing

4 Tb •• rticl. l a reproduced h.r. o~l tti ng a eov.rlng l . tter to the .dltor of the ... ntholosi. and s o~e rema rks on tb. difficulti.s of tran~latlon.

5 Tb. IIoel(>dy als o "pp."ra in Fitul,"ona snd SmUh Iri s h mlnst r . l,y, c. 1B16, p . 2'?-33 . with the HU. 'Pens iv. Oh Il(>ve' , eet to crl8'" Ina l words b)' Flt~~lmon s . Tbey to(>k it frem the ... nthelogia and a ce.pt.d It aa an &~ci ent m.lody .

6 ~eu.egra d~nta Il ( 1927) 155-6, 209-12 . O'Flanna6 dn publhhed the final vorn of tb. pO.<II .lthout sny ",. ntion of ,"usi" In 1801, d .. noriblng tba ca ... tl ..... tbat of tb. O'Connors of Corc&."roa , eo. Chre - ~~ction" of tbe Gaelic ~;oei.ty of Dublin pt. 3, p.24 .

1 S .. a , for "x"'''Ipl". Co11ln ... on Tile traditional and na tiona l mu ... lc of Scol hnd , 1966, p. 35-51 p"B ... i"" ""d E. Braall'.nach Polk mudc ... .,d dnncae of Ir.1!tnd, 191 1. p. 21 .

8 Sea the Irlab L:S:; c a taloguu of the I!oyal I ri s b ... c.de<ll)', th. /1..­tional Library , and SI Patrick ' a College , Wu.),nootb .

9 O'Flannas-an did usl ... t J . C •• · .. 1\,;.r, Cbarlott. Br .... lo:e, ltaUb •• Young and Ed ward Bunting with tbeir ,"uBic and ,ong projeot" but only ea an ... dvluar on po.tr), and t ..... \ nology .

10 O'Rahllly l/89o/-:r,. d~nt. I (1921) 92 .

")I AR T 5COTT"

Prof.nor Jam .. Port.r (Lo. AngalU) nit. for info ..... t1cn on 'Irl.b

aIamplas of the t un. [of "lI.ry Scott~)? (It'. tbe air for "Tb. Smith ' .

a Gallant F1re",.n.~ "Tbe Bra.s of Auchtortyr . ... ~O J)ear "other. Ttb.at

Sball I Do," e tc. ) .'

... n)' into",et1on r .ad.rB csn provld. will he ,ent t o blm.

10 Q u. • l' 1 • •

' 'I' E T C A JlTEE JI ' SIHOI JlO " I JI D I A

r h, qUlry frO!ll C;ordon Coz in tb , l i lt "umblT of tll, n,.al,nlr h,. Pr .....

I\lced fI reply from J<:>hn 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 , 12 In all of _bieh

10', 11 and 12 a ra U.., kn O"lI t o Ot. ) ' 09 " !'atrIot' , TNI"ul'J"~ 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 Ir­

e t &(; r . "" e,,; . J OM edds t be lnfo naati o" \lIst t be long Is Il iv. 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,nti f ying t be eold le r a. '!.ance-Cor poral Dely'.

-----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-ba r, ' 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 ~·.unn.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 1411 , P. 6-7 of tll.

Inah Folklore Dept , Univ.nity Collage, Dublin.

o " , o , It 1: A C H

'Irish t radi ti on.l .,,,1110 bas • big futur. In Mutll dupit. the ~OIIg lull

_ben na ttv. tune' we r e •• 1010. h.ard In tb, county.

Till, i , tb. con fl ~ld vi •• of • ~an ~1I0 ho p,. t o b. In tb. tblck or

thi s pro."IGed reviv.l. Ke 10 72 y.ar Blrn. y McKenn. rrom " .. ,<»rn , Trl~ [unCle or tbe banjo-phying Barn,,. IIchnn. ) •.• .

Old eam.y wbo playe riddle adal tted to u. tblt whil. 11 ... o"ld love

to t ak. Ja'lO:ro and ol eaelcel muslo _Hbin hia a p.ctrIUI. III le U .. i Ud to

Ue traditional b.eau" or an .ccldent wllan h. Was • ,.<)tItl!. A kick rr ...

& hor n le rt bi OI '11th l11l'llt1d us. or the tlnge n or 11.1, }eh band and put

the intricaci • • involved In J.:ro:ro end cle.atcal musto b.yond hi e r •• oll • . • •

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 ea rned

b18 admiration for her skill "S a OIucidan. AB a ),0=;; "'an at Cress

Cae tle ~1 :rw~n bad shown intere s t in Iri s h ~uslc. encouraging the travel­

ling plpera and fiddlers, aO th"t the ",a,"""nte' ball wall a popular re­

sor t 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 e ssis t­

&nce in e %ploI"lng tba e""' r""a in Co. O"lwo,)' . 11" .·~ nt .Itb S=t1ng aho

Into Co . Donesa 1, but the hmU thar" wa~ much lea" ~UCC8 SHru l.

