Hello Christy,
Playing and accompanying, yes so do I.
You’ve got me wondering if we think the same thing.
For me, it’s to do with where the spotlight is. So the voice plays and the harp accompanies. It’s a support role, how to get the harp to allow the voice to be most effective.
I don’t think I’m good enough to play the harp, but I can accompany on the harp.
Percussionists don’t often get to play, so Well below the Valley is a wonderful thing.
The bodhran is such an emotional instrument when played directly with the hands. Viseral, raw, full of fury or tender as a heart beat. The most emotional of all the drums.
There a tenor drum solo in a piece called Peterloo, after the massacre in Manchester. It’s heart rending.
Rebecca
Christy's reply
The first Bodhrán player I encountered was Ned Farrell in Prosperous, County Kildare…when I made my way to Dublin I heard Joey Walsh & Bodhrán Byrne who were the resident Rhythm section in O’Donogue’s of Merrion Row…..with the subsequent emergence of Seán O’Riada,The Chieftains,Planxty,De Danaan the old drum started to spread like ragwort throughout the Land….50 years on bejasus and its hard to meet someone who’s not (at least) related to a Bodhránist…
along the way this poor instrument (of torture betimes) has been lambasted from certain altars of the pure drop….Séamus Ennis was once heard to say that a Bodhrán was best played with a pen knife..I understand the source of his angst ….my own early clattering left a lot to be desired..unfortunately some of it still beats out on early recordings…..
but properly played,employed and mixed it can have its place in certain music situations…..
There were warning signs years ago…at the Thurles Fleadh back in the early 1964 ish there was a session at The Anner Hotel…Ciarán Burke was playing a slip jig on the Tin Whistle…..as he alone carried the tune he was being accompanied by 5 guitars, 4 bodhráns, 3 sets of spoons, 2 lads playing “the bones” and a juice harp…..Ciarán departed for the bar with his whistle, the throng of accompanists never even noticed his departure and battered awat ’til closing time….it was a great fleadh….I went there with Pat McGowan, God Rest Him….I had my first guitar on my back…my big song back then was “Mary from Dungloe”gleaned from Colm O’Lochlann’s “Irish Street Ballads” it was’nt well known then and I backed it up with “Enniskillen Dragoon”,”Curragh of Kildare” and “Follow me up to Carlow”….I was gradually assembling an early repertoire of good songs and developing a reputation as “yer man that sweats”
Hi Christy i think i have managed to copy a link above to Matt McGinn’s inspiring tribute to a Belfast busker, i hope you can get to enjoy it.
Regards
Rory
Christy's reply
Thanks Rory…Yes, you have managed to share Willie Campbell with us all…its a very special film….something about Willie’s demeanour and music makes for an emotional viewing…..I’d love to have caught him live, to have shared a few words with him
Hello Christy,
Your mention of doing guitar exercises while watching sport has reminded me that I should be more disciplined with accompaniments. I find it all too easy to let the harp do its own thing. So I got Reel in the flickering light out yesterday, it’s a good accompaniment, lots of chords (4 I think).
Playing it by itself has made me realise that my right hand is lazy. There’s work to be done.
Do you play the bodhran at home?
Rebecca
Christy's reply
I believe that playing and accompanying are different disciplines..
The Flickering Reel is a lovely piece….
seldom play the drum at home….always play it at sound checks….have begun to take it up at gigs again….been spending some time at “The Well”
Finishing the day with ‘Burning Times’ – what a magnificent album with wonderful artwork and sleeve notes.
So many superb songs in the mix – I replayed ‘ Beeswing’ a time or two, but had to return to ‘Motherland’ for the encore… ace companeros too. Thanks…
Dave
Christy's reply
8 songs from that album still on the current gig list….one or two of them regularly…..
it was a happy recording..down in Cork in Declan Sinnot’s abode…happy days
Hi Christy.
