all this talk of curry would nearly made me want pop into the indian takeaway on the way home from work 🙂 only ever tried the vindaloo once if i remember it was on the europe tour few years ago think Belgium.
wont make the nch gigs but see you in Enniscorthy and Tulllamore
Time is just the essence of the future,
Time well spent is lost to memories
If thaughts were time you’d be on my mind forever.
Forever is a bitter memory…
Did you ever write something in your sleep,wake up and not have a clue what it meant..strange doings.
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You’ve gone cryptic on me..
thats the way I wake up every morning..
some songwriters catch their dreams and weave beauty from them
Sail On Easkey
Good to hear that all are enjoying the beauty of the Hills …. and that more folks are discovering Ireland’s mosr scenic county !!
Pity about Storm Hector , but then again the old people used to say that this was “ Weather for Two” .
Sligo is tempting…….. again.
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dont be over doing it Marty….Hector blew himself out….see you and Ger along the way
Hi Christy… well Charlie and what’s her name have arrived here in the rebel county .. cashing all sorts of traffic problems around the city.. hopefully he won’t be long more here as moves on to the kingdom… on brighter note I’ll will be bringing my 10 year old daughter (Emma) to her first Christy gig at the tent on the 30th June she is vey excited .. so take care and see you down by the lee very soon … tony…
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I hope he dont get caught short for a leak along the way to Kerry, hard to imagine him or her taking a shite behind a bush on the road to Killarney..then rootin around for a handful of dock leaves after gettin the arse burnt off him by a patch of nettles..
Great news that Emma is coming to The Marquee..I hope we all have a great gig..this will be our 13th time to play here by The Banks of Our Own Lovely Lee
Hello Christy
With ” On the road” in our player we crisscross Donegal. As I understand we’ve could have met at Sleave ! What a lovely county, so unspoiled! Sometimes we where all alone, if you don’t count the sheeps!
Now we are by coincidence in Duncalff on Inishowen at the McGrory’s hotel. First thing we
saw was an announcement for a gig from your dear brother in July and the manager told us you performed here also a few years ago!
Now hopefully the wind don’t blow us away!
See you
Chris
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I’ll have to look into the archive to see when I played in McGrory’s of Culaduff….I remember clearly gigging in Lettermacaward,Dungloe,Ballybofey, Bundoran, Ballyshannon,Buncrana, Letterkenny,Glenties, Dunlewy,Donegal Town,Carndonagh,Pettigo and Gweedore….
I found the visit to Slieve League enthralling….hope you are avoiding Hurricane Hector..
Hi Christy, Delighted to see you have been enjoying the sights and sounds as well as our famous Donegal hospitality this week. The scenery particularly down around the cliffs and my hometown of Kilcar is stunning. I feel blessed to live in such a beautiful place. Great you got to check out Chandpur in Donegal Town as well, Rana & Susan are great hosts and good friends of mine, fabulous restaurant. I’m taking some advice from Rana at the minute about my upcoming trip to India, don’t want to be getting the “Delhi Belly” out there. Catch you @ The Hawkswell Love & Respect Martin Mac
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I must agree with you regarding Donegal hospitality….its over 30 years since we last enjoyed leisure time in The Hills…could not have asked for more….my first visit was in 1957 when,with 2 of my sisters, I came to Gortahork to help gain a gra for the teanga….I was 12 at the time, I learned quite a lot about life itself but beagánín Gaeilge….
I first encountered Indian Food in Bradford back in 1967..since then I have sought and sampled in many places..when I returned home in 1972 there were very few Indian eating Houses in Ireland ( only 2 that I can recall,both long since gone)……Johnny Meade took us to the Chandpur the other night and it lived up to everything he said….. I am not an expert on culinary matters but the flavours seemed authentic to me…we hope to return
a shame the way the Euro Final turned out but ,hopefully, your team will have a good season ahead…a pity you dont have a few Irish lads kicking with ye ( plenty in the stands but none on the park !)