Accordlns to Lady Morgan , Ki r wan ' e mu s ical taat" .a" c orn plet"ly el­

tered 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 ef­

fect. "101)' dellr cillld" , he aald, "t;lve up your lrl"h harp , . nd )'our Ir­

i 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 ~orean 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 Kirw an , the Dublin philosopher [1733-1 812]' In Dubli n historical record XXIV 111 (1971) 59-60. Klro<B.l\ wan bom .. t Cloughb(1l1y",ore . co. GalwaY , the hO",8 or hla ",other' B f e",\1y .

(l 11 A D A 11 SHE ;. , uf BHAOILL

l' 'i E S [ A 11 OB O YLE A I A 11 D

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 ",,, ,,,o rl' 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 ba t would b" wopr"t_

tl OU~ . l1 k ~ Se lln hi ll u lf. ""d ''''~1 10 "d.' lni ~ ur.

A ~ I b., ,"c:::~" t, !I t th .. r"q .... "' or hi n h ml ly, tb" 8c .. lptor Cliodn!l

C\I ~ ~ "n I " pr~p"rlng " h" .. ~~ tO<l . on .. th" .... wblch "0 .. 101 li nk hi .. Int ......

e.~ t I" ", us lc ~' ith hi3 inter .. " t i" OgaOl . Our propossl is to hllv .. flv"

8'.,, 11 CO ;, i 08 0 ; tbb b"3dgton .... a d •• [acb y a Qr rl>r tha "81t fiva y.are.

3roun d t !:o ",!lnl",' r""ry of bl. de.tb on <>3 Jun e , "'a .. Ul ""ard " cOPl

$ t"n ., to -.h _~e uon ",bo. In our opinion . bas .... de a 8 1""'101 cantrlbution

~o h-i~ h. ~;un ic during the yea r. 11118 contribution coul~ t!ll<e o"'a of

"""'] f or .. .. . It could. t or e"","ph, be " publication. a learne d or a

~ '- ula r boo~ , a n out ~ tandlng r e cord, the scriPt for. t a l e v1alon or

r~dl" Pt ",; ta~_'t e or a s i n gula r piece of ,"udc "",1<.lng .

Xa r a d ~irt Sian feln , bb{ a, 'gaall~b"r r l a mn ar a n t aang.tdb ague

Br ,,-. cheol r.ha e l " c ~ · ""'"'U~ h lomur duln ... d·thogblat", a e head .mbran.

O~e ll.; e on" C r.n u,.n ao ~ t de c beah .. ! Uladll • fal.hlodll ae bblhin 19~~ .

Co::!lI ",ail b t e ~a s in, b h f 8'; . r n. dao lne b. t~tae .. a bbatllgb an c a,,1

tr~ l dl a1 ~"' t ~ } .. ha,.I> ... I _l h cl"-r .. c h radl" d" mb ... oa ~a(Ohdl !" I rov e d "ut

II r an J'o l'C . Cul rre~r .. n dull .. bbl lI1 /o:e 1 n l; .. cb l'ud duch ... . cb .. an

n : r e omb ";,,"U'; ~"o t ~ ~ r a t h"Ulfc"db un Gr .. <l a .. ;; .. be e • • g .. lnn .

1'be &~ .. rJ-" I !lnlng "ork (Oa :l be In Irl s b Or Engll s b - or any language

kno~~ t o ~ha C o~~ltt~e. The Co", .. I~'ae "Ill ... .. 1 .. nnually to con.idar e"e­ge" t ; un ~ fr C<:l a " y ona a S80clated ~,1tb t ba Se an 0 Buyla 1'ruat and to dacide

UP,"", t he " ",,, ro, '~hlcb "Ul ba pr .. un t ed l a t er On B pUblic occasion.

~o cover e ~ pen8e8 we e re looking for subscri pt ions . AS B friend of

Se an 0 Boyle yo" may .. Ish to contrib"ta. If :Iou do , pleasa send any s ....

yo,-, choou b" t not o:ore tha n (25 to.

De vid ~.a"OIond. ~ 5 D"""ebtre 1I0.d , Cregegh. BaHu t 6.

Tbe n~ .. s or Bub8crlb. r B, but not tba 8um" eubacrlba d, . 111 be pub­

l1eb."~ In • forI:! to ba dacidad . Tbe algI'lator la •• ra a aalf-con.U t u t a d

c"",,"Uh e wbo b.. v. co- opted S.nn Og 0 11.0:118 e B a m .. "b.,·.

))avid lI .... on d C l.r~ M.c M.tbWn. Proinsha 0 Conluain