We are a group of six currently en route from Canada to see you in Dublin on May 8th. Your concert is part of a celebration of life for our dear friend Scottie (35) who was lost in a tragic fishing accident. In May 2020, the Sarah Anne went down off the coast of Newfoundland with four on board. Since then our group has been waiting to come see you and we’re very excited to say we’re on our way. If possible could I request Sail on Jimmy for Scott Norman. Thanks and see you on the other side of the pond.
Christy's reply
“In the wee hours of the morning we were howling at the Moon
as the Mystic Wind took Jimmy, way up to the Mystic Room”
Does anyone else play gut string here? I love the way they feel and sound but the little buggers know the year turns. They go haywire at this time of year, breaking with an almighty crack. It’s the same as autumn comes round.
With nylon, nothing.
You anchor them to the harp with a special knot onto a thick piece of gut that holds them to the back of the soundboard. Then you feed them through the lever and they hold themselves to the pin, twisting under themselves. It’s, a beautiful thing when you get it right.
Rebecca
Christy's reply
Medium Bronze wound here for the past 50 years..before that I had nylon for a while
Still have great memories of the 2016 Vicar Street concert when you dedicated ” Ride On ” to my uncle Billie Burke. Thank you so much for that ! We have just booked tickets for the Wexford Opera House on Friday July 15th. Looking forward to it so much. Just wondering did you ever get a chance to revive or dig out the ” Me and Bibi ” rap / song ? Would be great to hear about all the old irish sporting legends.
Take care and cheers ,
Paul
Christy's reply
Good night Paul….6 years on and “Ride On” still performed at most gigs…” Me & Bibi” still lingering in formaldehyde..your mention has me searching for the lyric..I’ve not reaqd it for aeons….see you down “The Model”
Hello Christy,
Oh please don’t mention Fiona from antiques roadshow. She drives me nuts. I start to imagine her all in disarray and screaming like a banshee. It’s not a good thought.
I think I’ve mentioned it before but there’s a few people selling turf on Amazon, some of them in great hulking sacks.
Its been a few times now that the poor delivery man has dragged a couple of them up the path to my front door. The stuff we’ve allowed to burn over here has to be very dry, so it burns gold, not red. But there’s nothing like it with the xtove door open and a drop of whiskey.
It fills the neighbourhood too.
well spotted…I got my Fionas mixed up there….I have the highest regard for Fiona Shaw’s work…I tend to leave the room when the other Fiona appears..be it art forgery, question time or high fashion roadshow…she wrecks me buzz…
I’ve been plucking the medium gauge bronze wound steel for 50 years now but before that I was on the nylons
I once knew an adventurous entrepeneur in the County of Mayo… in the 1980s he hired a Galway Hooker, filled it with Turf and sailed it to New York where he sold his cargo one sod at a time
Morning Christy,
On my way to work today i looked for something to listen to. Wandering the streets of Hawick i decided upon the Ride O album.
Every song a gem, none you hesitate to skip on from, just a wonderful album.
Ride on Christy, ride on.
Rory
Christy's reply
Gotta hand it to you Rory…
you keep on listening and you keep on giving..
……..playing in Killarney two weeks ago had flashbacks to the recording of that album..the venue was a mile from where we recorded “Ride On” back in 1985
After I posted about the ‘Antiques Roadshow’, I realised that BBC i player might not be widely accessible. But, it looks like segments of the show are also posted online. Hopefully an internet search of something like the following will show the piece. The medals are stunning.
Try a an internet search like ‘BBC Antiques Roadshow 1/5/22 – 1916 medals’
Have a good day
Dave
Christy's reply
I’ve never managed to access the BBC iPlayer here in Éire…
does Fiona Bruce ever get a day off work?..that poor woman constantly works her fingers to the bone..its no joke having to be forever impeccably coiffed,dressed and elocuted..cant imagine what Auntie would do without her..I often wonder might Fiona consider Football Focus…herself and Micah Richards would make a treat team
Hi Christy,
Myself and my good friend Frank Diamond are joining you in Tullamore on 11th June to celebrate his 50th birthday. We’ve both seen you many times but never together and we’re looking forward to another cracking performance.
