it’s great to see dates for Vicar Street this November.
I always say that Christmas doesn’t start until you walk on stage in vicar street and we have been doing this for 20+ years and counting. Will there any dates in December this year to keep up our tradition!?!
again It was such a great gig yesterday…. I was so very happy to be there and to listen to your so touching and outstanding voice… always bringing the emotions so close to our hearts..…
so I have to say a really deep thankyou for all those moving songs and thank you to your crew who are always around you making all this happen. the whole thing is so extraordinary and special and I feel absolutly honoured and happy to be part of it. what a really rare thing in those often very strange times.
so all the best , take care,
ride on
and hope to see you soon in vicar street
Ursula
Christy's reply
Thanks Ursula..you always reference the team who work all day preparing the venue….great thought and effort goes into every gig….every venue is entirley different but come evening the stage is always set ….I could not deliver without the support of our team…
Míle maith agat
Dear Christy. What a privilege it was to see you perform in the Keadeen Hotel last night. Thank you so much. It was truly memorable. All the old favourites and some which were new to me like Yellow Triangle. Boy in the Wild was very special. Your voice is more extraordinary than ever. There must have been something in the water in Newbridge in 1945!
Christy's reply
I still savour the atmosphere generated last night…
Morra Christy, it came to mind that last night , that was my first time seeing you in Kildare. It was a beautiful gig , great songs, you were galloping right out the gate. last time i saw John Doyle was when i was invited to play for the Kildare team while they were over in Boston. Newbridge or Nowhere got me . Not 2 minutes out the gate of the hotel we were on the curragh, I loved the gigs, nerves and all, a thousand songs and we’re heading back across the water. Thank you for everything you do , i appreciate it Git
Patrick Murphy was beautiful, But Boy in the Wild was special it always is .
love Fin
Christy's reply
Safe Journey Fin… congrats on the great work you’ve done…sorry we did not get to chat….
Hello Christy,
I went to the Puzzle Hall session yesterday afternoon. It had been brought forward from 6th September because it’s Rush Bearing next weekend. This is a festival in the Calder Valley where a great big rush cart drawn by increasingly merry Cart bearers, Morris dancers and mummers visits local pubs to commemorate renewing the rushes in the local buildings.
Anyway, off i went to Sowerby Bridge with harp and harp bearer in tow.
The pub was built in 1628 and is now run as a community pub. It’s a great place, friendly with good ale and good non-alcholic drinks too.
What a brilliant session Dave Calvert runs there. Two dozen gentle souls, all folk players and singers. I felt like I’d come home.
We had accordion, acoustic bass, acapella singers, mandolin, bodhran, guitars, whistles low and high, concertina, small pipes, harp, can’t remember what ive missed. It was a session of sets of jigs and reels, songs. A guy from a local folk club sang The banks of Red Rose’s murder ballad. Lovely! I sang Scarborough Fair and Lemon Sevens. Dave Calvert wanted to know all about, so i told him about Brian Brannigan and A Lazarus Soul. I think it was new to everyone.
After an apple juice and a glass of water we trundle off home, all satisfied.
I sent a note to Dave Calvert to thank him for such a lovely session. He replied and said it was good to finally get to see and hear me. Id never been in contact with him before. Strange feelings, taken aback to be known.
Rebecca
Christy's reply
delighted to read that you & Dave were chattin about Briany’s “Lemon Sevens” & Lazarus Soul…..”Trundling Home Well Satisfied” sounds good
What a performance in the Keadeen last night. “How does he do it”, everyone asked. How indeed? Well, class will out. This old altar boy particularly enjoyed the musical tribute to Patrick Murphy. Go raibh míle maith agat, mo chara.
Christy's reply
Frankie, Eliza,Eilish,Patsy, Christie, John D, Johnny D, Fin, Dave and all who made contact after last nights gathering in Keadeen…Thank you one and all for your generous feedback, ….
