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Thread #66057 Message #1093897
Posted By: GUEST,Philippa
16-Jan-04 - 03:02 AM
Thread Name: Songs in Irish about Priests
Subject: RE: Songs in Irish about Priests
I should clarify that Sliabh a' Liag is not a song about a priest. It is a song in praise of a place. There are similar verses in An Fial-Athair Dónall sbout the wonderful place the Father hails from.
Another song for An Puca's list is "Sagart na Cúile Báine", a song commemorating a priest who was drowned. Sarah Ghriallais sings this song on the recording "Idir Dha Sháile".
For those unfamiliar with other songs mentioned on this thread; "Fill, Fill a rúin" is a mother's lament that her son has turned from Catholic priest to Protestant minister, and other songs are about love between a priest and a woman, sometimes from the woman's viewpoint, sometimes from the man's, the priest's.