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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",-.f? ".:/I.v

C • 0 1 T { r e

OEORDIE

RICORD

u. S A RAil

REVIEW S

11

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,

I

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 .