Irish
Irish may refer to:
Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
folk song
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, concerning a rural courtship in the West of Ireland. The first known version was collected by Sam Henry from Bridget Kealey in
Dungiven
Dungiven () is a small town, townland and civil parish in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is near the main A6 Belfast to Derry road, which bypasses the town. It lies where the rivers Roe, Owenreagh and Owenbeg meet at the foot of the B ...
in 1936.Sam Henry's Songs of the People, p 269 The song has been popularly recorded by many ballad groups in Ireland and is now commonly adapted to a waltz time so that people can dance to it.
The plot takes place in May in
Oranmore
Oranmore ( or ''Úarán Mór'') is a town near the city of Galway in County Galway, Ireland. It is also the name of the civil parish and Roman Catholic parish in which the town lies.
It is east of Galway city on the edge of Oranmore Bay, an ...
. The narrator sees a girl wearing a bonnet with ribbons and a
Galway shawl
The term ''Galway shawl'' () usually refers to a specific type of heavy weight shawl that was worn by Irish women during the colder seasons. It became popular during the late nineteenth centuryCoughlan, Dan. Curator of Textiles, Paisley Museu ...
around her shoulders. He and the girl go to her father's cottage. The girl tells him to play " The Foggy Dew" to please her father. The man plays some hornpipes and the girl sings them as she cries tears of joy. The song ends as the narrator bids the girl farewell as he's bound for
County Donegal
County Donegal ( ; ga, Contae Dhún na nGall) is a county of Ireland in the province of Ulster and in the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Donegal in the south of the county. It has also been known as County Tyrconne ...
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Recordings
* Trail West on their new album, “Countless Isles and Endless Miles”
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Margaret Barry
Margaret Barry (1917–1989) was an Irish Traveller, traditional singer and banjo player.
Biography
Born Margaret Cleary in Cork into a family of Travellers and street singers, she taught herself how to play the zither banjo and the fiddle ...
on her album ''Portraits: I Sang Through the Fairs''
* Four to the Bar on their live album ''
Craic on the Road
''Craic on the Road: Live at Sam Maguire's'' was the first full-length album by Four to the Bar, released in 1994.
Track listing
#I'll Tell Me Ma (Traditional)
#Waxie's Dargle/The Rare Old Mountain Dew (Traditional)
# My Love's in Germany (Tra ...
'', in a medley with "
The Black Velvet Band
"The Black Velvet Band" (Roud number 2146) is a traditional folk song collected from singers in Ireland, Australia, England, Canada and the United States describing how a young man is tricked and then sentenced to transportation to Australia, a ...
" and "
The Wild Rover
"The Wild Rover" (Roud 1173) is a very popular and well-travelled folk song. Many territories have laid claim to have the original version.
History
In 2015 the English Folk Song and Dance periodical "Folk Music Journal" vol 10 No 5 had an artic ...
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The Dubliners
The Dubliners were an Folk music of Ireland, Irish folk band founded in Dublin in 1962 as The Ronnie Drew Ballad Group, named after its founding member; they subsequently renamed themselves The Dubliners. The line-up saw many changes in personn ...
Ryan's Fancy
Ryan’s Fancy was an Music of Ireland, Irish folk music group active from 1971–1983. The band consisted of multi-instrumentalists Denis Ryan (singer), Denis Ryan, Fergus O'Byrne, and Dermot O'Reilly, all of whom were Ireland, Irish immigra ...
on their album ''Irish Love Songs''.
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Patrick Street
Patrick Street is an Irish folk group founded by Kevin Burke (formerly of The Bothy Band) on fiddle, Andy Irvine (Sweeney's Men, Planxty) on mandolin, bouzouki, harmonica and vocals, Jackie Daly (De Dannan) on button accordion, and Arty McGl ...
on their album ''On the Fly''.
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Poxy Boggards
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on their 2004 album ''Liver, Let Die''.
* Caitlin Murtagh on her 2003 album ''I Love You Still''
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Cerys Matthews
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Matthews programmes and ...
in 2008 (YouTube)
* Daniel O'Donnell 2011 Moon Over Ireland album
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Finbar Furey
Finbar Furey (born 28 September 1946) is a multi-instrumental Irish folk musician, best known for his band of brothers, The Fureys. The Fureys were formed in Ballyfermot, Dublin, where they grew up.
Early life
Finbar Furey was born on 28 Septe ...
in 2017 on "Paddy Dear".
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Philip Noone
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as a 2018 single on his album ''God be with the days''.
* Lisa O'Neill on her 2018 album ''Heard a Long Gone Song''.
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Daoirí Farrell
Daoirí Farrell (b. November 21, 1982) is an Irish folk singer and player of the Irish bouzouki.
Career
Farrell was born in Dublin. He became a member of the Góilín Singers Club. He spent ten years working as an electrician before deciding to p ...
on his 2019 album ''A Lifetime of Happiness''
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Vinnie Jones
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Jones played professionally as a defensive midfielder from 1984 to 1999, notably for Wimbledon, Leeds United, Sheffield United, Chelse ...
Dervish
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A fraternity (from Latin language, Latin ''wiktionary:frater, frater'': "brother (Christian), brother"; whence, ...
(with guest vocalist
Steve Earle
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) on their 2019 album ''The Great Irish Songbook.''
* Dan MCCabe in 2020 on
Youtube and Facebook
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Celtic Woman
Celtic Woman is an all-female Irish musical ensemble conceived and created by David Kavanagh, Sharon Browne and David Downes, a former musical director of the Irish stage show ''Riverdance.'' In 2004, Downes recruited five Irish female music ...
as part of their 2021 album ''
Postcards from Ireland
''Postcards from Ireland'' is the fourteenth studio album released by the group Celtic Woman.
Background
On 20 April 2021, Celtic Woman announced the ''Postcards from Ireland'' tour, with Cork-born singer Muirgen O'Mahony replacing former membe ...