Hiya,,, ye don’t know what ye are missing,,,, I never even look at the menu in the Indian,,, VINDALOO is my only order !!! best of luck with the additional Solo Sligo gig ,,, I feel the National Concert Hall gigs will be mighty,,,, I see they ‘ve now released extra tickets in The Choir….a grand place to see a gig too,,,, Beir bua agus beannacht,,,, H
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I got a great tip many years ago from my old Buddy Hamish Imlach…any time Hamish had a Vindaloo he would always leave the toilet roll in the fridge over night, or the deep-freez even better….
I love watching gigs in the NCH from the choir seats…you can hear everything and watch the audience at the same time
and you’d never know who you’d meet…I met a Government Minister there one night, a Champion Jockey another night
has anyone noticed how hard it is to get a decent chapati these days ? I’ve written to Leo about it but not a word from Leinster House
Morning Christy.
How was the curry. I like a good vindaloo myself. Never heard of a Railway curry though and thought we had every make of curry around these parts. The numbing mesmeric as the chillies engulf your senses is surely as good as the line in the song that begins to stir the tear in your eye. Keep on keeping on.
best wishes
Frankie.
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how anyone can suffer the Vindaloo is beyond me….over the years I’ve known a few who braved the hot end of the curry scale…. I rarely stray from the Bhuna or Rogan myself….sight of the word Vindaloo has me breaking out in a sweat…
in the Chandpur, Donegal the men of the house describes the Railway Curry as a traditional curry from the old country..
Though I am old with wandering through hollow lands and hilly lands. Thanks for a mighty performance last Friday at the Hawk’s Well. Great to hear the shout out to local legends Thom Moore, Joe O’Dowd, Philip and Kevin Flynn and W.B. among others. Took the bicycle out the following day and rode out round Lough Gill by Dooney Wood, Slishwood, Dromahair (I do declare) and back in by Parke’s Castle, Hazelwood and back into town. Great to be home again and enjoying the silver apples of the moon, the golden apples of the sun. Rock on Christy. Up Shligo!
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Sounds like you are making the best of it Joe….we’re traversing the Hills ourselves…made the pilgrimage to Slíabh League, faced the cliffs, rounded Kilcar,Carrick, St John’s, Teelin,…..where a man once wrote…
“A tall mountain of nearly 2000 feet, precipitous on its northern side, has been devoured by the sea till the southern face forms a precipice likewise, descending on this side right into the Atlantic from the long knife-edge which forms the summit. The traverse of this ridge, the “One Man’s Path”, is one of the most remarkable walks to be found in Ireland – not actually dangerous, but needing a good head and careful progress on a stormy day….The northern precipice, which drops 1500 feet into the coomb surrounding the Little Lough Agh, harbours the majority of the alpine plants of Slieve League, the most varied group of alpines to be found anywhere in Donegal.[3]”
“one mans path” is a hairy stroll,not for the faint hearted, the joints are aching this morning,
Recommend the “Railway Curry” in the Chandpur, Donegal Town
Hi Christy fine weather we are having,the Gardener will have his blooming colours,plenty of sunshine,not good for the fishing though see you along the way Granite.
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“where the fishermen cast on the waters
where the apples are pressed into wine,
where the cows return slowly to meadow
thru the fields that surround Ballydine”
Hello Christy,
Thanks for two lovely gigs in Sligo! And for playing The Voyage. Last week my daughter asked me to choose my favorite song of you, but I can’t. If I choose one it would do harm to the others. Nancy Spain will always be special because that was the first I’ve ever heard and I find it very special when you play the bodhran.
I’m just glad we can make it every year to see you play.
Exploring the Hills of Donegal for the moment and as Marty told us they’re beautiful. Very rough and not many tourists!
Hope the chocolate was not melted!
See you and keep well
Chris
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Lots to explore in Donegal…
we all enjoyed your gift from Belgium…
Happy travelling….