Frank is a great man, doing incredible work for the charity ALPs (All Lives are Precious). He hails from Bellaghy and everywhere he goes he brings the guitar to belt out many of your legendary songs. His favourite is Back home in Derry. You’re songs, sung by yourself and others, help so many people in so many ways.
Frank met you a couple of times and beams when he quotes you… “Shine on you crazy Diamond”
You probably get many of these requests, but it would be amazing if you could give him a shout out in Tullamore.
Hi Christy, I wrote a song, Legends of All Time as a tribute to the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. I know that you also held them in high regard and maybe you would appreciate this song. I don’t know how to get songs to you without posting a link on here so I hope you don’t mind me doing so.
Listened to your reading of the Sunflower poem by Mike Harding on Eamon O’ neals’ Radio Manchester show this morning.
Your delivery of such a poignant message and word brought me to tears.
Beautiful 😍
Tonight’s BBC1 ‘Antiques Roadshow’ was hosted by the Ulster Folk Museum and had several interesting objects under discussion. Of particular interest here, appears towards the end of the show.- a set of medals awarded to some participants in the 1916 uprising. The owner of the items had interesting family history about the recipients of the medals (awarded in c 1941).Well worth a look.
Great to get your update about the workroom activities and the evolution of older songs.Keep on truckin’…
Dave
Dave
Christy's reply
Used to watch that old roadshow…these days I while the hours away with Drew Pritchard and Salvage Hunters
On turf and it’s emotive fragrance:
I confess to poaching a small bit when last in Ireland – good number of years ago, now. I have occasionally burnt a tiny piece on the electric stove, but recently obtained a small electric incense burner. It is a rectangular device with rechargeable battery and works better than expected, so far. One can be had on Amazon for around $20 US. Turn on, toss a pinch in, and it shuts itself off after the burn. Instructions call for placing enclosed screen over element and a cap over top end, but those seem to interfere with intended puropse. I understand it’s not same as a turf fire, but if you pick up scent at a performance, it wasn’t me, only a well – meaning devotee. The task then, of course, will be to determine the bog of origin, or county it came from.
I happened upon a Luka Bloom show one Summer’s night earlier this century, in Greenwich Village. He sang of a holiday in Costa del Bog. Wonderful artist, that man.
Christy's reply
you nailed it there Brendan….straight away your “emotive fragrance” carried me back across the years…back to that old world where the an hearth fire was at the very heart of daily life…banked at dusk and poked to life at dawn ….
there was a lot of back-breaking work involved, all of it essential to their very existence…they lived with neither electric or running water….that fire was tended carefully,expertly,lovingly….
I could go on endlessly here but its time to rise and face the day…
Hello Christy and All,
Did you manage to catch any of the women’s rugby over the last few weeks?
Those girls are awesome!
I feel so proud of what they’re doing.
When I was at primary school girls could only play netball. Then two younger girls made a big fuss, and were allowed to play football.
It’s come a long way.
I was busy hitting glockenspiel and blowing down recorders.
Rebecca
Christy's reply
as sport commentary dulls down, becoming more pedantic with every passing year, I’ve started to watch a lot of sport without sound…I use the time to do guitar excercises betimes bursting into song ….
some great viewing of late as muscular men and women ruck and maul to their hearts content
as a boy I always wanted to play camogie but the nuns would not hear of it
I suggest mixed rugby for the next Olympics
Listened to the whole INEC gig on a flight from Dallas to New York. Loved the shoutout – thanks, Christy! You sounded great, and the crowd was right there with you the whole time. Quinta Brigada for Ukraine was perfect. Cheers!
Howya Christy. Naas man living out in Sligo here, nabbed a ticket with 5 mins to spare to your gig in the Hawkswell during the week. Brought a few buddies and the girlfriend down, and we were all blown away by the show. Intimate, open and deadly craic, we hope to catch ya again in December for the Vicar St run if it’s going ahead this year. Might request the Curragh on the night if Glen and co can get us across the line in Leinster this year. Christy agus Cill Dara Abú.
