Nóra Ní Shíndile
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Nóra Ní Shíndile, was an Irish singer (see
Keening Keening (, ) 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, is performed in the Irish and Scotti ...
), active in the late 1790s/early 1800s. Ní Shíndile 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 Printing press, automatic printing. The work of scribes can involve copying manuscripts and other texts as well as ...
and poet, Éamonn de Bhál, transcribed ''
Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire or the ''Lament for Art Ó Laoghaire, Arthur O' Leary'' is an Irish Language, Irish Keening, keen composed in the main by Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill, a member of the Gaelic gentry in the 18th century, who was born in C ...
'' 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 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 from Millstreet {{Ireland-singer-stub