Christy, we’re just back in the short grass after a night in Sligo. The husband has an ongoing joke going with me, every night I’m feeling lucky and thinking this is the night of the handshake. Be jaysus last night I was sure of it but you stopped at the little woman beside me and gave me the nod. He had some laugh. We stopped in a pub on the way home for a pint and there was a lad murdering “ride on” up in the corner and the husband leans over and says run up there I’d say he’d shake your hand…. I’ll have the last laugh yet.
Solo gig was special, the words are raw and powerful. The music with the lads is pure class but it does to some degree distract me from some of the lyrics. Take care…
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Fair play to your husband..he has a good sense of humour…sorry about the handshake in Hawkswell…some nights I need to get to the powder room rapid after two hours balladeering !! hope all is well in Coill Dubh and surrounding Townlands….we’ll get the hands shook before too long..rapid and nifty !
Just smiling about your recent interview with the Irish Times, dear Christy. Nice story about Joxer living in a monastery these days and yourself seeing him there once per year, smuggling in mints and biscuits … Have you ever considered writing a sequel song about Joxer and his mates? Would be great fun and no doubt a huge success! Can’t wait to learn more of the German daughter’s whereabouts …
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Hi Petra,
I’d forgotten all about that Irish Times interview…it reads well…thanks for pointing it out..I’m currently living in Sligo where the only newspapers available are The Sligo Champion, The Leitrim Observer and The Donegal Democrat
I must now investigate whatever became of Brunhilde….there have been occasional sightings…I did meet the good lady once ..It was during a silent retreat in Patrick’s Purgatory (Lough Derg).. we shared a crust of dry bread at the back of the oratory but never spoke a word…
Last I heard she was working for Mossad in Balmoral but the source was not reliable
I send fond greetings to all German Listeners…probably wont make it back to the Banks of The Rhine but I find it impossible to use the word “never”
I will always have great memories of gigging there…such generous listeners…Kraftwerk on the Autobahn…Toten Hosen in the shower….Eintopf in Heidelberg…Appelkorn in Stuttgart…Leinemann in Ludwigsburg….Strudel in the Kaboodle….Fasans Keipe… Ulli in Sviebel, on the road with Abi Wallenstein
·
This poem is a small tribute to the wonderful Christine Buckley, who was a victim of the Irish Industrial Schooling system. She was also the subject of a documentary called “Dear Daughter”. The poem is called “Dearest Daughter”
Alone and abandoned, she came to this earth
Her fearful parents renouncing her birth.
In a land where the church preached fear and hate
Christine was left at St. Vincents gate.
Years of servitude were soon to follow
Their regime of torture she was forced to swallow.
A lonely child, afraid and confused
In the name of their God she was beaten and bruised.
The Sisters Of Mercy, by name but not deed
Instilled fear and shame in this unwanted seed.
An innocent child like a lamb to the slaughter
She’ll always be our Dearest Daughter.
This orphaned child, without sisters or brothers
Devoted her life to helping others.
With courage and valour she stood up straight
Ensuring that no child need follow her fate.
We listened in horror as she recounted her date
In that Goldenbridge hellhole at the hands of the state.
In spite of the evidence the church remained smug
While the Vatican bosses swept it under the rug.
There’s no street or building that bears your name
Your gutless oppressors have buried their shame.
Betrayed by the government and clergy too
God called your name so he might comfort you.
A darkened sky hung low that day
And we cried as one when you passed away.
We pray your tears have turned to laughter
You’ll always be our Dearest Daughter.
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Thank you for sharing,
for remembering Christine Buckley..
If you looking for a tune that signifies life on the road doing gigs night after night listen to “kicking out the footlights. Jones and the hag covered it..great tune..
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Will have a listen….he surely can sing (and drive a lawn mower)
Thank you for a great gig in the Hawks Well Friday night. I have seen you live before a few times and would keep coming back. Loved your “Ballad Of Ruby Walsh” & especially the “Politicians song” brilliant! John
Another mighty night of music , what can I say about Spancil Hill , love that song but more especially how you sing it, it is very definitely Gers favourite . . . . So thanks for that and for all that you and the crew do to make a gig so special.