Christy's reply
I sensed the presence of a Nás na Rí native in the room..kept me on my toes..
” and its straight I will repare to The Curragh of Kildare”
The flourbag out and ironed for another Championship. The under 20s did the job on Dublin last Thursday 0-17 to 0-15 a good start. Seniors play Louth in Tullamore on Sunday, who knows how it will go, we should win. We buried Pat Tinsley from the Barracks after a long battle, a photographer who would be on the sideline tomorrow. Harry Belafonte singing Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) was played in the church for Pat, for many reasons.
Christy's reply
Last time I met Pat was at a Luka gig in Ryston…”daylight come and he wanna go home” always a pleasure to meet Pat…
a fresh breeze blowing through Hawkfield with Glen and Johnny steering the Lilies..we live in eternal hope John that, one day, our ship will come in and Sam will cross the bridge and head on up the Town..
heading to Lullymore next week to film a song upon the beaufiful Bog…Manchan Magan recent series “The Last Sod” ( excuse the béarla Gráinne) was a great watch….the Great Turf War may break out at any moment…NATO standing by
You mentioned the Swastika laundry…not my neck of the woods and anyway , I’m far too young .
The Swastika was originally a religious symbol from ancient times until it was usurped by Nazi Germany, so perhaps the laundry in Dolphins Barn pre-dated Hitler’s regime.
I remember a good discussion on Joe Duffys liveline show on the Laundry a while back.
Christy's reply
them Nazis Marty..nothing is sacred with them..they’d rob the steam off a poor man’s piss then shoot him in the head
Hello Christy,
Playing and accompanying, yes so do I.
You’ve got me wondering if we think the same thing.
For me, it’s to do with where the spotlight is. So the voice plays and the harp accompanies. It’s a support role, how to get the harp to allow the voice to be most effective.
I don’t think I’m good enough to play the harp, but I can accompany on the harp.
Percussionists don’t often get to play, so Well below the Valley is a wonderful thing.
The bodhran is such an emotional instrument when played directly with the hands. Viseral, raw, full of fury or tender as a heart beat. The most emotional of all the drums.
There a tenor drum solo in a piece called Peterloo, after the massacre in Manchester. It’s heart rending.
Rebecca
The first Bodhrán player I encountered was Ned Farrell in Prosperous, County Kildare…when I made my way to Dublin I heard Joey Walsh & Bodhrán Byrne who were the resident Rhythm section in O’Donogue’s of Merrion Row…..with the subsequent emergence of Seán O’Riada,The Chieftains,Planxty,De Danaan the old drum started to spread like ragwort throughout the Land….50 years on bejasus and its hard to meet someone who’s not (at least) related to a Bodhránist…
along the way this poor instrument (of torture betimes) has been lambasted from certain altars of the pure drop….Séamus Ennis was once heard to say that a Bodhrán was best played with a pen knife..I understand the source of his angst ….my own early clattering left a lot to be desired..unfortunately some of it still beats out on early recordings…..
but properly played,employed and mixed it can have its place in certain music situations…..
There were warning signs years ago…at the Thurles Fleadh back in the early 1964 ish there was a session at The Anner Hotel…Ciarán Burke was playing a slip jig on the Tin Whistle…..as he alone carried the tune he was being accompanied by 5 guitars, 4 bodhráns, 3 sets of spoons, 2 lads playing “the bones” and a juice harp…..Ciarán departed for the bar with his whistle, the throng of accompanists never even noticed his departure and battered awat ’til closing time….it was a great fleadh….I went there with Pat McGowan, God Rest Him….I had my first guitar on my back…my big song back then was “Mary from Dungloe”gleaned from Colm O’Lochlann’s “Irish Street Ballads” it was’nt well known then and I backed it up with “Enniskillen Dragoon”,”Curragh of Kildare” and “Follow me up to Carlow”….I was gradually assembling an early repertoire of good songs and developing a reputation as “yer man that sweats”
https://digitalfilmarchive.net/media/tribute-to-willie-campbell-matt-mcginn-5511
Hi Christy i think i have managed to copy a link above to Matt McGinn’s inspiring tribute to a Belfast busker, i hope you can get to enjoy it.
