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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92s4naYaRwo

Thought of you fellas when I heard about this: Linkity Link Musical instrument shops nationwide are reporting an unprecedented demand for tin whistles. Shop assistants blame an upcoming World Record attempt by Scoil Acla, the longest-established Summer School in Ireland. It will take place on Achill...

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Ar dheis dé go raibh a anam.

mutepointe wrote:Would they always come in a glass with the name on the side?

Always. Without exception. Correct.

Would they always come in a glass with the name on the side? If they do, then no, I haven't had one. I would notice lettering on a glass before I would give a hoot about a brand. Sorry. If they come in bottles, I may have had one in a bottle. St. Pauli's Girl is about the only bottle that I would l...

I don't believe I've ever had a Guiness. Maybe I have, I don't know. I don't pay attention to that kind of stuff. It looks like this: http://sas.localguides.com/bundles/guides_6k/assets/widget_affhBvJCfhb6YFu8_y1DSK.jpg You really have to be not paying attention to what you're drinking to miss the ...

dubhlinn wrote: A hundred yards or so away from Temple Bar is the Palace Bar, one of Dublins great delights.

Listen up y'all.

Seán: A man's name. Pronounced "Shawn" (rhymes with "pawn") Séan: A sign or omen. Pronounced "Shayn" (rhymes with "pain") Sean: A prefix meaning "old." Pronounced "Shan" (rhymes with "can") Redwolf Great example Redwolf. :thumbsup:

Thanks for the help avanutria. I installed the US-International keyboard on Regional and Language Options. I've got the US-International keyboard selected but still Right (or left) ALT + e selects Edit from the menu bar and typing 'e appears as 'e.

Am I missing something?

"Sin í an cheist" (ceist is feminine) Yeah that was a bit of a 50-50 punt on my part. The fact that an e-fada was available to copy and paste swung it for the masculine choice! :lol: BTW, any idea how you do fadas when working from a laptop and the right hand numberpad is not available? '...

The Flying Spaghetti Monster knows Irish! :o How cool is that? :lol: The great Flying Spaghetti Monster knows EVERYTHING. :twisted: P.S. How do you get the fada on your vowels? :-? I've been copying and pasting them in here. http://forums.chiffandfipple.com/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=68760 Cheers. :t...

sin atá i gceist! ....that's the question! Is tamall beag é mar sin bfhéidir nach bhfuil an cheart agam, ach bfhéidir go mba cheart dhuit a ra: 'sin é an cheist' in ionad 'sin atá i gceist!', nach ea? It's been a while so maybe I'm wrong, but maybe you should say "that's the question" ins...

Whoa. :o I'm no expert but I've been playing 30 years and IMHO .012 .018 is waaaay too much tension on an old 19 fret tenor like that. I like the tone you get with higher tension but would never go higher than .011 .015 on my 19 fret. And that's on a banjo half the age of your one! Be real careful h...

If you want to keep the tension down use lighter gauge strings. Maybe something like .010, .014, .023w, .032w. I take it you're using Irish GDAE tuning. Be careful with that baby.

What is considered the more acceptable fingering? No real concensus on that one I'm afraid. Gerry O'Connor uses the 4-in-a-row whilst most others use the Index=1st 2 frets, middle=next 2, etc. One advantage of the latter method is that you can play the high B on the e-string (assuming Irish tuning)...