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Thread #6664 Message #508114
Posted By: Matthew Edwards
16-Jul-01 - 07:28 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: An Raibh Tu Ag An gCarraig
Subject: RE: Lyrics: An Raibh Tu Ag An gCarraig
Perhaps a few extra words of explanation wouldn't be amiss. The rock would be the Mass Rock in times when Irish people were oppressed under the Penal Laws, and forbidden to worship in their own churches. So they had to celebrate furtively, at open air locations, in ceremonies conducted by a priest who was probably on the run from the civil authorities.
There is a wonderful slow air played (I think) by Julia Clifford on one of the Topic LPs of Music from Sliabh Luachra.