It's amazing to me how many different theories there are about St. Patrick! I must chime in and say that for those of you who like historical fiction, there's...
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good to know - thanks ... _,.+*^*+.,__,.+*^*+.,__,.+*^*+.,__,.+*^*+.,__,.+*^*+. Slán a Chara, adrien rain burke "Ceiltis" a compilation of Celtic music for...
... celtic music at trinity college, and by the way is an expert on several of the"traditional musical instruments"inculding the pipes,he finds humor in the...
... Hi Adrien, So, I guess you know the song, "Here I Am from Donegal"? I first heard Mick Moloney sing it, and loved it, and now I also have versions from...
... Thanks, Willie. You're right, I use the term "traditional" or "trad" to refer to a style of music that is hard to define. I've found a reasonable attempt...
... join the fun It is very much an Irish trait to get into "discussions" or debates--"arguments" in the real sense of the word, not in the sense of petty...
... Hi Willie, You're exactly right. The term "pure drop" is commonly used to refer to the "most traditional" form of music, or what you might call "hardcore...
... It's actually a bit controversial as to whether the air of the song, commonly called "The Londonderry Air," is in fact an "authentic ancient Gaelic...
... Hmmm...PR spin phrase? Go figure! Can you point me to a reference for that, by any chance? When was the term first manufactured? There's an old reel called...
... exchange of views, right mark? That's right (see my other post on the topic of debate in Ireland, etc.). ... endearment to it, for example up in fells...
mark the night starts and ends with the singing of two songs " a nation once again" and "the feilds of athenry" but then again you would list that as plastic...
wow! i am amazed here you are saying that a whole clan in ireland is wrong! even though the brady clan has had many a singer, fiddler,harpest etc.. and even...
the fact of the matter is that the song came along with thousands of irish exiles durnig the 1845 and soon became the anthem for the irish in america as far as...
adrien be proud of of the plastic i never heard anyone tell me that, have a bit of fun with all that sure, why not, but the pride in ireland comes from the...
sean patrick brady is 105 by clan guess said have been on the streets of dublin in 1919 and heard michael collins, himself speak, been known to have been in...
... the dear heartbeat of our music _,.+*^*+.,__,.+*^*+.,__,.+*^*+.,__,.+*^*+.,__,.+*^*+. Slán a Chara, adrien rain burke "Ceiltis" a compilation of Celtic...
... I was once at a small party where two Irish former labor organizers got in a fight. One of them said that the Irish were in the forefront of every...
Hi Folks, I want to send my thanks to all of you who have participated in this discussion thread. The more I learn about St. Patrick the more I come to admire...
Hey - why don't you all go over to the "Ceiltis" site on CD Baby - http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/ceiltis - and listen to a sampling of the Celtic Arts Center's 20th...
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... I don't think anyone is arguing that the song *isn't* important to most Irish in America. That wasn't the "meat" of the discussion...at least, not the one...
Why those leprechaun pictures, at least, border on racism. To understand why some people object to the depiction of leprechauns as symbols of the Irish, you...
1. i seen many picters of and statues of lerperchuns that are not racist, whaether or not the word means shoemaker or not. dose not matter, the irish have a...
Hey Willie, First of all I'd like to thank you for not being condascending in your post, because this thread has become 'let's see who can correct each other...
I have nothing against leprechauns - only that ugly stereotyped face they put on them. I don't think the leprechaun himself makes us look bad at all. I think...
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Hey Louise Dunphy- Your parents have excellent taste in music. Benny Goodman is the best. ;-) And yes, there are TONS of teenagers out there who become...
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