#ballisodare

[celtfather]

Celtic Women Flowers of Winter #694

The flowers of winter bloom with the great music of Celtic women on the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #694. Subscribe now!

Flook, Hanneke Cassel, Eimear Arkins, Erin Ruth, Tradify, Mary - Kate Spring Lee, Runa, Clay Babies, Charlene Adzima, Mary Frances Leahy, Sheridan Rúitín, Louise Bichan, Roehind, Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening

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THIS WEEK IN CELTIC MUSIC

0:07 - Flook "The Farther Shore / Winter Flower" from Sanju

Sarah Allen (Flutes, Whistles)

7:04 - WELCOME

8:43 - Hanneke Cassel "Jig for Christina" from Dot the Dragon's Eyes

Hanneke Cassel (fiddle)

11:45 - Eimear Arkins "Téir Abhaile Riú (Song)" from Here & There

Eimear Arkins (Vocals, Fiddle)

15:18 - Erin Ruth "Oro My Little Boat" from single

Erin Ruth (Vocals, Guitar, Piano)

17:47 - Tradify "El Garrotín & Muñeira De Casu" from Take Flight

Cedar Dobson (Vocals, Whistle)

20:56 - FEEDBACK

22:33 - Mary - Kate Spring Lee "Trip to Durrow/Boys of Ballisodare" from Tunes in the Morning

Mary - Kate Spring Lee (Vocals, harp)

26:21 - Runa "O Dheara, 'Sheanduine" from When The Light Gets In

Shannon Lambert - Ryan (Vocals, Bodhran)

Cheryl Prashker (percussion)

31:02 - Clay Babies "White Face / Squirrel Hunter" from Speechless Vol. 2: Junky Jam in the Jungle

Lillie (Vocals, guitar, fiddle, mandolin, tenor banjo, and bass)

34:52 - Charlene Adzima "Inion A'Bhaoghailligh" from The Initiation

Charlene Adzima (Vocals, fiddle)

Pronunciation: En - yen

38:45 - THANKS

41:04 - Mary Frances Leahy "Celticumbia" from First Light

Mary Frances Leahy (fiddle, piano, vocals)

44:59 - Sheridan Rúitín "Jack the Sailor" from Rebels in the Night

Shannon Cokeley (Vocals, guitar)

48:45 - Louise Bichan "Rhena's 80th" from The Lost Summer

Louise Bichan (fiddle)

50:55 - Roehind "Cumha Sheathain" from Buile

Alys Hoy (vocals, keyboards)

54:26 - CLOSING

55:51 - Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening "Just Stop & Eat The Roses" from Cloud Horizons

Kathryn Tickell (Northumbrian Small Pipes, Fiddle)

Amy Thatcher (accordion, synth, clogs, vocals)

Kate Young (vocals, fiddle, charango).

59:41 - CREDITS

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[leanstooneside]

WHICH BIBLE BOOK

1. OF FAERY AND MAN

2. OF CORN AND STIRS

3. OF WATTLES AND WOODWORK

4. OF BALLISODARE AND KILVARNET

5. OF KINGFISHERS; AND HE

6. OF LAUGHTER AND SONGS

7. OF SWORD AND BRAZEN

8. OF CHANGE AND BIRTH

9. OF BITTERNS AND FISH

10. OF TWILIGHT AND SLUMBER

[melgrahamart]

John just got the #perfectpint in #oconnorspub #guinness #rugby #ballisodare #ireland🍀 (at O'Connors Bar and Lounge) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtqoyOQCyM0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1404s8nq7agci

[katsuyukinakagawa]

"Growing up on Vermont on a hillside overlooking the Connecticut River Valley, I used to listen to recordings of cowboys on old 45's and sing along with 'Come a ti-yi-yippee yay.' Today there isn't much left to remind us of what America used to be like, but as long as there are fiddlers gathered around a fireplace somewhere swapping old tunes, there will be a few bright lights to remind us. I recently saw an eighty-five years old fiddler surrounded by a group of teenagers at a fiddle contest, one of the places where old people are enjoyed by the young. And I guess I toe needed the good laughs, good times, excitement and joy that playing this music had brought me. This record begins with some spirited reels and jigs from Scotland and Ireland where fiddlers are still common as sheep. In the Appalachians and the Green Mountains, by an ancient line of communication, some of the tunes are played. The reconciliation, the title tune on this record, is dedicated to all fallen angels and or fairies. The Irish word for fairy is 'sheehogues, a diminutive of shee in banshee. '...And do not think they are always little. Everything is capricious about them, even their size, taking on what size or shape pleases them. Their chief occupations are feasting, making love, giving parties and playing the most beautiful music. When a woman from Ballisodare lived among them seven years, she came home with no toes - she had danced them off. They are known to keep misfortune away from you, if you leave a little milk for them on the window-sill overnight.' - W. B. Yeats" WHITEHARE’S VINYL COLLECTION (part 26) THE RECONCILIATION MARIE RHINES Fretless Records Fretless 118 US Original Pressing (Released 1976) #marierhines #fiddle #violin #yeats #wbyeats #appalachianfolk #irishfolk #scotishfolk #celticfolk #vinylrecord #vinylrecordcollection #vintagevinyl #ogvinyl #ogvinylcommunity #instavinyl #recordcollection #recordcollector #vinylcollection #vinylcollector #discog #whiteharesvinylcollection https://www.instagram.com/p/CdCmAsjpcxW/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[groupiesmusic]

