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Irish Folk Music- Celtic Guitar
Dec 8th
Contributing Artists: Musica Irlandesa Album Artist: Michal Hromek Album: Medieval Music Year: 1990 Track# 2 Track Name: “Irish Folk Music- Celtic Guitar” I’m not 100% sure of the details for this awesome tune, it’s just one of those tunes I have had for ages & don’t remember where it came from. Anywho, it’s about time I put it on Youtube- accompanied by some random pics that I gathered from the land of interwebs ._. I also added four of my own drawings for those of ye who’re interested^_^ Enjoy the music peoples, & forgit the world for a bit! Forgit! Forgit. Forgit.. forgit…
Irish Roses: Women of Celtic Song-Kilkelly
Dec 1st
I DON’T OWN. NO COPYRIGHT IMFRINGEMENT INTENDED. This is my favorite song off the CD and I can’t believe nobody’s uploaded it yet. Album: Irish Roses: Women of Celtic Song Artist: I believe it’s Rowena Taheny, but it could also be either Laurel MacDonald or Eleanor McCain. Song: Kilkelly Track:4 Arranged by: Carlyle Fraser Lyrics: Kilkelly, Ireland, 18 and 60, my dear and loving son John Your good friend the schoolmaster Pat McNamara’s so good as to write these words down. Your brothers have all gone to find work in England, the house is so empty and sad The crop of potatoes is sorely infected, a third to a half of them bad. And your sister Brigid and Patrick O’Donnell are going to be married in June. Your mother says not to work on the railroad and be sure to come on home soon. Kilkelly, Ireland, 18 and 70, dear and loving son John Hello to your Mrs and to your 4 children, may they grow healthy and strong. Michael has got in a wee bit of trouble, I guess that he never will learn. Because of the dampness there’s no turf to speak of and now we have nothing to burn. And Brigid is happy, you named a child for her and now she’s got six of her own. You say you found work, but you don’t say what kind or when you will be coming home. Kilkelly, Ireland, 18 and 80, dear Michael and John, my sons I’m sorry to give you the very sad news that your dear old mother has gone. We buried her down at the church in Kilkelly, your brothers and Brigid were there. You don’t have to worry, she …
Celtic Legends Irish Girls and Boys dancing in Lima,Peru
Nov 3rd
Irish girls and boys from Celtic Legends dancing in Lima,Peru…great show!!!! come back soon guys
Rosscommon Reel – Irish Music Evergreen Band Live
Sep 29th
Reels by Evergreen Band. Celtic Music, Traditional Irish music. Abe Doron on Bodhran, Michal Shahar-irish flut, Gal Shahar Fiddle/violin Eitan Hoffer – Guitar. Recorded in 2002
Irish Celtic Music Christy Moore Wise And Holy Woman
Aug 11th
Irish Celtic Music Christy Moore Wise And Holy Woman
CELTIC LEGENDS – IRISH LEGENDS
Jun 30th
Ireland’s unique combination of beauty, mystery and magic delights visitors from all over the world. Part of the enduring fascination of the Emerald Isle can be explained by the country’s myths and legends, which live on in Irish folklore and traditional songs. This DVD tells the stories of some of the great figures of Irish legend and features superb reconstructions, atmospheric recreations and comment and insight from a team of leading authorities. With the breathtaking beauty of the Irish countryside as its backdrop, this programme includes the stories of St Patrick, the Gallic Celts, Finn MacCumhaill and Cuchulainn. Available to buy from: www.amazon.co.uk
Down By The Sally Gardens Irish songs Celtic music Ireland folk traditional Ireland
Jun 2nd
Visit www.larkandspur.com Come, take a journey to beautiful Ireland. Experience majestic castles, lush countryside and soaring cliffs with ocean waves all set to the lovely Irish Celtic music folk song “Down By The Sally Garden”. This song, popularized by Orla Fallon of the famous Celtic Woman singers, is performed superbly by Lark and Spur in this video. Be sure to check out all Lark and Spur videos including my “Beautiful Scotland Music Video” set to “Will Ye Go Lassie Go”. Search by, larkandspur, to find them. Visit us at http Enjoy! For great deals on kids ride on toys www.girlsrideontoys.com To watch lots of free TV shows and movies http
Irish Celtic Music Kate Rusby The Jolly Ploughboys
May 26th
Irish Celtic Music Kate Rusby The Jolly Ploughboys
Find Your perfect irish tattoos designs at TattSeeker
Mar 17th
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Irish Celtic Music Emigrant Eyes Dolores Keane
Mar 17th
Irish Celtic Music Emigrant Eyes Dolores Keane
Irish Celtic Music Solid Ground Dolores Keane Frances Black Sharon Shannon
Jan 13th
Irish Celtic Music Solid Ground Dolores Keane Frances Black Sharon Shannon
Celtic Music Irish Dance Lord Of the Dance
Dec 16th
Something very important gift for me from my darling…it was love at first sight and listening…hope you all enjoy too… Love u bb thank you
Ondine: Ancient Celtic Myth in Modern Ireland
Nov 14th
Ondine is an unusual film that uses Celtic mythology as a background theme for a low key romantic tale. Director Neil Jordan, best known for The Crying Game, sets this movie in modern day Ireland, but in many ways there’s an old fashioned, even ancient ambiance to it. Of course, there are cars and cell phones, but the story centers on Syracuse, a Fisherman (Colin Farrell) living in a small village who pulls a woman (Alicja Bachleda) out of the water, and this theme could have been taken from a folk tale (Irish or otherwise) that dates back centuries.
