Monthly Archives: August 2021

MareGold Session – 31 Iúil 2021

Tunes – Foinn Session List – Foinn MareGold Retreat Centre July 31, 2021 Out on the Ocean – G Banish Misfortune – D O’Carolan’s Concerto Polkas Maggie in the Woods – G John Ryan’s – D Dennis Murphy’s – D Trip Over the Mountain – G (slow air) Reels Temperance Reel – G (Teetotalers) BansheeContinue reading “MareGold Session – 31 Iúil 2021”

An Gorta Mór : cuid a dó

Famine had a decisive impact on Irishsociety.This collective struggle, resulting from a kind of adversity that nowadays we have difficulty tofathom, still resonates today. Many books have been written in an effort to explain the primarycauses of the disaster: the origins of the late blight itself, the vulnerability of monoculture, thelandlord ownership system, etc. InContinue reading “An Gorta Mór : cuid a dó”

D’éirigh mé sa theach le ceol

le Susan Wright D’éirigh mé sa theach le ceol; foinn traidisiúnta Gaeilge. (Le déanaí, fhuair mé oideachas faoi fonn v. amhrán!) Sheinn m’athair an fhidil agus bhí sé beag cáil aige leis. Thaitin liom an ceol, ach ní roimh mé an tiomanta foghlaithe aon uirlis, nó aon rince. Rince mé, ach níl go maith; nílContinue reading “D’éirigh mé sa theach le ceol”