Play the Traditional Song “Down in the Willow Garden”

Posted by Jody Stecher Excerpted from Traditional Songs with Jody Stecher “Down in the Willow Garden” is a double murder ballad—only one person is murdered but she’s murdered twice, first with poison wine and then with a saber. William Butler Yeats, the Irish poet, speaks about hearing an old woman in Ballisodare singing the song […] from Acoustic Guitar http://ift.tt/2h7pbje via http://ift.tt/1OigGcV

[theloosecannonbuchanan]

Martin Savage : Ambush at Ashtown

Ireland 1919 and The War of Independence is in its opening stages. George V rules the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland via his Prime Minister David Lloyd George. On the 28th June that summer the Treaty of Versailles had been signed and as the Great War closed the British Empire felt moderately assured that it’s oldest, closest and most rebellious colony would soon come to heel. But the insurrection had only begun. On January 21st of that year, with the tragedy and glory of Easter 1916 still haunting the islands collective consciousness, a renegade Dail Eireann met for the first time in the Mansion House in Dublin.

 19th December 1919 Ashtown, a townland of Castleknock. An IRA volunteer column lead by Paddy Daly and consisted of Mick McDonnell, Tom Kehoe, Sean Tracey, Seamus Robinson, Sean Hogan, Vincent Byrne, Tom Kilkoyne, Joe Leonard, Dan Breen and Martin Savage plan an ambush on the highest authority of the British Crown in Ireland. Their target was the British Viceroy, Lord Lieutenant and Supreme Commander of the British Army in Ireland himself, Lord John French.

Savage was a volunteer officer in the 2nd Battalion Dublin Brigade of the IRA. The son of a Fenian activist he had originally chosen life as a grocer, his employer described the shy teen as "a steady, sober and industrious young man, gentlemanly in manner and extremely courteous.” However, he would find himself leaving civilian life behind and being caught in the crucible of the fight for Irish freedom. Having moved to Dublin from Sligo as a teenager he fought in the Rising at the tender age of 17. He was taken prisoner in Richmond Barracks and escaped execution by deportation to Cheshire in England where he was detained at Knutsford Barracks. On his release, he returned to the fight in Ireland obtaining the rank of Lieutenant.

 Attempts at tracking Lord French to a viable vulnerable ambush point had been frustrated for three months. Ashtown was chosen as French was scheduled to get off a train from Roscommon at the nearby station before being escorted in a two car convoy to the Vice-Regal Lodge in Phoenix Park. IRA intelligence reported that French usually occupied the second car in the armed convoy. It was a daring plan against considerable odds, however, the risk was considered worth it as killing the Viceroy would strike a huge blow against the British occupational forces and be a massive rallying call for the fledgeling Republic.

Breen formulated a plan where Martin Savage, Tom Kehoe and Dan Breen would partially obstruct the road with a cartful of hay at the crossroads where the Halfway House now stands, and where the Martin Savage memorial is located. When the first car had passed the cart the squad would completely block the road, signally the beginning of the attack on French in car two using Mills Bombs, a type of WW1 grenade. The volunteers had some revolvers and automatic pistols. They expected heavy resistance but a successful outcome would send shockwaves through the British Empire.

However on that faithful day luck would not be on their side. Synchronising with Frenches train arrival at 11:40 a.m., the volunteers left Kelly’s pub (The Halfway House) and took their ambush positions at the crossroads. Unexpectedly a Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) officer appeared on the scene and spotted the men with the cart. He ordered them to stop. Thinking on their feet they threw a grenade at him. Although it didn’t detonate knocked the man unconscious and he was dragged off out of sight in to the undergrowth.