Enjoy the sunshine, it makes winning the turf easier !!
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I think the song has some magic ingredient…something also found in “The Cliffs of Dooneen”….I began singing these songs in the mid 1960s… I first heard Spancilhill sung by a woman in John Minogue’s Hotel, Tulla, Co Clare in 1964…A few years later I heard Andy Rynne of Prosperous,Co. Kildare sing “The Cliffs”. I think both songs were included on my second album recorded in 1971.
As I exited the stage in Hawkswell I realised it should have been sung for Marty & Ger….my mind being bent on rambling
Thank you for a wonderful experience in the Hawks Well last night. As a student I was at the concert in City Hall Cork when with Planxty you opened for Donovan (1972 I think) you were so good then nobody wanted Donovan just more Planxty. If you were good then you were supreme last night. Thank you for giving your all. Bernard Geoghegan
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That was the very night Planxty “took off”
you describe it well….three of the Band still out on the road…
Liam,our beloved Piper, departed this earth a few months back..
Thank you for sharing
A real stormer of a gig last night in the Hawks Well , took us back to other days to see you holding the crowd in that special place we go to during a gig. . . . Solo , on your own , with the guitar and the bodhran , . Some real special songs came out last night ,Wandering Angus of course but I thought Madeline Laundries even more special than usual ( a change of a line in there too ? ).
Anyway , seconds out , Round 2……. can’t wait.
Last night as I lay dreaming ……
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Spot on there Marty…. before singing that song in the Mansion House last Tuesday I realized that some of the lyrics needed altering to fit the occasion…now I’ve decided to stick with the altered lines …
Hi
all this talk of curry would nearly made me want pop into the indian takeaway on the way home from work 🙂 only ever tried the vindaloo once if i remember it was on the europe tour few years ago think Belgium.
wont make the nch gigs but see you in Enniscorthy and Tulllamore
Adam
Time is just the essence of the future,
Time well spent is lost to memories
If thaughts were time you’d be on my mind forever.
Forever is a bitter memory…
Did you ever write something in your sleep,wake up and not have a clue what it meant..strange doings.
You’ve gone cryptic on me..
thats the way I wake up every morning..
some songwriters catch their dreams and weave beauty from them
Sail On Easkey
Good to hear that all are enjoying the beauty of the Hills …. and that more folks are discovering Ireland’s mosr scenic county !!
Pity about Storm Hector , but then again the old people used to say that this was “ Weather for Two” .
Sligo is tempting…….. again.
dont be over doing it Marty….Hector blew himself out….see you and Ger along the way
Hi Christy… well Charlie and what’s her name have arrived here in the rebel county .. cashing all sorts of traffic problems around the city.. hopefully he won’t be long more here as moves on to the kingdom… on brighter note I’ll will be bringing my 10 year old daughter (Emma) to her first Christy gig at the tent on the 30th June she is vey excited .. so take care and see you down by the lee very soon … tony…
I hope he dont get caught short for a leak along the way to Kerry, hard to imagine him or her taking a shite behind a bush on the road to Killarney..then rootin around for a handful of dock leaves after gettin the arse burnt off him by a patch of nettles..
Great news that Emma is coming to The Marquee..I hope we all have a great gig..this will be our 13th time to play here by The Banks of Our Own Lovely Lee
Hello Christy
With ” On the road” in our player we crisscross Donegal. As I understand we’ve could have met at Sleave ! What a lovely county, so unspoiled! Sometimes we where all alone, if you don’t count the sheeps!
Now we are by coincidence in Duncalff on Inishowen at the McGrory’s hotel. First thing we
saw was an announcement for a gig from your dear brother in July and the manager told us you performed here also a few years ago!
Now hopefully the wind don’t blow us away!
