The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #99080   Message #3293218
Posted By: GUEST,A Dungiven man
20-Jan-12 - 04:38 AM
Thread Name: info on song: The Flower of Benbrada
Subject: RE: Seeking title of this song-One evening fair...
I was brought up on the curragh road and have climbed the mountain many times in my youth . I know Cara personally and my grandfather and francey used to play music together in his house in Magherabouy in Dungiven. I have heard many people sung this song in houses , pubs and on stage but the best was a man who's name I did not get who was challenged to sing in McReynolds bar one night - I was only a child at the time but that old man had the occupants hypnotised . He sang it unaccompanied and after there was 5 minutes of congratulating him while he said he could have done better . Cara Dillon (and her sister Mary from a group called Deanta ) are amazing singers and well worth seeing if you get the chance.