Critically, when the vehicles arrived disaster struck a second time that day as French had chosen to use the first car in the convoy.  With French on the safe side of the blockade, when the IRA attacked the second car their quarry made his escape and the two RIC officers D/Sgt Halley and Constable O’Loughlin in the second car began to fire.  The driver of the second car and volunteer Dan Breen were wounded in the initial exchanges of the fierce firefight, Breen taking a non-fatal hit to the leg. The volunteers regrouped under the hail of bullets. Savage positioned himself behind the hay cart and began to return fire with his automatic pistol. Alerted by car one, reinforcement British forces in another car swiftly arrived with rifles. Savage tried to throw a grenade at the newly arrived crown forces but as he broke cover Sgt. Rumbold saw his chance and fatally shot him through the neck. With his last words "I'm done, but carry on...." Savage died in the arms of his comrade Dan Breen. He was 21 years old.

 Seen by many detractors at the time as a hopeless act of folly, the bravery of the attempt however doomed, demonstrated that the British had their weaknesses and hammered another nail in the coffin of imperial rule over Ireland. Savage`s sacrifice succeeded in helping catalyse a generation of Irish men and women to take up the cause of Irish independence. His memorial at the scene of the ambush, the roundabout at the old Phoenix Park racecourse and the Halfway house, was erected in 1948 by The National Graves Association at Ashtown Cross. Martin Savage’s remains were buried with full military honours in his native Ballisodare, Co. Sligo

[melgrahamart]

The #ballisodare river is nearly up on #unionwoodtrail today. (at Ballisodare) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtoA6O5h2mM/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=e6wu99vdq9b2

[melgrahamart]

#Beautiful #sky this evening over #ballisodare. #sligo #ireland🍀 (at Ballisodare) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtEKLgyhEgU/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ilmh0o225ppu

[melgrahamart]

Some #beautifulclouds this evening in #ballisodare. #cloudporn #sligo #ireland🍀 (at Ballisodare) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnT-FPHhXMp/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1rt8dz2so1ya0

[melgrahamart]

Time to #relax! Have a good weekend everyone! #pugslife #puglove #snugglepug #pugsofinstagram #sligo #ireland🍀 (at Ballisodare) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsguZfOBLrp/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1f7qsar355qr8

[melgrahamart]

A #fun #whimsical #rain and #umbrella #animation today. #spinningumbrellas #iloverain #melgrahamart #sketchbookmotion (at Ballisodare)

[melgrahamart]

Here, there and everywhere. Hip, hip, so #hiptobesquare. Fun with #squares today. #melgrahamart (at Ballisodare)

[melgrahamart]

How about a bit of #retro #funk today? #digitalart #digitalartist #melgrahamart #artlovers #instaart #instaartsy #instaartwork #instalove #ig_artistry #artfinder #dscolor #pursuepretty #flashesofdelight #calledtobecreative #creativelifehappylife #makearteveryday #graphicart #graphicartist #funky #funkycool #retrocool #Simplycooldesign #dailydesignpick #sligo #ireland🍀 (at Ballisodare)

[melgrahamart]

A #soft #pretty #misty and #magical #fairyland #dream today. #digitalart #digitalartist #melgrahamart #artlovers #instaart #instaartsy #instaartwork #ig_artistry #artfinder #dscolor #pursuepretty #flashesofdelight #calledtobecreative #creativelifehappylife #makearteveryday #graphicart #graphicartist #retro #patternanddesign #Simplycooldesign #dailydesignpick #artsanity #artsnewss #artsamazingz #artsgodz #sligo #ireland🍀 (at Ballisodare)

[melgrahamart]

One more #soft and #pretty scene to end the year. #happynewyear #bringon2018 #digitalart #digitalartist #melgrahamart #artlovers #instaart #instaartsy #instaartwork #instalove #ig_artistry #artfinder #dscolor #pursuepretty #flashesofdelight #calledtobecreative #creativelifehappylife #makearteveryday #graphicart #graphicartist #Simplycooldesign #dailydesignpick #sligo #ireland🍀 (at Ballisodare)

[melgrahamart]

I love #shadesofblue and a #funkycool #pattern. #instalove #thinkinginthrees #instacrazy #digitalart #digitalartist #melgrahamart #artlovers #instaart #instaartsy #instaartwork #artfinder #dscolor #pursuepretty #flashesofdelight #calledtobecreative #creativelifehappylife #makearteveryday #graphicart #graphicartist #retro #patternanddesign #Simplycooldesign #dailydesignpick #artsanity #artsnewss #artsamazingz #artsgodz #sligo #ireland🍀 (at Ballisodare)