See you
Chris
I’ll have to look into the archive to see when I played in McGrory’s of Culaduff….I remember clearly gigging in Lettermacaward,Dungloe,Ballybofey, Bundoran, Ballyshannon,Buncrana, Letterkenny,Glenties, Dunlewy,Donegal Town,Carndonagh,Pettigo and Gweedore….
I found the visit to Slieve League enthralling….hope you are avoiding Hurricane Hector..
Hi Christy, Delighted to see you have been enjoying the sights and sounds as well as our famous Donegal hospitality this week. The scenery particularly down around the cliffs and my hometown of Kilcar is stunning. I feel blessed to live in such a beautiful place. Great you got to check out Chandpur in Donegal Town as well, Rana & Susan are great hosts and good friends of mine, fabulous restaurant. I’m taking some advice from Rana at the minute about my upcoming trip to India, don’t want to be getting the “Delhi Belly” out there. Catch you @ The Hawkswell Love & Respect Martin Mac
I must agree with you regarding Donegal hospitality….its over 30 years since we last enjoyed leisure time in The Hills…could not have asked for more….my first visit was in 1957 when,with 2 of my sisters, I came to Gortahork to help gain a gra for the teanga….I was 12 at the time, I learned quite a lot about life itself but beagánín Gaeilge….
I first encountered Indian Food in Bradford back in 1967..since then I have sought and sampled in many places..when I returned home in 1972 there were very few Indian eating Houses in Ireland ( only 2 that I can recall,both long since gone)……Johnny Meade took us to the Chandpur the other night and it lived up to everything he said….. I am not an expert on culinary matters but the flavours seemed authentic to me…we hope to return
a shame the way the Euro Final turned out but ,hopefully, your team will have a good season ahead…a pity you dont have a few Irish lads kicking with ye ( plenty in the stands but none on the park !)
Hiya,,, ye don’t know what ye are missing,,,, I never even look at the menu in the Indian,,, VINDALOO is my only order !!! best of luck with the additional Solo Sligo gig ,,, I feel the National Concert Hall gigs will be mighty,,,, I see they ‘ve now released extra tickets in The Choir….a grand place to see a gig too,,,, Beir bua agus beannacht,,,, H
I got a great tip many years ago from my old Buddy Hamish Imlach…any time Hamish had a Vindaloo he would always leave the toilet roll in the fridge over night, or the deep-freez even better….
I love watching gigs in the NCH from the choir seats…you can hear everything and watch the audience at the same time
and you’d never know who you’d meet…I met a Government Minister there one night, a Champion Jockey another night
has anyone noticed how hard it is to get a decent chapati these days ? I’ve written to Leo about it but not a word from Leinster House
Morning Christy.
How was the curry. I like a good vindaloo myself. Never heard of a Railway curry though and thought we had every make of curry around these parts. The numbing mesmeric as the chillies engulf your senses is surely as good as the line in the song that begins to stir the tear in your eye. Keep on keeping on.
best wishes
Frankie.
how anyone can suffer the Vindaloo is beyond me….over the years I’ve known a few who braved the hot end of the curry scale…. I rarely stray from the Bhuna or Rogan myself….sight of the word Vindaloo has me breaking out in a sweat…
in the Chandpur, Donegal the men of the house describes the Railway Curry as a traditional curry from the old country..
Though I am old with wandering through hollow lands and hilly lands. Thanks for a mighty performance last Friday at the Hawk’s Well. Great to hear the shout out to local legends Thom Moore, Joe O’Dowd, Philip and Kevin Flynn and W.B. among others. Took the bicycle out the following day and rode out round Lough Gill by Dooney Wood, Slishwood, Dromahair (I do declare) and back in by Parke’s Castle, Hazelwood and back into town. Great to be home again and enjoying the silver apples of the moon, the golden apples of the sun. Rock on Christy. Up Shligo!
