Grehan Sisters Recordings

Subject: RE: Grehan Sisters Recordings
From: GUEST,Rose
Date: 15 Aug 09 - 08:49 PM

Gidday from the Gold Coast Australia I would have to be a number one fan of the Aus. Grehan Sisters Fan Club (if we had one) Have really loved their music for about 15 yrs since finding it on"Irish Folk Favourites" Great to hear that they are back in the ole country and still singing occasionly. Has inspired me to return to Ireland again just on the chance of hearing them live ! God willing.

Subject: RE: Grehan Sisters Recordings
From: theballadeer
Date: 20 Sep 10 - 09:17 PM

I would love to add the Grehan Sisters to my website ... www.theballadeers.com. Is there anyone out there that could send me covers scans of any recordings ... as I have no original recordings in my collection...

oxbownick1 AT theballadeers.com

Thanks in advance ... Nick

Subject: RE: Grehan Sisters Recordings
From: GUEST,jim bainbridge
Date: 10 Jan 13 - 01:04 PM

Helen is still involved with the Boyle Sungers Circle as advised by C O Sullivan a few years ago- try the back room of Dodds' pub, the Crescent in Boyle centre- every third Saturday night about 9.30 (Irish time!) she's still a grand and distinctive singer,
with a lot of her own material

Subject: RE: Grehan Sisters Recordings
From: GUEST,Deirdriu McQuaid
Date: 22 Feb 14 - 05:17 PM

Hi

I have just came across this board. I am involved with a group who are organising a 50th aniversary celebration of the 1964 All Ireland Fleadh Cheoil in Clones. I am currently carrying out research for materials and information relating to the festival to form part of an exhibition. Would it be possible to get a copy of the recording Bill Kennedy refers to on the 5th May 2005 post.

Mt contact details are:
Deirdriu McQuaid

Senior Executive Librarian
Monaghan County Library
98 avenue
Clones
Monaghan
Ireland
[e-mail]

Subject: RE: Grehan Sisters Recordings
From: GUEST,jim bainbridge
Date: 23 Feb 14 - 05:06 AM

you can get in touch with Helen indirectly via the boylesingers BlogSpot site

Subject: RE: Grehan Sisters Recordings
From: JHW
Date: 23 Feb 14 - 05:56 AM

Glad to be reminded of another 'those were the days'. Still have 'On the Galtymore Mountains'. Mine signed Frances, Marie, Bernie

Subject: RE: Grehan Sisters Recordings
From: GUEST,jim bainbridge
Date: 28 Jun 14 - 05:12 AM

think there's a poltergeist in my keyboard... was about to say that on 26 June 2014, a wonderful soldout concert was held in St Joseph's hall, Boyle, Co Roscommon, featuring the Grehan sisters Francie, Marie & Helen (formerly Bernie) who stormed the place in their own home town. Guest was Christy Moore who said that without the encouragement of the sisters, his life would have been totally different.
The concert was a tribute to John Reilly local traditional snger and frequenter of Mrs Grehan's pub in the town. The Grehans and Christy performed several of his songs, and moves are afoot to
set up a memorial plaque to John Reilly, and hopefully a release of some of the man's songs on CD sometime.

Subject: RE: Grehan Sisters Recordings
From: Steve Gardham
Date: 28 Jun 14 - 03:52 PM

As Dave mentioned earlier the Grehans appeared at Folk Union One, Hull, several times. We are collecting together recordings from the club around that time and it's very likely we will have some of the Grehans. At the moment we are raising funds to have the recordings digitised to go into the Hull Folk Archive. When that happens if there are any Grehan recordings it will be easy to run off copies for people here. I'll keep this in mind and come back to this thread when I have further news.

Subject: RE: Grehan Sisters Recordings
From: GUEST
Date: 29 Jun 14 - 03:44 PM

refresh

Subject: RE: Grehan Sisters Recordings
From: GUEST
Date: 15 Oct 18 - 11:38 AM

https://www.amazon.com/Traditional-Music-Sligo-Seamus-Tansey/dp/B008VPBEOC

https://www.discogs.com/Seamus-Tansey-Traditional-Music-From-Sligo/release/5689420

Seamus Tansey album with Berndadette Grehan on 12 string guitar - 2 listings with different prices take your pick.

I met one of the Grehan Sisters in 1996 in Boyle and mentioned it to Dave Swarbrick (RIP) he was thrilled they were asking for him and Martin Carthy.
John O'Regan

Subject: RE: Grehan Sisters Recordings
From: Liberty Boy
Date: 16 Oct 18 - 10:09 AM

Just to correct something that appeared in one of the earlier posts in this thread. Peter Kennedy DID NOT ever record from the traveller singer John (Jacko) Reilly. The recordings were made by Tom Munnelly who shared them with Kennedy who unscrupulously released them as his own!

Subject: RE: Grehan Sisters Recordings
From: Tony Rees
Date: 12 Nov 18 - 03:52 PM

I reckoned that the Grehan Sisters deserved an entry on Wikipedia, so now there is one as of today:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grehan_Sisters

I have drawn on information in this thread, especially in constructing the discography.

Regards to all - Tony

Subject: RE: Grehan Sisters Recordings
From: JHW
Date: 13 Nov 18 - 05:12 PM

No help to the quest but I was amazed to hear them on a pub jukebox last year. (Britannia, Darlington) One of those jukeboxes that seem able to play any record ever.

Subject: RE: Grehan Sisters Recordings
From: GUEST
Date: 13 Nov 18 - 08:45 PM

I remember reading somewhere that a 2nd recording was made for Transatlantic but never released,,,

Subject: RE: Grehan Sisters Recordings
From: Tony Rees
Date: 13 Nov 18 - 09:22 PM

Maybe that would explain the 2 previously unreleased tracks on "Here's To The Irish". Just speculating...

On another mudcat thread, the poster says that s/he saw them play support to Simon and Garfunkel at the Manchester Free Trade Hall in '67; also it is stated that they performed with the Mathews brothers for a while. If I could find a published confirmation of either of these (forums such as mudcat are sub-optimal as Wikipedia sources) I could add them to the WP page.

Regards - Tony

Subject: RE: Grehan Sisters Recordings
From: Tony Rees
Date: 14 Nov 18 - 04:37 PM

I have added a bit more info and a photograph to the Grehan Sisters wikipedia page, all I can find in citable sources for now... interested parties might care to check it out in its "new, improved" version.

Regards - Tony

Subject: RE: Grehan Sisters Recordings
From: GUEST
Date: 15 Nov 18 - 09:38 PM

I think Bill Leader is still alive...you could ask him

Subject: RE: Grehan Sisters Recordings
From: GUEST,Hargbratch
Date: 26 Oct 23 - 09:22 PM

The Wexford Massacre has been stuck in my head for around 17 years. I never knew what it was called till today. I searched for it on and off with nothing to go off of except for the melody and for the word "saxon". The one other song from the old compilation CD I've found was "Dance around the Spinning Wheel" mislabed as "Bill Hart's Favourite" on various places on the internet, further complicating my search. Glad I never gave up.

Subject: RE: Grehan Sisters Recordings
From: GUEST,Hargbratch
Date: 26 Oct 23 - 09:22 PM

The Wexford Massacre has been stuck in my head for around 17 years. I never knew what it was called till today. I searched for it on and off with nothing to go off of except for the melody and for the word "saxon". The one other song from the old compilation CD I've found was "Dance around the Spinning Wheel" mislabed as "Bill Hart's Favourite" on various places on the internet, further complicating my search. Glad I never gave up.