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  List of Ireland-related topics: Encyclopedia topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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 List of Ireland-related topics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 Learn more about List of poems in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
This is perhaps recognised in the way popular songs have lyrics: so see list of songs by name.
Possible classifications proliferate (under anthem, ballad, blues, carol, folk song, hymn, libretto, lied, lullaby, march, praise song, spiritual).
Nursery rhymes may be songs, or doggerel: the term doesn't imply a distinction.
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 List of Irish ballads - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness.
The Flight of Earls - about the flight of the Irish earls abroad following their defeat by the English in the early seventeenth century.
The Rising of the Moon - This ballad invokes the hope and optimism surrounding the outbreak of the Irish rebellion of 1798
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Irish_ballads   (854 words)

  
 Early Child Ballads
Our understanding of the ballad has changed somewhat since Kittredge's day (particularly with regards to his identification of the ballad as a literary form first, and only secondarily as song), but his definition is close enough to the modern one to serve as a jumping-off point for a lengthier attempt at characterizing the ballad form.
Ballads tend to be characterized by impersonality on the part of the singer: The narrator is not personally touched by story, is not taking sides, and typically sings without much dramatization.
Internal evidence for the age of a ballad is an unreliable guide, partly because of an eighteenth-century tendency to cloak new ballads in an appearance of antiquity.
www.pbm.com /~lindahl/ballads/early_child   (8688 words)

  
 ballads - OneLook Dictionary Search
Ballads : Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898) [home, info]
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 NEWS PAGE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Irish Fair is in the process of putting together a new Committee for the purpose of documenting the Irish and Irish American involvement in the Entertainment industry.
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The purpose of this group is to document the Irish, Irish American involvement in the Entertainment industry.
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 Cantaria Recommended Book List   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Here is a list of books that we often use for research and/or have been suggested to us by other musicians.
Having recently spent several months in Ireland and doing a lot of listening to singers, I place a high value on this particular sound of an unaccompanied singer whose songs are precious gems handed down for generation.
The background notes for the songs are excellent, with historical and geographical origins as well as discussion of the type of songs (shanty, ballad, etc) and sometimes their musical structure.
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 Celtic Music Reviews
They combine traditional Irish and Scottish drinking songs with Lord of the Rings music, original songs, and filk for an eclectic mix that is as at home in an Irish pub as it is in a gathering of Irish Americans.
Boston Blackthorne is a group that is rooted in the Irish ballad tradition of the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem with contemporary twists and original arrangements.
As such, their repertoire is a living homage to the most ancient of Irish song traditions and sean nos style, the amazing body of ballads and traditional songs from the centuries between, and the amazing new works written by the genre's best artists today.
www.celticmp3s.com /magazine   (5299 words)