The woman has no apparent memory and calls herself Ondine (which is a word for a kind of water nymph), and she may or may not be a supernatural creature. Like another film from 1995, The Secret of Roan Inish, this one deals with the legend of selkies, half woman-half seal creatures that are traditional to Celtic folklore. However, Ondine is quite original and deals with the subject in its own way.
Syracuse has a young daughter (Alison Barry) who is mostly confined to a wheelchair due to a kidney ailment, and has a contentious relationship with his ex-wife, which complicates his situation when he find Ondine. As you might expect, Syracuse and Ondine develop a relationship of sorts, but, unlike the way such a theme would be handled in a typical Hollywood movie, the characters are all quite complex and the story seems more interested in exploring archetypal themes than conforming to a formula plot.
Ondine is a movie that fans of indie movies, Celtic myth and compelling but quiet tales will enjoy. Netflix, somewhat incorrectly, categorizes this film as sci fi/fantasy. It remains uncertain for much of the movie whether or not Ondine is actually a selkie, but apart from this, if you’re looking for a movie with special effects or bizarre shapeshifting creatures, this isn’t it. If you have to put Ondine in a category, it would be an independent romantic drama.
Irish / Celtic Gods & Goddesses – The Ever Living Ones (Part 2)
Sep 30th
Irish / Celtic Gods and Goddesses (Part 1) – The Ever Living Ones The Celtic pantheon is known from a variety of sources, these include written Celtic mythology, ancient places of worship, statues, engravings, cult objects, and place or personal names. It should be understood that there are two main types of Celtic deities: general and local. General deities were known by Celts throughout large regions, and are the gods and goddesses they invoked for protection, healing, luck, honour, and many other needs. The local deities were the spirits of a particular feature of the landscape (such as particular mountains, trees, or rivers) and thus was generally only known by the locals in the surrounding areas.
Magic of the Celtic Otherworld: Irish History, Lore & Rituals
Dec 18th
Learn to live in harmony with the Green World Many people today distance themselves from the Earth. They forget they are a part of Nature. Magic of the Celtic Otherworld offers a holistic, magical system that will break down the barriers between you and the natural world. Drawing upon Irish Celtic spiritual tradition, history, and mythology, this book provides wondrous stories, seasonal rituals, and practical exercises that will expand your spiritual potential. This sel…
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Irish Tattoos
Nov 13th
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In Search of Ancient Ireland: The Origins of the Irish from Neolithic Times to the Coming of the English
Nov 13th
Review
A great story, interesting to read and appealing to anyone with an interest in Ireland…A readable history…poignant, not pedantic. — Virginia Garnett in Carroll County TimesIn bite-sized morsels … Search tells us about both the major figures central to … events and the daily lives of commoners. — Richmond Times-Dispatch
A clearly recommended pick for anyone interested in…Irish history
. Provides an important gateway to understanding early Irish roots. — The…
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Irish Mythology – a History of the Tain Bo Cuailnge
Nov 6th
Tain Bo Cuailnge meaning the Cattle Raid of Cooley is a legendary epic from early Irish literature. The Táin Bó Cuailnge represents the oldest vernacular tale of Western Europe, predating both Beowulf and Homer’s Odyssey. It describes the invasion of Ulster by the armies of Queen Medb of Connaught and her husband Ailill intending to steal the Brown Bull of Cuailnge. They are faced only by the boy warrior Cuchulainn, the rest of the men of Ulster being incapacitated by an ancient curse placed by the ancient Celtic goddess of war, Macha. Cuchulainn is young enough to be free of the curse, he manages to hold off the invading armies until the Ulstermen are free of the curse. Aided only by his charioteer Laeg he wages a guerrilla campaign against the invading hordes. However Medb succeeds in capturing the bull but Cuchulainn prevents her from returning to Connaught by invoking the right of single combat at fords. For months Cuchulainn challenges and defeats warrior after warrior. The greatest of these fights is against his foster brother and best friend Ferdiad, a fierce contest rages for three days, Cuchulainn eventually killing his opponent with the mighty spear called the Gae Bulg. Eventually the Ulstermen are freed from their curse and one by one they appear on the battlefield and the final conflict occurs in which Medb’s armies are routed, however she manages in hauling the Brown Bull of Cuailnge back to Conaught where he fights her white bull, Finnbheannach. The Brown Bull kills him but is mortally wounded, it wanders around Ireland creating place names before returning home to die of exhaustion.
