Hello Christy,
PJ, as we locals fondly call our city, got its name from the petaling tree. Jaya means success in Malay and is popularly attached to the names of new townships. Petaling is the unique part of the name and is also the name of the district (like borough) where PJ is located.
Thanks for asking.
Christy's reply
From Brisbane we move to Malaysia for the story of the Petaling Tree….thanks to all of you correspondants who seek diversion in the Tower of Song
Greetings to you Tomás…Wee nuggets appear regularly…I never know what this Postbag might yield…. here comes a cover from The Clyde via Queensland….
what was it called in days of yore ?..before thon Union Jack insinuated itself upon The Starry Plough…way back in The Dreaming Time
Hi All, speaking of Lord Baker, here is this great version reminiscent of warm Summer nights by the Lee https://youtu.be/tNnbECIxMKY good to see Sat 21st June 2021 announced for a return to The Tent , Rebels Abú, there is hope !! beir bua agus beannacht. H
Christy's reply
Back in the Old World…singin with the mighty Dan…I wonder what year that might have been..
Great to be a member of your club, very interesting people contributing to your site. Keep up the good music, we look forward to a feast of it when this virus is defeated.
Christy's reply
come on John…you gotta give us some more !! what do you find interersting about these interesting people..you gotta open up a bit John..make it more interesting….what do you take with your blaa?…any sign of the electronic voting machines?…where can I get a left handed camán ? are there any magic mushrooms in Coolnacupogue ?
Just had a great morning with early Richard Thompson LPs…’Henry the human fly’ is always such a rewarding listen…
‘don’t believe pretenders
who say they will defend us
while they flash their teeth and wave
the other hand is being paid’ (The new St George)written c 1970
Great riffing on golf…and a funny coincidence…On holiday in Slane,also teeing off at the (now celebrated) 18th hole Stackallen pitch n putt c 1995.No hole in one,but my youngest son connected with the ball like a dream…a hot day,so a car parked with windows down escaped unscathed as the ball bounced and flew through it ,to land in the car park beyond….Phew…
Mandolin tuned …now to take on Mr Thompson again-‘Poor ditching boy’ to start…keep the Atkin ringing out…
Dave
Christy's reply
Richard has a unique way about him…
He’s been ploughing a long furrow for manys the year..
always keeping it straight, taking good care of the horses..
fine thing,fine as a Bee’s wing
Hello Christy,
Thankyou for taking the time to listen to me warbling away. Your comments are kind. With the lock down my journey to work has decreased to about 50 yards from waking up. So my practice time is much easier to fit in. I am very sorry, no tearing intended, ever. Sometimes it feels like a fairy ring in here. Hope you have a good day.
Rebecca
Christy's reply
some else said…”working fortunately”
hang on..I’ve just realised twas myself that said it !
good day so far, slaving o’er a hot guitar, a new song with just 3 Chords, and a melody never heard before….
Following the success of the online festival that many of us enjoyed a few weeks ago,there’s an encore on Monday 25/5 pm/evening.
Full line up at http://www.folkonfoot.com looks superb,esp when featuring Richard Thompson,Chris Wood,Eliza Carthy,Cara Dillon and many more top ‘turns’…with film of The Unthanks… I’m officially allowed to leave the bunker now (but will avoid golf courses and garden centres)and will be home for that gig.
If allowed to travel far enough to get stranded on a desert island,’Beeswing’ would be on my list of essentials…have you thought of any other RT songs to add to your set list?
Enjoy the day
Dave
Christy's reply
Great Post Dave…
for as far back as I can recall I’ve been song searching…always shaping something on the workbench…..way back at the beginning I’d sing every song that caught my ear…if I liked it I’d learn it and include it …as time flew past the process slowed , the bar was raised, 50 years on and I can spend years “trying on” a song before before including it in the set….occasionally songs can get mislaid,forgotten,overlooked……
This morning you have reminded me of one such…I’ve gone back in and had a listen again….I’m once again smitten by an old RT ballad….I’ll have to run the Atkin over it and see what evolves..
Thanks too for notice of the upcoming 2nd on line Folk festival…the first one was a great achievement
I look forward…..will be great to hear Chris Wood again…we got to hear him in Dublin a few years back and it was simply spellbinding
I dreamt last night that half of all golf courses had been turned into public park-lands….the other half sequestered for building land to house the homeless…
I dreamt of sheds set up behind country pubs where virtual golf faciclites were made available 24/7….free membership,duty free drink, treadmills,virtual golf carts, cut-price floral shirt dispensers..