Sounds like you are making the best of it Joe….we’re traversing the Hills ourselves…made the pilgrimage to Slíabh League, faced the cliffs, rounded Kilcar,Carrick, St John’s, Teelin,…..where a man once wrote…
“A tall mountain of nearly 2000 feet, precipitous on its northern side, has been devoured by the sea till the southern face forms a precipice likewise, descending on this side right into the Atlantic from the long knife-edge which forms the summit. The traverse of this ridge, the “One Man’s Path”, is one of the most remarkable walks to be found in Ireland – not actually dangerous, but needing a good head and careful progress on a stormy day….The northern precipice, which drops 1500 feet into the coomb surrounding the Little Lough Agh, harbours the majority of the alpine plants of Slieve League, the most varied group of alpines to be found anywhere in Donegal.[3]”
“one mans path” is a hairy stroll,not for the faint hearted, the joints are aching this morning,
Recommend the “Railway Curry” in the Chandpur, Donegal Town
Hi Christy fine weather we are having,the Gardener will have his blooming colours,plenty of sunshine,not good for the fishing though see you along the way Granite.
“where the fishermen cast on the waters
where the apples are pressed into wine,
where the cows return slowly to meadow
thru the fields that surround Ballydine”
Ahhh Chris if the chocolate was melted that’s the salt in the wounds ha ha!
Safe travels around Donegal, beautiful part of the world. Would recommend a stop off in Slieve League if you’re about that side of the hills!
They tell me that these are the highest cliffs in Europe…..even higher then The Cliffs of Dooneen
Hello Christy,
Thanks for two lovely gigs in Sligo! And for playing The Voyage. Last week my daughter asked me to choose my favorite song of you, but I can’t. If I choose one it would do harm to the others. Nancy Spain will always be special because that was the first I’ve ever heard and I find it very special when you play the bodhran.
I’m just glad we can make it every year to see you play.
Exploring the Hills of Donegal for the moment and as Marty told us they’re beautiful. Very rough and not many tourists!
Hope the chocolate was not melted!
See you and keep well
Chris
Lots to explore in Donegal…
we all enjoyed your gift from Belgium…
Happy travelling….
Christy, we’re just back in the short grass after a night in Sligo. The husband has an ongoing joke going with me, every night I’m feeling lucky and thinking this is the night of the handshake. Be jaysus last night I was sure of it but you stopped at the little woman beside me and gave me the nod. He had some laugh. We stopped in a pub on the way home for a pint and there was a lad murdering “ride on” up in the corner and the husband leans over and says run up there I’d say he’d shake your hand…. I’ll have the last laugh yet.
Solo gig was special, the words are raw and powerful. The music with the lads is pure class but it does to some degree distract me from some of the lyrics. Take care…
Fair play to your husband..he has a good sense of humour…sorry about the handshake in Hawkswell…some nights I need to get to the powder room rapid after two hours balladeering !! hope all is well in Coill Dubh and surrounding Townlands….we’ll get the hands shook before too long..rapid and nifty !
Just smiling about your recent interview with the Irish Times, dear Christy. Nice story about Joxer living in a monastery these days and yourself seeing him there once per year, smuggling in mints and biscuits … Have you ever considered writing a sequel song about Joxer and his mates? Would be great fun and no doubt a huge success! Can’t wait to learn more of the German daughter’s whereabouts …
Hi Petra,
I’d forgotten all about that Irish Times interview…it reads well…thanks for pointing it out..I’m currently living in Sligo where the only newspapers available are The Sligo Champion, The Leitrim Observer and The Donegal Democrat
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/christy-moore-i-ve-sung-joxer-goes-to-stuttgart-3-000-times-1.3516377
I must now investigate whatever became of Brunhilde….there have been occasional sightings…I did meet the good lady once ..It was during a silent retreat in Patrick’s Purgatory (Lough Derg).. we shared a crust of dry bread at the back of the oratory but never spoke a word…
Last I heard she was working for Mossad in Balmoral but the source was not reliable
I send fond greetings to all German Listeners…probably wont make it back to the Banks of The Rhine but I find it impossible to use the word “never”
I will always have great memories of gigging there…such generous listeners…Kraftwerk on the Autobahn…Toten Hosen in the shower….Eintopf in Heidelberg…Appelkorn in Stuttgart…Leinemann in Ludwigsburg….Strudel in the Kaboodle….Fasans Keipe… Ulli in Sviebel, on the road with Abi Wallenstein
·
This poem is a small tribute to the wonderful Christine Buckley, who was a victim of the Irish Industrial Schooling system. She was also the subject of a documentary called “Dear Daughter”. The poem is called “Dearest Daughter”
Alone and abandoned, she came to this earth
Her fearful parents renouncing her birth.
