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Nóra Nà ShÃndile
Nóra Nà ShÃndile, was an Irish singer (see Keening), active in the late 1790s/early 1800s. Nà ShÃndile was a native of Millstreet, County Cork and a professional keener in the late 1790s/early 1800s. About 1800, the scribe A scribe is a person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of automatic printing. The profession of the scribe, previously widespread across cultures, lost most of its promi ... and poet, Éamonn de Bhál, transcribed '' Caoineadh Airt Uà Laoghaire'' from her rendering, thus preserving the full version of the caoineadh for posterity. See also * Caitilin Dubh External links * http://www.peadaroriada.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=81&Itemid=97 {{DEFAULTSORT:Ni Shindile, Nora Irish women singers 18th-century Irish singers 19th-century Irish women singers Musicians from County Cork Irish-language singers Year of birth missing Year of death missing People ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keening
Keening (Irish: Caointeoireacht) is a traditional form of vocal lament for the dead in the Gaelic Celtic tradition, known to have taken place in Ireland and Scotland. Keening, which can be seen as a form of sean-nós singing, was performed in the Irish and Scottish Gaelic languages (the Scottish equivalent of keening is known as a coronach). Keening was once an integral part of the formal Irish funeral ritual, but declined from the 18th century and became almost completely extinct by the middle of the 20th century. Only a handful of authentic keening songs were recorded from traditional singers. Etymology "Keen" as a noun or verb comes from the Irish and Scottish Gaelic term ("to cry, to weep"), as well as ("gentleness, pleasantness, beauty"), and references to it from the 7th, 8th, and 12th centuries are extensive. Probably at the origin of "couiner" in French. Melody and text The tune and lyrics rely on the repetition of a couple of basic motifs which can be variably e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Millstreet
Millstreet () is a town in north County Cork, Ireland, with a population of 1,555 (as of 2016). Millstreet is within the civil parish of Drishane, and within a Poor Law Union also called Millstreet. The Millstreet Union encompasses the civil parishes of Drishane and Kilcorney. Geography The town is at the foot of Clara Mountain. The townlands within Millstreet Poor Law Union were part of the barony of West Muskerry. Aubane was a neighbourhood of Millstreet Poor Law Union within the townlands of Tooreenbane and Tullig, and is outside the town itself. Culture The Green Glens Arena, an entertainment complex and large equestrian centre, is located in Millstreet. It has hosted a number of major events, including the Eurovision Song Contest 1993, with Millstreet being the smallest town to host the competition. After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the arena was agreed to be used for temporary accommodation for Ukrainian refugees. Since 1961, Millstreet Town Park has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scribe
A scribe is a person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of automatic printing. The profession of the scribe, previously widespread across cultures, lost most of its prominence and status with the advent of the printing press. The work of scribes can involve copying manuscripts and other texts as well as secretarial and administrative duties such as the taking of dictation and keeping of business, judicial, and historical records for kings, nobles, temples, and cities. The profession has developed into public servants, journalists, accountants, bookkeepers, typists, and lawyers. In societies with low literacy rates, street-corner letter-writers (and readers) may still be found providing scribe service. Ancient Egypt One of the most important professionals in ancient Egypt was a person educated in the arts of writing (both hieroglyphics and hieratic scripts, as well as the demotic script from the sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Éamonn De Bhál
Éamonn de Bhál (fl. early 19th century) was an Irish poet. A native of County Cork, de Bhál was a native Irish speaker, scribe and poet. He played an important role in the recording and preservation of EibhlÃn Dubh Nà Chonaill's '' Caoineadh Airt Uà Laoghaire'', which he obtained from Sean nos singer Nóra Nà ShÃndile. Copies of his work are held in the National Library of Ireland. External links * http://sources.nli.ie/Search/Results?lookfor=%22%20De%20Bh%C3%A1l,%20%C3%89amonn%22&type=subject References * ''Ireland and the Jacobite Cause, 1685-1766:A fatal attachment'', p. 193, Éamonn Ó Ciardha Éamonn Ó Ciardha is an Irish historian and writer. Biography Ó Ciardha is a native of Scotshouse, a village in the west of County Monaghan. He has an M.A. from the National University of Ireland and a Ph.D. from Cambridge University. His ar ..., Four Courts Press, 2001, 2004. . {{DEFAULTSORT:De Bhal, Eamonn Irish scribes Irish Jacobites 19th-century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caoineadh Airt UÃ Laoghaire
Caoineadh Airt Uà Laoghaire or the ''Lament for Art Ó Laoghaire'' is an Irish keen composed in the main by his wife EibhlÃn Dubh Nà Chonaill, a member of the Gaelic gentry of County Kerry in the 18th century. It has been described as the greatest poem written in either Ireland or Britain during the eighteenth century. EibhlÃn composed it on the subject of the death of her husband Art on 4 May 1773. It concerns the murder at ''Carraig an Ime'', County Cork, of Art, at the hands of the Irish MP Abraham Morris, and the aftermath. It is one of the key texts in the corpus of Irish oral literature. The poem was composed extempore and follows the rhythmic and societal conventions associated with keening and the traditional Irish wake respectively. The ''Caoineadh'' is divided into five parts composed in the main over the dead body of her husband at the time of the wake and later when Art was re-interred in Kilcrea. Parts of the ''Caoineadh'' take the form of a verbal duel between Ei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caitilin Dubh
Caitilin Dubh, Irish poet, fl. c. 1624. Caitilin Dubhh is one of a very small number of pre-18th-century Irish female poets. Her surname is unknown; ''dubh'' is a nickname. Liam P. O Murchu (2003, p. 149) says ''"The absence of a surname points to her probable low social status; as the theme of wandering from place to place is found in some of the poems, it is possible that she was recognised as a semi-professional keening woman who went where her services were needed. She seems to have operated on the periphery of the literary culture of the early seventeenth century, and the poems ascribed to her provide an intriguingt insight into the possibility of female authorship at a period in Irish literary history when the official practise of poetry was still a predominantly male preserve. In personality she seems to have been agreeable, but formidable."'' Five surviving compositions, all elegies, are known to be by her. They survived in a 17th-century collection of poems address ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Women Singers
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18th-century Irish Singers
The 18th century lasted from January 1, 1701 ( MDCCI) to December 31, 1800 ( MDCCC). During the 18th century, elements of Enlightenment thinking culminated in the American, French, and Haitian Revolutions. During the century, slave trading and human trafficking expanded across the shores of the Atlantic, while declining in Russia, China, and Korea. Revolutions began to challenge the legitimacy of monarchical and aristocratic power structures, including the structures and beliefs that supported slavery. The Industrial Revolution began during mid-century, leading to radical changes in human society and the environment. Western historians have occasionally defined the 18th century otherwise for the purposes of their work. For example, the "short" 18th century may be defined as 1715–1789, denoting the period of time between the death of Louis XIV, Louis XIV of France and the start of the French Revolution, with an emphasis on directly interconnected events. To historians who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