Regards
Rory
Thanks Rory…Yes, you have managed to share Willie Campbell with us all…its a very special film….something about Willie’s demeanour and music makes for an emotional viewing…..I’d love to have caught him live, to have shared a few words with him
Hello Christy,
Your mention of doing guitar exercises while watching sport has reminded me that I should be more disciplined with accompaniments. I find it all too easy to let the harp do its own thing. So I got Reel in the flickering light out yesterday, it’s a good accompaniment, lots of chords (4 I think).
Playing it by itself has made me realise that my right hand is lazy. There’s work to be done.
Do you play the bodhran at home?
Rebecca
I believe that playing and accompanying are different disciplines..
The Flickering Reel is a lovely piece….
seldom play the drum at home….always play it at sound checks….have begun to take it up at gigs again….been spending some time at “The Well”
Hi Christy
Finishing the day with ‘Burning Times’ – what a magnificent album with wonderful artwork and sleeve notes.
So many superb songs in the mix – I replayed ‘ Beeswing’ a time or two, but had to return to ‘Motherland’ for the encore… ace companeros too. Thanks…
Dave
8 songs from that album still on the current gig list….one or two of them regularly…..
it was a happy recording..down in Cork in Declan Sinnot’s abode…happy days
just realised its 17 years since
Hi Christy.
We are a group of six currently en route from Canada to see you in Dublin on May 8th. Your concert is part of a celebration of life for our dear friend Scottie (35) who was lost in a tragic fishing accident. In May 2020, the Sarah Anne went down off the coast of Newfoundland with four on board. Since then our group has been waiting to come see you and we’re very excited to say we’re on our way. If possible could I request Sail on Jimmy for Scott Norman. Thanks and see you on the other side of the pond.
“In the wee hours of the morning we were howling at the Moon
as the Mystic Wind took Jimmy, way up to the Mystic Room”
Rest in Peace Scottie
Does anyone else play gut string here? I love the way they feel and sound but the little buggers know the year turns. They go haywire at this time of year, breaking with an almighty crack. It’s the same as autumn comes round.
With nylon, nothing.
You anchor them to the harp with a special knot onto a thick piece of gut that holds them to the back of the soundboard. Then you feed them through the lever and they hold themselves to the pin, twisting under themselves. It’s, a beautiful thing when you get it right.
Rebecca
Medium Bronze wound here for the past 50 years..before that I had nylon for a while
Good morning Christy ,
Still have great memories of the 2016 Vicar Street concert when you dedicated ” Ride On ” to my uncle Billie Burke. Thank you so much for that ! We have just booked tickets for the Wexford Opera House on Friday July 15th. Looking forward to it so much. Just wondering did you ever get a chance to revive or dig out the ” Me and Bibi ” rap / song ? Would be great to hear about all the old irish sporting legends.
Take care and cheers ,
Paul
Good night Paul….6 years on and “Ride On” still performed at most gigs…” Me & Bibi” still lingering in formaldehyde..your mention has me searching for the lyric..I’ve not reaqd it for aeons….see you down “The Model”
Hello Christy,
Oh please don’t mention Fiona from antiques roadshow. She drives me nuts. I start to imagine her all in disarray and screaming like a banshee. It’s not a good thought.
I think I’ve mentioned it before but there’s a few people selling turf on Amazon, some of them in great hulking sacks.
Its been a few times now that the poor delivery man has dragged a couple of them up the path to my front door. The stuff we’ve allowed to burn over here has to be very dry, so it burns gold, not red. But there’s nothing like it with the xtove door open and a drop of whiskey.
It fills the neighbourhood too.