In a land where the church preached fear and hate
Christine was left at St. Vincents gate.
Years of servitude were soon to follow
Their regime of torture she was forced to swallow.
A lonely child, afraid and confused
In the name of their God she was beaten and bruised.
The Sisters Of Mercy, by name but not deed
Instilled fear and shame in this unwanted seed.
An innocent child like a lamb to the slaughter
She’ll always be our Dearest Daughter.
This orphaned child, without sisters or brothers
Devoted her life to helping others.
With courage and valour she stood up straight
Ensuring that no child need follow her fate.
We listened in horror as she recounted her date
In that Goldenbridge hellhole at the hands of the state.
In spite of the evidence the church remained smug
While the Vatican bosses swept it under the rug.
There’s no street or building that bears your name
Your gutless oppressors have buried their shame.
Betrayed by the government and clergy too
God called your name so he might comfort you.
A darkened sky hung low that day
And we cried as one when you passed away.
We pray your tears have turned to laughter
You’ll always be our Dearest Daughter.
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Thank you for sharing,
for remembering Christine Buckley..
If you looking for a tune that signifies life on the road doing gigs night after night listen to “kicking out the footlights. Jones and the hag covered it..great tune..
Will have a listen….he surely can sing (and drive a lawn mower)
Thank you for a great gig in the Hawks Well Friday night. I have seen you live before a few times and would keep coming back. Loved your “Ballad Of Ruby Walsh” & especially the “Politicians song” brilliant! John
Sligo remains forever welcoming….
Another mighty night of music , what can I say about Spancil Hill , love that song but more especially how you sing it, it is very definitely Gers favourite . . . . So thanks for that and for all that you and the crew do to make a gig so special.
Enjoy the sunshine, it makes winning the turf easier !!
I think the song has some magic ingredient…something also found in “The Cliffs of Dooneen”….I began singing these songs in the mid 1960s… I first heard Spancilhill sung by a woman in John Minogue’s Hotel, Tulla, Co Clare in 1964…A few years later I heard Andy Rynne of Prosperous,Co. Kildare sing “The Cliffs”. I think both songs were included on my second album recorded in 1971.
As I exited the stage in Hawkswell I realised it should have been sung for Marty & Ger….my mind being bent on rambling
Thank you for a wonderful experience in the Hawks Well last night. As a student I was at the concert in City Hall Cork when with Planxty you opened for Donovan (1972 I think) you were so good then nobody wanted Donovan just more Planxty. If you were good then you were supreme last night. Thank you for giving your all. Bernard Geoghegan
That was the very night Planxty “took off”
you describe it well….three of the Band still out on the road…
Liam,our beloved Piper, departed this earth a few months back..
Thank you for sharing
A real stormer of a gig last night in the Hawks Well , took us back to other days to see you holding the crowd in that special place we go to during a gig. . . . Solo , on your own , with the guitar and the bodhran , . Some real special songs came out last night ,Wandering Angus of course but I thought Madeline Laundries even more special than usual ( a change of a line in there too ? ).
Anyway , seconds out , Round 2……. can’t wait.
Last night as I lay dreaming ……
Spot on there Marty…. before singing that song in the Mansion House last Tuesday I realized that some of the lyrics needed altering to fit the occasion…now I’ve decided to stick with the altered lines …
I stepped on board a vision