Then I woke up and remembered Shane Lowry singing the”Honda 50″…Liam Óg playing off scratch on The Curragh,…I recalled getting a hole-in-one on the 18th at the Stackallen Pitch and Putt club in 1969….playing the Front 9 in Spainish Point the weekend of the First Lisdoonvarna Festival….Planxty Golf Outings observed boggle eyed from the 19th as Liam Óg, Des Kelly, Brian O’Brien O’Brien O’Brien and Gus played hard 4 ball thru the sandy winds of Lahinch….I thought of all the psillocybin harvested from the Fairways of the 32 counties and far beyond…all the courting couples gambolling in the bunkers…the golf ‘classics’….where would we be without the classics….the Smurfitts and O’Reillys, The Ronans and The Seanies,
“Fore-Fore they cried but all in vain
they’ve left us in the red again ”
Hi Christy,
The dog needed it’s leg lifted so in the headphones i was Listening to some Terry O’neill who led me yesterday to Legend, which in turn led me to Mandela’s speech to the Dail and in it he referenced Dunnes, which of course led me to Mary Manning and the noble song you sing of her ,and on into the Box set where so many treasures lie.
Praise be to the hound, who can now be dragged out whether he wants it or not,twice a day come hail, rain or shine with music blaring in my ears.
Keep on keeping on Christy,
Regards
Rory
Christy's reply
its 5km there and 5km back
thats 70 km a week we are being forced to walk
its all very well for you seniors in lycra who have been preparing for this day
but I been a 40 a day man for 50 years..I likes me few pints and a tinfoil of rogan josh…my air nikes are like 2 bald tyres …
that carry on of walkin with head phones is very hard on the dog….keep that up and your poor mutt will need counselling
http://www.thecaseysisters.com is a wonderful read,with great info about the three fine musicians.’Sibling Revelry’ is an inspired album title too.
I saw Nollaig play some brilliant gigs with Clancy and Makem ,but hadn’t realised she’d gigged with Planxty..do you think there might ever be a compilation album featuring all the group’s lineups?It would be absorbing listening…
Fascinating that Lord Baker and Wallflower proved to be challenging…well worth the hard graft though.
keep well
Dave
dagrab
May 13, 2020 at 2:05 pm
Location: having a Bert Jansch day...how many ships sail in the forest?
Hi Christy
Agreed with Rebecca…and a magical process as songs emerge to take on a life of their own…always a reward for hard graft.
What trad/contemporary song proved the biggest challenge to you ,from workshop to gig/recording?
trying to keep alert-despite ‘leaders’
Dave
Christy's reply
Lord Baker
Wallflower
sometimes I’m forced to take shortcuts….which sometimes can improve a song (in my estimation).. at other times adaptation have been viewed as sacriligious…some insertions slip by unnoticed, at other times an ommission can result in outcry and furore….but there is nothing quite as pleasureable as steamy bluster from an offended mudcat….
Hello Dave,
Thanks for taking the time to listen and your kind feedback. It’s got a long way to go but I hoped people might find a work in progress interesting. I find the process that singers take with songs fascinating. Anybody that I’m boring to death, sorry.
Rebecca
Belated Birthday wishes. We were supposed to have seen you at the Barrowlands recently. I hope you and the family are all safe and well under the conditions. And looking forward to seeing you again.
I thought I’d share my favourite song from a local Glasgow Irish Folk and Roll band, ‘The Wakes’. It’s about a great man from the ‘Calton’ area of Glasgow. He went off to fight Franco with many others in the Spanish civil war.
Hello Christy and Belated Happy Birthday.
I was reading letters between my late wife and me dating back almost 40 years and would like to share one line that she wrote:
“Christy Moore 的歌很好听。我想翻录一份，但店里的人不敢跟我翻录。
Christy Moore’s songs are very good. I would like to make a copy but the staff in the shop dared not do it.”
She wrote from her hometown on 11 Dec 1987, less than a month after we met. You could say that was a good sign….musically (and spiritually) in tune. We were married a year later.
I wanted to attach a copy of that line, which I will send to Hilary anyway.
My daughter and I were looking forward to the Edinburgh gig….it was what it was.
Stay safe and stay well.
Christy's reply
Greetings to you Siew Yen…
it has been heartbreaking for us all to have been denied so many nights of song music and fun….Petaling Jaya is a beautiful place name..what does it mean ?