Here’s something good
https://youtu.be/ek83klqSgIw
Rebecca
well spotted…I got my Fionas mixed up there….I have the highest regard for Fiona Shaw’s work…I tend to leave the room when the other Fiona appears..be it art forgery, question time or high fashion roadshow…she wrecks me buzz…
I’ve been plucking the medium gauge bronze wound steel for 50 years now but before that I was on the nylons
I once knew an adventurous entrepeneur in the County of Mayo… in the 1980s he hired a Galway Hooker, filled it with Turf and sailed it to New York where he sold his cargo one sod at a time
Morning Christy,
On my way to work today i looked for something to listen to. Wandering the streets of Hawick i decided upon the Ride O album.
Every song a gem, none you hesitate to skip on from, just a wonderful album.
Ride on Christy, ride on.
Rory
Gotta hand it to you Rory…
you keep on listening and you keep on giving..
……..playing in Killarney two weeks ago had flashbacks to the recording of that album..the venue was a mile from where we recorded “Ride On” back in 1985
Mornin’ Christy/all
After I posted about the ‘Antiques Roadshow’, I realised that BBC i player might not be widely accessible. But, it looks like segments of the show are also posted online. Hopefully an internet search of something like the following will show the piece. The medals are stunning.
Try a an internet search like ‘BBC Antiques Roadshow 1/5/22 – 1916 medals’
Have a good day
Dave
I’ve never managed to access the BBC iPlayer here in Éire…
does Fiona Bruce ever get a day off work?..that poor woman constantly works her fingers to the bone..its no joke having to be forever impeccably coiffed,dressed and elocuted..cant imagine what Auntie would do without her..I often wonder might Fiona consider Football Focus…herself and Micah Richards would make a treat team
Hi Christy,
Myself and my good friend Frank Diamond are joining you in Tullamore on 11th June to celebrate his 50th birthday. We’ve both seen you many times but never together and we’re looking forward to another cracking performance.
Frank is a great man, doing incredible work for the charity ALPs (All Lives are Precious). He hails from Bellaghy and everywhere he goes he brings the guitar to belt out many of your legendary songs. His favourite is Back home in Derry. You’re songs, sung by yourself and others, help so many people in so many ways.
Frank met you a couple of times and beams when he quotes you… “Shine on you crazy Diamond”
You probably get many of these requests, but it would be amazing if you could give him a shout out in Tullamore.
Thanks Christy,
Aidan
from Tamlaghtduff to Tullamore
Hi Christy, I wrote a song, Legends of All Time as a tribute to the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. I know that you also held them in high regard and maybe you would appreciate this song. I don’t know how to get songs to you without posting a link on here so I hope you don’t mind me doing so.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyuIxE7Elb4
Thanks for now.
Paddy
Good man Paddy….thank you for sharing….they opened the world of balladry for many of us…
“When I first heard Tommy Makem and The Clancys my future it was sealed
I was bitten by the ballad bug and ever since that wound has never healed
when I got my first guitar my fingers bled until I learnt a chord or two
I pulled on my Aran sweater,wrote me Ma a goodbye letter,started singing songs in O’Donoghues”
Listened to your reading of the Sunflower poem by Mike Harding on Eamon O’ neals’ Radio Manchester show this morning.
Your delivery of such a poignant message and word brought me to tears.
Beautiful 😍
its a powerful piece from my old Blakeley buddy
Hi Christy/ all
Tonight’s BBC1 ‘Antiques Roadshow’ was hosted by the Ulster Folk Museum and had several interesting objects under discussion. Of particular interest here, appears towards the end of the show.- a set of medals awarded to some participants in the 1916 uprising. The owner of the items had interesting family history about the recipients of the medals (awarded in c 1941).Well worth a look.
Great to get your update about the workroom activities and the evolution of older songs.Keep on truckin’…
Dave
Dave
Used to watch that old roadshow…these days I while the hours away with Drew Pritchard and Salvage Hunters
Hello Christy Moore and friends of.