The world portrayed in the Tain is an essentially pre-Christian heroic age. War is conducted between warriors armed with swords and spears and mounted in chariots with drivers. Interestingly, it is also a world in which a queen may possess wealth independently of her husband and, indeed, compete with him and raise an army. The Tain Bo Cuailnge has survived in two main recensions, the first is contained in the Lebor na hUidre, an eleventh century text compiled in Clonmacnoise and in the fourteenth century Yellow Book of Lecan. A complete text can be compiled by combining these two sources. The second recension can be found in the twelfth century Book of Leinster.
Russell Shortt is a travel consultant with Exploring Ireland, the leading specialists in customised, private escorted tours, escorted coach tours and independent self drive tours of Ireland. Article source: http://www.exploringireland.net
Russell Shortt is a travel consultant with Exploring Ireland, the leading specialists in customised, private escorted tours, escorted coach tours and independent self drive tours of Ireland. Article source: http://www.exploringireland.net
Irish / Celtic Gods & Goddesses – The Ever Living Ones (part 1)
Nov 6th
Irish / Celtic Gods and Goddesses (Part 1) – The Ever Living Ones
The Celtic pantheon is known from a variety of sources, these include written Celtic mythology, ancient places of worship, statu…
Irish / Celtic Gods & Goddesses – The Ever Living Ones (part 1)
Oct 30th
Irish / Celtic Gods and Goddesses (Part 1) – The Ever Living Ones
The Celtic pantheon is known from a variety of sources, these include written Celtic mythology, ancient places of worship, statu…
Fluent Dysphasia – Classic Irish Language Short Film
Oct 28th
Gearrscannan as gaeilge é ó TG4. Irish language short film with english subtitles. Srarring Stephen Rey.
Irish to Be An Official Language of the Eu
Sep 22nd
On the 21 November 2006, it was agreed by the EU that Irish would become the 21st official language of the EU. Irish is really an ancient Celtic language called Gaelic. Gaelic is also the official language of Scotland, thus far part of the UK. The two Gaelic languages are somewhat different, quite different in fact. The different languages.within our world are part of what makes it colourful and interesting and the debate about how many different languages that we, the people of this planet should use, will go on as long as the world exists.
About 30% of the Irish speak Gaelic, we are told; this is in the Southern independent part of Ireland, which gained its freedom from the UK in the early 19th Century, leaving only Northern Ireland as part of the UK.
Southern Ireland is part of the EU and has the Euro as its currency, Northern Ireland is part of the UK and as such also belongs to the EU, the UK (which includes Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) does not use the Euro, so it is not the currency for those countries either.
Confused enough yet? The Welsh and the Scottish also have their own Parliaments (Assemblies) and can make certain laws of their own, so for someone going to work in the British Isles, this mix of currency, laws and language create a nice labyrinth to work out!
No doubt all this multi-partisan status exists all over the World in different countries, with differing interests, loyalties and histories. In that sense it seems that Globalisation is a force for the good as it unites the people of this tiny planet and helps them to acknowledge that we are all in this together and maybe it’s time to time to preserve the past, but not try live in it.
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