The Irish oral tradition is a treasure trove of poetry, incantation, prophesy and proverb. Aniar, meaning 'from the west', presents a broad selection of this timeless material from the seemingly bottomless well of Conamara folklore. Each piece is further enhanced by Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin's...
Price: €25.00 | Reference: 9780955098314
Seolfaidh Mike P. Ó Conaola an leabhar agus CD, An Baile Beag Géimiúil: Amhráin na Trá Báine a chuir Sinéad Ní Ráinne in eagar agus atá foilsithe ag Cló Iar-Chonnacht, ag ócáid i Scoil Rónáin, An Trá Bháin, Leitir Móir ar an Satharn, 14 Nollaig, 2019 ag 7.00 i.n.. ...
Price: €17.99 | Reference: 9781784441999
The songwriting competition, Comórtas Cuimhneacháin Sheáin Eoin Uí Shúilleabháin is an important one for songwriters in the Irish-language. Held during the Oireachtas na Samhna cultural festival every year, the goal of the competition is to encourage new songwriters and singers to produce new...
Price: €12.00 | Reference: 9781784441623
Why do people sing? That is the deceptively simple question that Lillis Ó Laoire sets out to answer in thisbook, On a Rock in the Middle of the Ocean, which explores the singing tradition of Tory Island, Co. Donegal.Although Tory Island is small in size and has a full-time population of just 165...
Price: €35.00 | Reference: 9781905560141
A bilingual publication that explores the old musical traditions of Ireland.Breandán Ó Madagáin has long been a noted scholar in the field of the Irish language and the song and poetic traditions associated with it. He was Professor of Irish in NUI, Galway and used often sing the poems to his...
Price: €16.00 | Reference: 1902420977
Shortlisted Leabhar na Bliana 2014 - Gradam Uí ShúilleabháinAneas, meaning from the south, is a celebration of the rich vein of wisdom that isto be found in the Munster folklore tradition of the West Kerry Gaeltacht. It is alsoa collaboration between two artists who live in Corca Dhuibhne...
Price: €25.00 | Reference: 9781906907785
An important and rich collection of traditional sean-nós singing from the parish of Leitir Móir in Connemara. Prizewinning work of a Literary Competition on the Sean-nós Singing Tradition (An tOireachtas/CIC) 1995.
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This book is a reprint of of folksongs in Irish collected by Eibhlín Bean Mhic Choisdealbha.
Price: €10.00 | Reference: 1900693615
William Mahon prepared this new edition of one of the most famous collections of Gaelic folksongs. Among the eighty songs or so from the Connemara region are rare versions of the ‘great’ songs of the area.
Price: €10.00 | Reference: 1900693712
Pádraig Ó Miléadha will be a name familiar to many people interested in the singing tradition of the Déise area of Waterford. He was born in Sliabh gCua, Co. Waterford in 1877. He was a poet and a writer of the Irish Language Revival who left a lasting impression on the folk song repertoire in...
Price: €10.00 | Reference: 1905560028
