Subject: An Chead Mhairt den Fhomhar (Moved post)
From: Felipa - PM
Date: 02 Oct 21 - 05:44 PM

AN CHÉAD MHÁIRT DEN FHÓMHAR is an Irish lament about Páidí Ó Dónaill, who was drowned on the "First Tuesday of the Autumn"/the Harvest

as sung by Jerry Hicks (youtube)

http://seannos.tg4.ie/baile/amhranaithe/diane-ni-chanainn/an-chead-mhairt-de-fhomhar/ lyrics and singing of Diane Ní
The lyrics aren't on Mudcat yet, but there is a comment by Niall Comer at https://mudcat.org/Detail.CFM?messages__Message_ID=288750
Niall says that as far as he knows, Séamas O Dónaill composed the song in 1811 to lament the loss of his son. The two men were bringing home a bag of corn to make poitín with. The bag was too heavy so the men split it up. The father walked home with his portion, but the son was in a boat and he never reached to shore.Chanáinn

sung by Máire Ní Choilm (youtube)

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Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: Felipa – PM
Date: 03 Oct 21 - 07:16 AM

Geoff, could you move An Chéad Mháirt den Fómhair to the September thread. The first Tuesday of autumn would fall between 21 and 27 Sept. In 1811 the date would have been 24 Sept., if I'm not mistaken.
Done . Thank you, Felipa-Geoff