Hello Christy and All,
I took a quick recording of where I’ve got to with Little Musgrave,. I got it down in just under 9 minutes, so not that quick really. ☺️ https://youtu.be/2iygVBi2a_s
I’m 1 month into learning it, so it’s pretty rough and ready. I also have a bit of a giggle when I lose the words, there’s billions of them.
It’s on YouTube but it’s audio only.
Its OK to comment, with a gentle decorum and kindness, if you please. I’m a big girl, but not bomb proof.
Rebecca
Christy's reply
no comment !
I am happy to know that this old song is being sung…happy to hear you sing and play it….keep up the good work…
I’ve been singing this song on and off for 45 years..it still works for me every time..if anyone else enjoys it..thats a bonus
Hello dear Christy,
It’ s heart-warming to read your “Thank-you Message” … Seems you had a lovely Birthday … Many thanks also for the link to “Dark End of the Street” (well done Adam!) – always loved this version from the old video cassette!
Take care,
Traudel
Christy's reply
that video with Keith was filmed on a winter’s afternoon 35 years ago…it was a special..just one take, no rehearsal, the atmosphere of the old Baggott Inn prevails..like manys a good venue it fell into the wrong hands…Moving Hearts played there every Mon Tue and Wed for almost a year
Also the day when James Connolly fell into a ready made grave….
Oh Where , Oh Where…..
Christy's reply
“William Martin Murphy and his Dublin millionaires
tried bribery and corruption,hypocrisy and prayers
to break the Transport Union,the scabs they did enlist
but all their graft was shattered by a scarlet iron fist
….and Connolly was there brave and undaunted,James Connolly was there”……
(by Dominic Behan. I recorded it on 1969 album “Paddy on The Road”)
Good day Christy,
Among the bravest of irish men, 39 years ago rip.
The song i humm ‘the boy from tamlaghduff’ today.
Rory
Christy's reply
39 years on…the lyric has remained almost the same
High upon the Glenshane Pass,heard the keening of a song
how the boy from Tamlaghduff is 39 years gone
the rebel heart torn apart this young man to lose
We’ll never see the likes again of young Francis Hughes
For many years his exploits were a thorn in England’s side
The hills and glens became his home it was there he used to hide
Often when surrounded he’d quietly slip away
Like a fox he went to ground and kept the dogs of war at bay
Francis and his corades were coming around the pass
When they were surrounded by a squad of SAS
The volunteers gave all they had, suffered from grave wounds
Francis gave the order to retreat and crawled across the fields
The UDR and RUC came with their tracker dogs
In their hundreds hunted him across the farms and bogs
When he was too weak to move they captured him at last
And from the countryside he loved they brought him to Belfast
From Musgrave Park to Crumlin Road then to a H-Block cell
He went straight on the blanket then on hunger strike as well
Although his weapon had been changed to a blanket from a gun
Francis Hughes was number two when the hunger strike began
As his young life ebbed away we helplessly looked on
On the twelfth of May the black flags lay in 1981
Deep mourning around Tamlaghduff has turned to burning pride
Francis fought them every day he lived and fought them as he died
High upon the Glenshane Pass,heard the keening of a song
how the boy from Tamlaghduff is 39 years gone
the rebel heart torn apart this young man to lose
We’ll never see the likes again of young Francis Hughes
Looking for EASKEY’s help.
I am researching my lady-friend’s family tree, i have run up against a brick wall when getting to around 1825 in sligo, skreen area. Nearby is the place EASKEY/EASKY.
Could you get in touch Easkey if you know anything of the place? Rory@bannermanburke.co.uk.
Apologies to all for hijacking the guestbook for my wild goose chase.
Rory
Ps box set ‘on the blanket’ sounds like it was recorded in Sligo
Christy's reply
Yes Rory,
It was recorded in the Community Hall, Collooney, County Sligo,on the night that Martin Hurson died on Hunger Strike in the H.Blocks of Long Kesh…Mick Hanly and I shared the vocals with the music of Donal Lunny, Declan Sinnott, Keith Donald, Eoghan O’Neill, Matt Kelleghan and Davy Spillane
Hello Christy,
PJ, as we locals fondly call our city, got its name from the petaling tree. Jaya means success in Malay and is popularly attached to the names of new townships. Petaling is the unique part of the name and is also the name of the district (like borough) where PJ is located.
Thanks for asking.