On turf and it’s emotive fragrance:
I confess to poaching a small bit when last in Ireland – good number of years ago, now. I have occasionally burnt a tiny piece on the electric stove, but recently obtained a small electric incense burner. It is a rectangular device with rechargeable battery and works better than expected, so far. One can be had on Amazon for around $20 US. Turn on, toss a pinch in, and it shuts itself off after the burn. Instructions call for placing enclosed screen over element and a cap over top end, but those seem to interfere with intended puropse. I understand it’s not same as a turf fire, but if you pick up scent at a performance, it wasn’t me, only a well – meaning devotee. The task then, of course, will be to determine the bog of origin, or county it came from.
I happened upon a Luka Bloom show one Summer’s night earlier this century, in Greenwich Village. He sang of a holiday in Costa del Bog. Wonderful artist, that man.
you nailed it there Brendan….straight away your “emotive fragrance” carried me back across the years…back to that old world where the an hearth fire was at the very heart of daily life…banked at dusk and poked to life at dawn ….
there was a lot of back-breaking work involved, all of it essential to their very existence…they lived with neither electric or running water….that fire was tended carefully,expertly,lovingly….
I could go on endlessly here but its time to rise and face the day…
Hello Christy and All,
Did you manage to catch any of the women’s rugby over the last few weeks?
Those girls are awesome!
I feel so proud of what they’re doing.
When I was at primary school girls could only play netball. Then two younger girls made a big fuss, and were allowed to play football.
It’s come a long way.
I was busy hitting glockenspiel and blowing down recorders.
Rebecca
as sport commentary dulls down, becoming more pedantic with every passing year, I’ve started to watch a lot of sport without sound…I use the time to do guitar excercises betimes bursting into song ….
some great viewing of late as muscular men and women ruck and maul to their hearts content
as a boy I always wanted to play camogie but the nuns would not hear of it
I suggest mixed rugby for the next Olympics
Listened to the whole INEC gig on a flight from Dallas to New York. Loved the shoutout – thanks, Christy! You sounded great, and the crowd was right there with you the whole time. Quinta Brigada for Ukraine was perfect. Cheers!
the room was singing for you Tim
Howya Christy. Naas man living out in Sligo here, nabbed a ticket with 5 mins to spare to your gig in the Hawkswell during the week. Brought a few buddies and the girlfriend down, and we were all blown away by the show. Intimate, open and deadly craic, we hope to catch ya again in December for the Vicar St run if it’s going ahead this year. Might request the Curragh on the night if Glen and co can get us across the line in Leinster this year. Christy agus Cill Dara Abú.
I sensed the presence of a Nás na Rí native in the room..kept me on my toes..
” and its straight I will repare to The Curragh of Kildare”
The flourbag out and ironed for another Championship. The under 20s did the job on Dublin last Thursday 0-17 to 0-15 a good start. Seniors play Louth in Tullamore on Sunday, who knows how it will go, we should win. We buried Pat Tinsley from the Barracks after a long battle, a photographer who would be on the sideline tomorrow. Harry Belafonte singing Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) was played in the church for Pat, for many reasons.
Last time I met Pat was at a Luka gig in Ryston…”daylight come and he wanna go home” always a pleasure to meet Pat…
a fresh breeze blowing through Hawkfield with Glen and Johnny steering the Lilies..we live in eternal hope John that, one day, our ship will come in and Sam will cross the bridge and head on up the Town..
heading to Lullymore next week to film a song upon the beaufiful Bog…Manchan Magan recent series “The Last Sod” ( excuse the béarla Gráinne) was a great watch….the Great Turf War may break out at any moment…NATO standing by
You mentioned the Swastika laundry…not my neck of the woods and anyway , I’m far too young .
The Swastika was originally a religious symbol from ancient times until it was usurped by Nazi Germany, so perhaps the laundry in Dolphins Barn pre-dated Hitler’s regime.
I remember a good discussion on Joe Duffys liveline show on the Laundry a while back.
them Nazis Marty..nothing is sacred with them..they’d rob the steam off a poor man’s piss then shoot him in the head