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Thread #170618 Message #4126823
Posted By: GUEST,Felipa
20-Nov-21 - 06:27 PM
Thread Name: Any December Songs?
Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
ÁIRD A' CHUAIN Aird a' Chuain, Ardaigh Chuain (various renderings of the place name) is a song about someone abroad (in Scotland) missing home on the north Antrim coast of Ireland. One verse mentions Nollaig, which can mean either the month of December or the Christmas holiday. Is iomai Nollag a bhí mé féin i mBun Abhainn Doine Is mé gan chéill Ag iomainn ar a trá bán 'S mo chaman bán ins mo dhorn liom It is many a Christmas Day I had In Cushendun while still a lad; Hurling on the White Shore Strand With my good ash hurley in my hand. (singable translation by Seán Ó Gallochóír) https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=10469#3797807 sung by Éamonn Ó Faogáin (youtube link)