I was nervous as the gig began, being back in Ballymany, on the Moorefield Road, past Langton’s Cross, so much Family History from the last century , my head was reeling ….now part of a built up suburb ,Keadeen was once surrounded by fields ….open spaces where we once ran ….but all that was way way back and long since disappeared…
For myself, last night was a celebration of all thats gone before …Ye raised the roof with that great welcome, Ye thronged the room from near and far…young and old Ye formed a mighty choir…
Truth be told, I’m feeling it this morning, tired and aching but sated and satisfied…”John of Dreams” appeared from Crieff , “Patrick Murphy” arrived in late from Walshestown, Tommy Tougher and JohnJoe Murray stuck their heads around the Door… cousins from Wicklow, friends from Boston & Twinbrook….Tralee, Moate ,Germany,…I wanted to sit and meet you all ….like way back when we’d linger and quaff ’til dawn….
but thats it for now….gonna turn over catch a few more Zeds before facing a new day…..thank you one and all..
ps
Chicago
Quinte Brigada
Curragh of Kildare
Welcome to the Cabaret
Black & Amber
John of Dreams
Farmer Michael Hayes
Nancy Spain
Im a Bogman
Newbridge or Nowhere
Boy in The Wild
Johnny Boy
Ride On
Lingo politico
Shovel
Palestine
Yellow Triangle
Beeswing
Lisdoonvarna
Spancilhill
Ordinary Man
Voyage
Back Home in Derry
Patrick Murphy
Joxer
1 hour 40 mins
What an absolute top class gig! What a privilege to hear John Joe’s name mentioned tonight. Thanks so much. And we look forward to many more! Hon the Moores
Christy thanks for another wonderful evening of song and musings in your hometown. We are privileged to see you once again. A terrific gig! My now grown up children brought me. They too love you, the bard of Kildare. You were the soundtrack in the Mazda as I drove them around and about, up and down the country when they were small. So glad we have all grown up and older together with you Christy. Let the music keep your spirits high!
Hi Christy,
Thanks for a mighty home town gig tonight. You had us eating out of your hand from the get go. Your solo version of “ Boy in the Wild” was so special , you could hear a pin drop in the room. There must be a huge sense of satisfaction when you receive such respect for a Song?
Best regards.
Ride on.
Patsy
Hi Christy,
it’s great to see dates for Vicar Street this November.
I always say that Christmas doesn’t start until you walk on stage in vicar street and we have been doing this for 20+ years and counting. Will there any dates in December this year to keep up our tradition!?!
Cheers horsebox!
no December dates this year
dear Christy,
again It was such a great gig yesterday…. I was so very happy to be there and to listen to your so touching and outstanding voice… always bringing the emotions so close to our hearts..…
so I have to say a really deep thankyou for all those moving songs and thank you to your crew who are always around you making all this happen. the whole thing is so extraordinary and special and I feel absolutly honoured and happy to be part of it. what a really rare thing in those often very strange times.
so all the best , take care,
ride on
and hope to see you soon in vicar street
Ursula
Thanks Ursula..you always reference the team who work all day preparing the venue….great thought and effort goes into every gig….every venue is entirley different but come evening the stage is always set ….I could not deliver without the support of our team…
Míle maith agat
Dear Christy. What a privilege it was to see you perform in the Keadeen Hotel last night. Thank you so much. It was truly memorable. All the old favourites and some which were new to me like Yellow Triangle. Boy in the Wild was very special. Your voice is more extraordinary than ever. There must have been something in the water in Newbridge in 1945!
I still savour the atmosphere generated last night…
Christy it is 944 days since Hind Rajab was shot dead in cold blood, still no justice but it will come.
Rory
we have Citizens here who will claim that your post about Hind Rajab is anti semitic
Morra Christy, it came to mind that last night , that was my first time seeing you in Kildare. It was a beautiful gig , great songs, you were galloping right out the gate. last time i saw John Doyle was when i was invited to play for the Kildare team while they were over in Boston. Newbridge or Nowhere got me . Not 2 minutes out the gate of the hotel we were on the curragh, I loved the gigs, nerves and all, a thousand songs and we’re heading back across the water. Thank you for everything you do , i appreciate it Git
Patrick Murphy was beautiful, But Boy in the Wild was special it always is .
love Fin
Safe Journey Fin… congrats on the great work you’ve done…sorry we did not get to chat….
