File 2 - Sean-nós tradition and verses

1 folder (c. 40 pp)

Correspondence between Tim and Rioghnach Ní Fhlathartaigh, Roinn na Nua-Ghaeilge at UCD enquiring about music and verse relating to Captain Ó Máille, the rebel priest an tAth Maoilre de Priondarga, and the poet and itinerant craftsman Colm de Bhailís as well as the landlord Richard Berridge for a talk he is giving at Connemara National Park on 'People and Places in Connemara', and response with enclosures (1986).

Several newspaper cuttings and notes with music and lyrics of ballads from the late 1980s:

'To the West' sang by Percy French (1856-1920);

'The Bogs of Shannaheever' from the singing of Mickey Molloy of Ballinfad, collected at Joe Need's Pub in Toombeola in October 1975;

'An Bádóirín'. Letter to Tim from Seán Ó Cróinín in Irish, 1975;

Lament for Callaghan, Greally and Mullen, Killed at the fair of Turloughmore (1990);

'Roundstone Fleet', a verse on taking the fleet from Roundstone to Donegal;

Amhrán an Bháthadh and Amhrán na Trá Báine, with note to say they were sent by Paddy Mulkerrins;

Handwritten verse from an old song on the Roundstone boat races, written down by Mary and Stephen King of Roundstone.

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22/09/2023
22/09/2023