From Brisbane we move to Malaysia for the story of the Petaling Tree….thanks to all of you correspondants who seek diversion in the Tower of Song
Hi Christy et al. This place is a goldmine. I’ve loved listening to Declan McLaughlin. Incredible story teller. Christy, I thought you might like this cover of The Time Has Come by Gary Óg of Glasgow. https://open.spotify.com/track/5Nl19JxXQQx15ktA4jMEqm?si=CQ9pWu7sReK54TOwOKiENA
Greetings to you Tomás…Wee nuggets appear regularly…I never know what this Postbag might yield…. here comes a cover from The Clyde via Queensland….
what was it called in days of yore ?..before thon Union Jack insinuated itself upon The Starry Plough…way back in The Dreaming Time
Hi All, speaking of Lord Baker, here is this great version reminiscent of warm Summer nights by the Lee https://youtu.be/tNnbECIxMKY good to see Sat 21st June 2021 announced for a return to The Tent , Rebels Abú, there is hope !! beir bua agus beannacht. H
Back in the Old World…singin with the mighty Dan…I wonder what year that might have been..
Great to be a member of your club, very interesting people contributing to your site. Keep up the good music, we look forward to a feast of it when this virus is defeated.
come on John…you gotta give us some more !! what do you find interersting about these interesting people..you gotta open up a bit John..make it more interesting….what do you take with your blaa?…any sign of the electronic voting machines?…where can I get a left handed camán ? are there any magic mushrooms in Coolnacupogue ?
Hi Christy
Just had a great morning with early Richard Thompson LPs…’Henry the human fly’ is always such a rewarding listen…
‘don’t believe pretenders
who say they will defend us
while they flash their teeth and wave
the other hand is being paid’ (The new St George)written c 1970
Great riffing on golf…and a funny coincidence…On holiday in Slane,also teeing off at the (now celebrated) 18th hole Stackallen pitch n putt c 1995.No hole in one,but my youngest son connected with the ball like a dream…a hot day,so a car parked with windows down escaped unscathed as the ball bounced and flew through it ,to land in the car park beyond….Phew…
Mandolin tuned …now to take on Mr Thompson again-‘Poor ditching boy’ to start…keep the Atkin ringing out…
Dave
Richard has a unique way about him…
He’s been ploughing a long furrow for manys the year..
always keeping it straight, taking good care of the horses..
fine thing,fine as a Bee’s wing
Hello Christy,
Thankyou for taking the time to listen to me warbling away. Your comments are kind. With the lock down my journey to work has decreased to about 50 yards from waking up. So my practice time is much easier to fit in. I am very sorry, no tearing intended, ever. Sometimes it feels like a fairy ring in here. Hope you have a good day.
Rebecca
some else said…”working fortunately”
hang on..I’ve just realised twas myself that said it !
good day so far, slaving o’er a hot guitar, a new song with just 3 Chords, and a melody never heard before….
Mornin’ Christy
Following the success of the online festival that many of us enjoyed a few weeks ago,there’s an encore on Monday 25/5 pm/evening.
Full line up at http://www.folkonfoot.com looks superb,esp when featuring Richard Thompson,Chris Wood,Eliza Carthy,Cara Dillon and many more top ‘turns’…with film of The Unthanks… I’m officially allowed to leave the bunker now (but will avoid golf courses and garden centres)and will be home for that gig.
If allowed to travel far enough to get stranded on a desert island,’Beeswing’ would be on my list of essentials…have you thought of any other RT songs to add to your set list?
Enjoy the day
Dave
Great Post Dave…
for as far back as I can recall I’ve been song searching…always shaping something on the workbench…..way back at the beginning I’d sing every song that caught my ear…if I liked it I’d learn it and include it …as time flew past the process slowed , the bar was raised, 50 years on and I can spend years “trying on” a song before before including it in the set….occasionally songs can get mislaid,forgotten,overlooked……
This morning you have reminded me of one such…I’ve gone back in and had a listen again….I’m once again smitten by an old RT ballad….I’ll have to run the Atkin over it and see what evolves..
Thanks too for notice of the upcoming 2nd on line Folk festival…the first one was a great achievement
I look forward…..will be great to hear Chris Wood again…we got to hear him in Dublin a few years back and it was simply spellbinding
I dreamt last night that half of all golf courses had been turned into public park-lands….the other half sequestered for building land to house the homeless…
I dreamt of sheds set up behind country pubs where virtual golf faciclites were made available 24/7….free membership,duty free drink, treadmills,virtual golf carts, cut-price floral shirt dispensers..
