The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #45138   Message #2376835
Posted By: GUEST
29-Jun-08 - 03:37 PM
Thread Name: Meaning of 'The Coolin'
Subject: RE: Meaning of 'The Coolin'
CHÚILFHIONN was a hairstyle worn by Irish men dating before the 1400's an outlawed as all things Irish were at the time as the "Plantation" of Ireland was underway and thus began the 800 years of rule.

Irish men were required by law to shave their long flowing tresses know as the CHÚILFHIONN or... Coolin.

Thomas moore wrote words to the Air in around 1800,s that originated in around this time but no one really knows when and became known as "The FAIR haired One"

The music or tune is a piece of genuine genius from a time that no one can remember.

This is fact. This is the origin. This is the Coolin.