  
 Cantaria: List of Pre-1600 Songs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
All the songs on this list are verified as being written before (or not too long after) 1600 A.D. The notes above the lyrics on each page will explain verification sources and give any additional historical information.
Greg Lindahl, SCA minstrel, has produced a very rich resource of digitized transcriptions of 16th century ballads, as well as many articles about pre-1600 music.
If you would like to record any of these ballads for posting as a learning resource on the web, Cantaria will happily digitize the recordings and provide server space for the sound files.
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 British History Sources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Collection of oral histories of those Irish people who did not emigrate that "aims to capture living memories of Irish life in the 1940s and 1950s by interviewing those who remained in Ireland in decades when so many were leaving."
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List of sites related to Irish history organized under headings such as "Famine Web Sites," "Northern Ireland," and "Genealogy." Created by Jacqueline Dana at the University of Texas.
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 The Irish Weavers Traditional Irish Music Band from Cork Ireland Play Venues throughout Ireland, USA and Europe
The Irish Weavers are performing at all the main cabaret venues throughout Ireland, Europe and the USA.
The Irish Weavers show is captured on the recently released video The Irish Weavers Live In Concert.
The earlier video "An Evening With The Irish Weavers" was filmed in concert and on location in various parts of Ireland including Dingle Bay, Kinsale, The Aran Islands, Cork County and Galway Bay.
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 Slowplayers.org - Celtic Traditional Music - Music List
Here is a list of tunes that we currently have in our music book, at this time we by no means play them all, but it does give us something to shoot for.
The midi may be heard by clicking on the tune title, and the gif may be viewed by selecting 'gif' in the download column for that title.
The pdf and abc files are the complete listings for the group (reels, jigs, etc), and may be quite large.
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 Irish American Fiction   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Synopsis: Born in depression-era Brooklyn to recent Irish immigrants, Frank McCourt experienced a childhood fraught with poverty and occasional cruelty.
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Her current spouse, an Irish millionaire many years her senior, conveniently alters his will in her favor--days before a bomb goes off in his study.
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 The Wolfe Tones' Derek Warfield - Homepage
Considered a legendary figure on the Irish music scene, Derek continues to tour the world, taking with him the story of Ireland, which he has championed for over 40 years.
If you like the songs and ballads of Ireland performed at their very very best, then you owe it to yourself to see the living legend that is Derek Warfield 'live' on stage - check the updated schedule page for details on all upcoming shows.
This period in Irish history showed to the world the patriotism and love of one's country as exhibited by the ten men who gave their lives for their principles and beliefs.
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 Emerald Reflections Online
Milwaukee Irish Fest, renowned as the world's largest Irish culture festival, was established by members of Milwaukee's Irish community to showcase its rich Irish heritage.
Top Irish and Irish American entertainers from around the world, as well as numerous regional groups perform on the festival's 15 stages.
Irish Fest will bridge the centuries to provide a snapshot view of the last 100 years.
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 Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Where verse is set to music, the distinction between poem and song may become artificial — to the point of being untenable.
The ghazal is a sung form that is considered primarily poetic.
Possible classifications proliferate (under anthem, ballad, blues, carol, folk song, hymn, libretto, lied, lullaby, march, praise song, round, spiritual).
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 Various CD's
Includes historical sleeve notes on, 1916 Rising, The Irish National Anthem, The Irish Flag, and the Padraig Pearse commander in chief of the 1916 Volunteers and President of the Provisional Government.
A Revolutionary Irish Play: Easter Rising is a dramatic enactment of the uprising as told by Patrick Pearse, commander of the rebel forces.
It is an album for those with a passion for traditional Irish music, featuring powerful slow airs, stirring Gaelic marches with Barney McKenna, a duet with the late Joe Cooley, reels and jigs with Seamús Connolly and James Kelly.
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 Ellis Island on IrishOmaha.com -- Omaha, NE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Ellis Island brings the Irish pub to America with traditional Irish songs and dance tunes.
Audiences will clap their hands and dance to traditional jigs and reels, sing along with ballads and pub songs, laugh to tales of Irish blarney, and wipe tears from their eyes to songs of Irish famine, war, and immigration.
You may also join their SmartGroups list at: http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/ellisislandmusic and click on "Join Group." By doing that, you will receive all the updates of where the band is playing, CD info, etc.
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 Holidayhound - Westmeath, John McCormack; Tenor, Athlone, Deansgrange cemetery, Irish ballads   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In any list of the top tenor voices in the history of music, a man from Westmeath will be in the top five, possibly even the top three.
The title of Count was, in an extremely rare gesture on the part of the Church, made hereditary, which meant that it was even more special to the singer.
McCormack had become famous for his recitals, which covered German Lieder as well as the Irish Ballads for which he is perhaps best remembered, to possibly an even greater extent that his operatic performances.
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 IrishOmaha.com -- Omaha, Nebraska   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In addition to these groups we invite all local Irish artists to notify us of events that would be of interest to our local Irish population.
The goals of IACI are accomplished by having international, national, and local speakers, entertainers, poets, and Seanachies (Irish Story Tellers), and occasional trips to areas with Irish presentations of interest.
Malley Keelan releases "The Old Irish Blessing" CD The "Heartland's Irish-American Tenor," Malley Keelan, has released "The Old Irish Blessing," a CD of 20 songs--some of the most-famous Irish ballads and a few sentimental songs.
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 Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Fields of Athenry is a song about the Irish Famine of the late 1840s, which was composed in the 1980s by Pete St. John, a prolific composer of widely sung modern ballads; his other most famous song is Dublin in the rare ol' times.
The Fields of Athenry is widely seen as the definitive folk song on the Famine, telling the story of the Famine through the personal experiences of someone gaoled and deported.
The song, which was first recorded by Irish ballad singer Paddy Reilly, recounts the tale of a mythical Irishman in prison, reporting the story he could hear through the prison walls of another prisoner who is being deported to Tasmania for stealing food to feed his starving family.
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 Irish Traditional Music Sessions
In Irish traditional music, a session is simply a gathering of friends who play and sing in a public house (or pub).
From the vocal tradition come ballads, laments, and “sean nos” unaccompanied singing, and what have been referred to as “sad songs of love, and happy songs of war and drinking.” Songs may be in English or Irish Gaelic.
If it reminds you of Bluegrass music, Irish Traditional Music is one of the ancestors of Bluegrass and square-dance music, and many Irish tunes and songs were adopted into the American folk music tradition.
www.blackroseacoustic.org /news/irishsessions.htm   (496 words)

  
 From Ireland, ©Jane Lyons
This list takes in the history and culture of the Irish in Ireland and the Irish Diaspora.
Some lists to which I post information when I come across it in the various archival resources.
A Mail list for McNamara and Cleary Families - concentrating on the County Clare area, but not excluding the rest of Ireland.
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 Irish Folksongs - Elderly Instruments   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Some of the most popular Irish ballads with melody, guitar chords, and lyrics.
Melody and chords to 158 of the most popular Irish ballads and songs.
Along with notes on many of the ballads, this book features a collection of photographs, drawings and engravings depicting..more...
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 Emerald Reflections Online
Among the priceless mementos snapped up by eager participants were numerous examples of Irish Belleek, a Shamrock wreath, a clock, a flower pot, a video of the Emerald Isle, a Claddagh wall hanging, a teapot stand, a sausage knife from France, and an Irish angel door ornament, fashioned by the club's own Carol Maloney.
O'Malley, on staff at St. Norbert College, De Pere, said that one of his purposes in writing his dissertation on the Great Irish Famine was that he believed that the Irish of that era deserved to be heard.
Plan to attend this festive and entertaining event at which the Irish person of the year will be named.
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 Irish Music - IRISHOP.com
Play 50 Irish Ballads with only 6 Chords Vol 1
Play 50 Irish Ballads with only 6 Chords Vol 2
Play 50 Irish Ballads with only 6 Chords Vol 3
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 Irish History Forum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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The Irish shop is being added to daily so keep looking in.
Specific Irish heritage search engine, search for your Irish family surname roots, find out if your family have a Irish clan organisation.
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 MARC GUNN IRISH MP3 - Free Irish MP3s
My family was also part of the migration that led us to America, making me part Irish as well.
This is one fantastic Irish folk song about a man who puts on one rollicking party when his Dad dies.
A Happy Birthday song written for the descendents of the exported Irish throughout the world.
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