Then I woke up and remembered Shane Lowry singing the”Honda 50″…Liam Óg playing off scratch on The Curragh,…I recalled getting a hole-in-one on the 18th at the Stackallen Pitch and Putt club in 1969….playing the Front 9 in Spainish Point the weekend of the First Lisdoonvarna Festival….Planxty Golf Outings observed boggle eyed from the 19th as Liam Óg, Des Kelly, Brian O’Brien O’Brien O’Brien and Gus played hard 4 ball thru the sandy winds of Lahinch….I thought of all the psillocybin harvested from the Fairways of the 32 counties and far beyond…all the courting couples gambolling in the bunkers…the golf ‘classics’….where would we be without the classics….the Smurfitts and O’Reillys, The Ronans and The Seanies,
“Fore-Fore they cried but all in vain
they’ve left us in the red again ”
I thing its time to get up
Hi Christy,
The dog needed it’s leg lifted so in the headphones i was Listening to some Terry O’neill who led me yesterday to Legend, which in turn led me to Mandela’s speech to the Dail and in it he referenced Dunnes, which of course led me to Mary Manning and the noble song you sing of her ,and on into the Box set where so many treasures lie.
Praise be to the hound, who can now be dragged out whether he wants it or not,twice a day come hail, rain or shine with music blaring in my ears.
Keep on keeping on Christy,
Regards
Rory
its 5km there and 5km back
thats 70 km a week we are being forced to walk
its all very well for you seniors in lycra who have been preparing for this day
but I been a 40 a day man for 50 years..I likes me few pints and a tinfoil of rogan josh…my air nikes are like 2 bald tyres …
that carry on of walkin with head phones is very hard on the dog….keep that up and your poor mutt will need counselling
Hi Christy
http://www.thecaseysisters.com is a wonderful read,with great info about the three fine musicians.’Sibling Revelry’ is an inspired album title too.
I saw Nollaig play some brilliant gigs with Clancy and Makem ,but hadn’t realised she’d gigged with Planxty..do you think there might ever be a compilation album featuring all the group’s lineups?It would be absorbing listening…
Fascinating that Lord Baker and Wallflower proved to be challenging…well worth the hard graft though.
keep well
Dave
Hi Christy
Agreed with Rebecca…and a magical process as songs emerge to take on a life of their own…always a reward for hard graft.
What trad/contemporary song proved the biggest challenge to you ,from workshop to gig/recording?
trying to keep alert-despite ‘leaders’
Dave
Lord Baker
Wallflower
sometimes I’m forced to take shortcuts….which sometimes can improve a song (in my estimation).. at other times adaptation have been viewed as sacriligious…some insertions slip by unnoticed, at other times an ommission can result in outcry and furore….but there is nothing quite as pleasureable as steamy bluster from an offended mudcat….
Hello Dave,
Thanks for taking the time to listen and your kind feedback. It’s got a long way to go but I hoped people might find a work in progress interesting. I find the process that singers take with songs fascinating. Anybody that I’m boring to death, sorry.
Rebecca
tear away…me mother’s a dressmaker
Hi Christy.
Belated Birthday wishes. We were supposed to have seen you at the Barrowlands recently. I hope you and the family are all safe and well under the conditions. And looking forward to seeing you again.
I thought I’d share my favourite song from a local Glasgow Irish Folk and Roll band, ‘The Wakes’. It’s about a great man from the ‘Calton’ area of Glasgow. He went off to fight Franco with many others in the Spanish civil war.
https://youtu.be/oV4oBOCLui8
I think you’d like it.
All the best Christy. We Shall Overcome
Danny
Thanks for sharing Danny Boy
Hi Christy
Hope all going well…great that Rebecca has been serenading the bunker here…fair play,RH…well done and good luck…
I posted links yesterday,but they may have fallen at a fence…interesting info/wonderful harp/guitar by Maire Ni Chathasaigh and Chris Newman
http://www.oldbridgemusic.com
http://www.maireandchris.com
Keep on plucking ,all
Dave
Those Casey Women from Bandon sure know how to carry a tune..
Nollaig flew with Planxty for a spell..was always the finest of company and musicality..
Hello Christy and Belated Happy Birthday.
I was reading letters between my late wife and me dating back almost 40 years and would like to share one line that she wrote:
“Christy Moore 的歌很好听。我想翻录一份，但店里的人不敢跟我翻录。
Christy Moore’s songs are very good. I would like to make a copy but the staff in the shop dared not do it.”
She wrote from her hometown on 11 Dec 1987, less than a month after we met. You could say that was a good sign….musically (and spiritually) in tune. We were married a year later.
