FTX-276 - THE
FOLK MUSIC OF DONEGAL AND TORY ISLAND
Introduced by Peter Kennedy with Noel
Hamilton & Conal ('Condy') O'Donnell
As Seamus Ennis pointed out in "The Gaelic West" (FTX 275) covering
the West of Ireland and Scotland, County Donegal has a style more in common
with the Scottish Islands and Highlands than the rest of Ireland and the Tory
Island families, in particular, have preserved an important pocket of tradition.
In this programme Peter introduces some of the outstanding performers and their
music and also attempts to convey much of the sense of the song tradition for
non-Gaelic speakers.
MALLAIGH SHLEIBHE (The Mountainside) - JACKSON'S
REEL - Noel Hamilton talks about the Gaelic language - AN SEAN
BRISTE MOR (The Old Trousers) - THE ONE-TUNE FIDDLER - THE BLACKBIRD
- Noel talks about Tory Island - CUACH MO LONDUBH BUIDHE (My
Yellow Blackbird) - AMHRAN NA SADAN (Herring Song) - Talk by
Noel & Condy about dances - HIGHLAND - NA BUACHAILLI IN ALBAIN
(The Boys in Scotland) - A SCAIRTEACH A DHEANAMH IN ARAINN RAN MOR (Drowning
Lamentation) - MUNSTER BUTTERMILK - THIAR I gCONNACHTA (Over
in Connaught) - A BHEAN UDAIDH THALL A SHIÓGÓ (O Woman Over There) -
A STOR, A STOR, AGHRA - SEAN O DOIGHTE (Cuckold Old Man)
- THE GIRL TOO SMART FOR THE FIDDLER or TWISTING THE HAYROPE