Hello Christy,
I went to the Puzzle Hall session yesterday afternoon. It had been brought forward from 6th September because it’s Rush Bearing next weekend. This is a festival in the Calder Valley where a great big rush cart drawn by increasingly merry Cart bearers, Morris dancers and mummers visits local pubs to commemorate renewing the rushes in the local buildings.
Anyway, off i went to Sowerby Bridge with harp and harp bearer in tow.
The pub was built in 1628 and is now run as a community pub. It’s a great place, friendly with good ale and good non-alcholic drinks too.
What a brilliant session Dave Calvert runs there. Two dozen gentle souls, all folk players and singers. I felt like I’d come home.
We had accordion, acoustic bass, acapella singers, mandolin, bodhran, guitars, whistles low and high, concertina, small pipes, harp, can’t remember what ive missed. It was a session of sets of jigs and reels, songs. A guy from a local folk club sang The banks of Red Rose’s murder ballad. Lovely! I sang Scarborough Fair and Lemon Sevens. Dave Calvert wanted to know all about, so i told him about Brian Brannigan and A Lazarus Soul. I think it was new to everyone.
After an apple juice and a glass of water we trundle off home, all satisfied.
I sent a note to Dave Calvert to thank him for such a lovely session. He replied and said it was good to finally get to see and hear me. Id never been in contact with him before. Strange feelings, taken aback to be known.
Rebecca
delighted to read that you & Dave were chattin about Briany’s “Lemon Sevens” & Lazarus Soul…..”Trundling Home Well Satisfied” sounds good
What a performance in the Keadeen last night. “How does he do it”, everyone asked. How indeed? Well, class will out. This old altar boy particularly enjoyed the musical tribute to Patrick Murphy. Go raibh míle maith agat, mo chara.
Frankie, Eliza,Eilish,Patsy, Christie, John D, Johnny D, Fin, Dave and all who made contact after last nights gathering in Keadeen…Thank you one and all for your generous feedback, ….
I was nervous as the gig began, being back in Ballymany, on the Moorefield Road, past Langton’s Cross, so much Family History from the last century , my head was reeling ….now part of a built up suburb ,Keadeen was once surrounded by fields ….open spaces where we once ran ….but all that was way way back and long since disappeared…
For myself, last night was a celebration of all thats gone before …Ye raised the roof with that great welcome, Ye thronged the room from near and far…young and old Ye formed a mighty choir…
Truth be told, I’m feeling it this morning, tired and aching but sated and satisfied…”John of Dreams” appeared from Crieff , “Patrick Murphy” arrived in late from Walshestown, Tommy Tougher and JohnJoe Murray stuck their heads around the Door… cousins from Wicklow, friends from Boston & Twinbrook….Tralee, Moate ,Germany,…I wanted to sit and meet you all ….like way back when we’d linger and quaff ’til dawn….
but thats it for now….gonna turn over catch a few more Zeds before facing a new day…..thank you one and all..
ps
Chicago
Quinte Brigada
Curragh of Kildare
Welcome to the Cabaret
Black & Amber
John of Dreams
Farmer Michael Hayes
Nancy Spain
Im a Bogman
Newbridge or Nowhere
Boy in The Wild
Johnny Boy
Ride On
Lingo politico
Shovel
Palestine
Yellow Triangle
Beeswing
Lisdoonvarna
Spancilhill
Ordinary Man
Voyage
Back Home in Derry
Patrick Murphy
Joxer
1 hour 40 mins
What an absolute top class gig! What a privilege to hear John Joe’s name mentioned tonight. Thanks so much. And we look forward to many more! Hon the Moores
Christy thanks for another wonderful evening of song and musings in your hometown. We are privileged to see you once again. A terrific gig! My now grown up children brought me. They too love you, the bard of Kildare. You were the soundtrack in the Mazda as I drove them around and about, up and down the country when they were small. So glad we have all grown up and older together with you Christy. Let the music keep your spirits high!
Hi Christy,
Thanks for a mighty home town gig tonight. You had us eating out of your hand from the get go. Your solo version of “ Boy in the Wild” was so special , you could hear a pin drop in the room. There must be a huge sense of satisfaction when you receive such respect for a Song?
Best regards.
Ride on.
Patsy
When I heard The Clancys singing my future then was set