Irish songs, legends, Midis

Subject: Irish songs, legends, Midis
From: GUEST,Q
Date: 26 Mar 03 - 04:26 PM

Sort of a mixed bag here, lyrics and midis of Irish songs plus some Scots and Welsh. Also a few legends.
Found out what a pooka was.
Devlin site: Irish Song-story index

Subject: RE: Irish songs, legends, Midis
From: katlaughing
Date: 27 Mar 03 - 12:04 AM

Wow, what a wonderful site! Nicely put together. Thanks so much for posting it.

Just had a good sing-a-long of Come by the hills.

kat

Subject: RE: Irish songs, legends, Midis
From: katlaughing
Date: 27 Mar 03 - 11:25 PM

refresh

Subject: RE: Irish songs, legends, Midis
From: Blackcatter
Date: 28 Mar 03 - 12:25 AM

nice site.

thanks

Subject: RE: Irish songs, legends, Midis
From: Jimmy C
Date: 28 Mar 03 - 12:45 AM

Thanks for posting this site. I am really enjoying the o'Carolan tunes. The legends are all very interesting as well. Thanks again.

Subject: RE: Irish songs, legends, Midis
From: GUEST,JTT
Date: 28 Mar 03 - 08:02 AM

Interesting. But 'Meet Me In St Louis, Louis'? Irish??

Subject: RE: Irish songs, legends, Midis
From: katlaughing
Date: 28 Mar 03 - 08:48 AM

JTT, the site does say An eclectic selection of legends, verse and music, mainly, but not exclusively, from Ireland.:-)

Subject: RE: Irish songs, legends, Midis
From: ard mhacha
Date: 28 Mar 03 - 03:30 PM

Ian C, Are you still about,if so, have a look at the irish-song story Site on the thread-opener.
There is a good article on the Hiring Fairs around South Armagh, this Site is worth a visit. Ard Mhacha.

Subject: RE: Irish songs, legends, Midis
From: ard mhacha
Date: 28 Mar 03 - 04:01 PM

Having gone through the Verse on the Site I enjoyed reading a lot of the old Poems from my school days.
The old woman of the roads, always reminded me of the old lady who smoked a pipe and who I used to see sitting under the shelter of a hedge,maybe dreaming like the poor woman in the Poem, "O to have a little house".
That was over 50 years ago, all of those travellers have passed on, now they are replaced with the poor souls from Eastern Europe who beg for their daily bread outside of our Suprmarkets. Ard Mhacha.

Subject: RE: Irish songs, legends, Midis
From: katlaughing
Date: 28 Mar 03 - 04:04 PM

Ard, where did you find the story about the Hiring Fairs? I didn't see it?

tks,

kat

Subject: RE: Irish songs, legends, Midis
From: ard mhacha
Date: 28 Mar 03 - 04:19 PM

Kats,go to the Home page on the Site and hit South Armagh, this will take you to The Creggan Local History Site and at the top on the left you will see The Hiring. Go. Ard Mhacha.

Subject: RE: Irish songs, legends, Midis
From: katlaughing
Date: 28 Mar 03 - 11:23 PM

Found it and read it. Thanks, Ard! Hard work! Must've been pretty funny that they slept through Sunday at that one place.:-)

Lots more to the site than I realised.

kat

Subject: RE: Irish songs, legends, Midis
From: Peter K (Fionn)
Date: 29 Mar 03 - 07:22 AM

Bravo Ard Mhacha. If you went by some of the press coverage and the comments of some of the DJs, you'd think the whole of Ireland depised those "poor souls from Eastern Europe."

Thanks for pointing the way to The Hirin - I'd completely overlooked those links at the top. And thanks to guest Q for pointing to the site in the first place. I'll be lost in it for quite a while.

Subject: RE: Irish songs, legends, Midis
From: ard mhacha
Date: 29 Mar 03 - 01:45 PM

Fionn, I have a very old friend, still hale and hearty and I have seen him on many a cold winter day buying a Fish and Chip and taking it to some of these poor women.
Old Joe on giving this welcome meal to the lady far from her homeland has always the usual comment" get that down ye darli`, it`ll warm your inside".
I have also seen both rich and poor walking past and completely ignoring them.
My contribution is always money, but Joe never fails to supply his hot meal, having worked all over England he understands what it is like to be alone in a strange land, and I suppose his form of charity is more appreciated. Ard Mhacha.