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13 Mar 02 - 05:52 PM (#668597) Subject: Island of Sulloon From: GUEST,Mairin Our choral group has been busy preparing some traditional songs for a St. Patrick's day presentation and our director selcted "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye" Does anyone out there know if the "island of Sulloon" exists? Haven't been able to track down any refernec e to it on the Net except for in the song's lyrics |
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13 Mar 02 - 05:55 PM (#668599) Subject: RE: Island of Sulloon From: MartinRyan Ceylon! There was a mention of it in a thread a while back - I'll see if I can find it. Basically, there were Irish troops in one of the offshoots of Britain's wars in the Idian sub-continent. Regards |
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13 Mar 02 - 05:59 PM (#668603) Subject: RE: Island of Sulloon From: MartinRyan HERE you go! Regards |
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13 Mar 02 - 06:46 PM (#668628) Subject: RE: Island of Sulloon From: McGrath of Harlow I've always assumed it means Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and I still do.
But just in case I entered the name intp a search engine, and came up with this, which is of cours totally irrelevant, but interesting enough - a page about a solar powered balloon project. |
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17 Aug 06 - 05:05 PM (#1812509) Subject: RE: Island of Sulloon From: GUEST,Mffuimus I've heard this song since I was a youngster in Newfoundland. Remember this is a song passed down mostly by the traditional oral method. I've always understood the words to be, "All from the Island of Ceylon" . I beleive the British Army was there during the 1800's. I always thought of it as a song coming out of the Halifax area. I can't remember where I got that notion though. Regards, MF |
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17 Aug 06 - 06:10 PM (#1812551) Subject: RE: Island of Sulloon From: Peace I thought it referred to an island that was home to a dour bar inhabited on Friday nights by pirates. The things one learns on Mudcat . . . . |
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17 Aug 06 - 10:38 PM (#1812755) Subject: RE: Island of Sulloon From: Q (Frank Staplin) Sulloon (Ceylon) was under British control from 1815-1940's. Now, of course, Sri Lanka. |
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18 Aug 06 - 01:05 AM (#1812833) Subject: RE: Island of Sulloon From: Blackcatter And, of course, is barely under control now. |
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02 Mar 10 - 09:17 AM (#2854059) Subject: RE: Island of Sulloon From: GUEST,a friend Unfortunately, it is now suffering from genocide. |
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03 Mar 10 - 08:39 AM (#2854895) Subject: RE: Island of Sulloon From: Q (Frank Staplin) The Tamils have been in Sri Lanka for many centuries but have always had strained relations with the Sinhalese and others. Many supported a nationalist party. Many emigrated. It is unlikely that relations will improve for some years. |