I wanted to attach a copy of that line, which I will send to Hilary anyway.
My daughter and I were looking forward to the Edinburgh gig….it was what it was.
Stay safe and stay well.
Greetings to you Siew Yen…
it has been heartbreaking for us all to have been denied so many nights of song music and fun….Petaling Jaya is a beautiful place name..what does it mean ?
Hello Christy and All,
I took a quick recording of where I’ve got to with Little Musgrave,. I got it down in just under 9 minutes, so not that quick really. ☺️
https://youtu.be/2iygVBi2a_s
I’m 1 month into learning it, so it’s pretty rough and ready. I also have a bit of a giggle when I lose the words, there’s billions of them.
It’s on YouTube but it’s audio only.
Its OK to comment, with a gentle decorum and kindness, if you please. I’m a big girl, but not bomb proof.
Rebecca
no comment !
I am happy to know that this old song is being sung…happy to hear you sing and play it….keep up the good work…
I’ve been singing this song on and off for 45 years..it still works for me every time..if anyone else enjoys it..thats a bonus
Hello dear Christy,
It’ s heart-warming to read your “Thank-you Message” … Seems you had a lovely Birthday … Many thanks also for the link to “Dark End of the Street” (well done Adam!) – always loved this version from the old video cassette!
Take care,
Traudel
that video with Keith was filmed on a winter’s afternoon 35 years ago…it was a special..just one take, no rehearsal, the atmosphere of the old Baggott Inn prevails..like manys a good venue it fell into the wrong hands…Moving Hearts played there every Mon Tue and Wed for almost a year
Also the day when James Connolly fell into a ready made grave….
Oh Where , Oh Where…..
“William Martin Murphy and his Dublin millionaires
tried bribery and corruption,hypocrisy and prayers
to break the Transport Union,the scabs they did enlist
but all their graft was shattered by a scarlet iron fist
….and Connolly was there brave and undaunted,James Connolly was there”……
(by Dominic Behan. I recorded it on 1969 album “Paddy on The Road”)
Good day Christy,
Among the bravest of irish men, 39 years ago rip.
The song i humm ‘the boy from tamlaghduff’ today.
Rory
39 years on…the lyric has remained almost the same
High upon the Glenshane Pass,heard the keening of a song
how the boy from Tamlaghduff is 39 years gone
the rebel heart torn apart this young man to lose
We’ll never see the likes again of young Francis Hughes
For many years his exploits were a thorn in England’s side
The hills and glens became his home it was there he used to hide
Often when surrounded he’d quietly slip away
Like a fox he went to ground and kept the dogs of war at bay
Francis and his corades were coming around the pass
When they were surrounded by a squad of SAS
The volunteers gave all they had, suffered from grave wounds
Francis gave the order to retreat and crawled across the fields
The UDR and RUC came with their tracker dogs
In their hundreds hunted him across the farms and bogs
When he was too weak to move they captured him at last
And from the countryside he loved they brought him to Belfast
From Musgrave Park to Crumlin Road then to a H-Block cell
He went straight on the blanket then on hunger strike as well
Although his weapon had been changed to a blanket from a gun
Francis Hughes was number two when the hunger strike began
As his young life ebbed away we helplessly looked on
On the twelfth of May the black flags lay in 1981
Deep mourning around Tamlaghduff has turned to burning pride
Francis fought them every day he lived and fought them as he died
High upon the Glenshane Pass,heard the keening of a song
how the boy from Tamlaghduff is 39 years gone
the rebel heart torn apart this young man to lose
We’ll never see the likes again of young Francis Hughes
Looking for EASKEY’s help.
I am researching my lady-friend’s family tree, i have run up against a brick wall when getting to around 1825 in sligo, skreen area. Nearby is the place EASKEY/EASKY.
Could you get in touch Easkey if you know anything of the place? Rory@bannermanburke.co.uk.
Apologies to all for hijacking the guestbook for my wild goose chase.
Rory
Ps box set ‘on the blanket’ sounds like it was recorded in Sligo
Yes Rory,
It was recorded in the Community Hall, Collooney, County Sligo,on the night that Martin Hurson died on Hunger Strike in the H.Blocks of Long Kesh…Mick Hanly and I shared the vocals with the music of Donal Lunny, Declan Sinnott, Keith Donald, Eoghan O’Neill, Matt Kelleghan and Davy Spillane
Hey Christy, I am still here. Ha,ha.
When You Wish Upon a Vaccine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01C9yaZsEhs
you sure are