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"Feadog, as you'll all know means 'whistle' and the other word refers to a dark sexual preference."
Hold up there. I do it for religious reasons.
Tony
Hold up there. I do it for religious reasons.
Tony
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As long as we're doing pronounciations, can anyone help me with this one?
Caoineadh Cu Chullain
It's a slow air from Riverdance, of course. I have read that the last two words read something like this ...
Koo Kullin
... and mean "Chullain's Hound," the nickname of a mythical Irish figure. The first word. "Caoineadh," appears to mean "guardian," but I may have that wrong. Certainly, I have no clue how to pronounce it. Can anyone help?
As long as we're doing pronounciations, can anyone help me with this one?
Caoineadh Cu Chullain
It's a slow air from Riverdance, of course. I have read that the last two words read something like this ...
Koo Kullin
... and mean "Chullain's Hound," the nickname of a mythical Irish figure. The first word. "Caoineadh," appears to mean "guardian," but I may have that wrong. Certainly, I have no clue how to pronounce it. Can anyone help?
Best regards,
Neil Dickey
Neil Dickey
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I'll second this...
'Cu Chullain's Lament' is indeed the name of the tune. The pronunciations are pretty close to what I've heard, though with less inflection on the consenants.
As a side note, be VERY careful with this tune, as when I recorded it about seven months ago, I didn't realize it's copyrighted material. It was written by Bill Whelan just for Riverdance, and you can't perform, or record it without paying a LARGE amount of royalties. Believe me...I checked!!!
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'Cu Chullain's Lament' is indeed the name of the tune. The pronunciations are pretty close to what I've heard, though with less inflection on the consenants.
As a side note, be VERY careful with this tune, as when I recorded it about seven months ago, I didn't realize it's copyrighted material. It was written by Bill Whelan just for Riverdance, and you can't perform, or record it without paying a LARGE amount of royalties. Believe me...I checked!!!
Brian~
Thanks for the help, everyone. For what it's worth, I got my pronounciation of the "Cu Chullain" part from a website like this one:
http://www.stonescape.net/Shantar/Lands ... hmale.html
Here's the article on his name; I'd appreciate your comments on it:
Cu Chulainn - (KOO KUHL-in) Name of the hero of the early Irish epic The Cattle Raid of Cooley. Cu Chulainn's birth name was Setanta, and was given his adult name after
he killed a watch dog of the smith, Culann. He then assumed the dog's place and duties and was renamed Cu Chulainn "hound of Culann." Other early names that begin with cu
are Cu Maige (Hound of the Plain); Cu Mara (Hound of the Sea); and Cu Coigriche (Hound of the Border). Cu was a common title of Celtic chieftains.
So, does anyone know how to pronounce "Caoineadh"? For all I know, it could rhyme with "aardvark".
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Neil Dickey
P.S. Thanks for the warning about royalties on the tune. I'll avoid playing it in public.
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http://www.stonescape.net/Shantar/Lands ... hmale.html
Here's the article on his name; I'd appreciate your comments on it:
Cu Chulainn - (KOO KUHL-in) Name of the hero of the early Irish epic The Cattle Raid of Cooley. Cu Chulainn's birth name was Setanta, and was given his adult name after
he killed a watch dog of the smith, Culann. He then assumed the dog's place and duties and was renamed Cu Chulainn "hound of Culann." Other early names that begin with cu
are Cu Maige (Hound of the Plain); Cu Mara (Hound of the Sea); and Cu Coigriche (Hound of the Border). Cu was a common title of Celtic chieftains.
So, does anyone know how to pronounce "Caoineadh"? For all I know, it could rhyme with "aardvark".
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Best regards,
Neil Dickey
P.S. Thanks for the warning about royalties on the tune. I'll avoid playing it in public.
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Cu-Chullain
Pronounced as above
KU-HULLIN with the h in Chullain
KU-KULLIN without
Cu-Chullain's real name was Setanta before he killed the 'Hound of Cullan' (Cullan's Hound), an Irish Wolf-hound apparently.
I live only 3 miles from Cooley(as in Brown Bull of...). I play whistles and flutes too..
Kindest regards.....
Pronounced as above
KU-HULLIN with the h in Chullain
KU-KULLIN without
Cu-Chullain's real name was Setanta before he killed the 'Hound of Cullan' (Cullan's Hound), an Irish Wolf-hound apparently.
I live only 3 miles from Cooley(as in Brown Bull of...). I play whistles and flutes too..
Kindest regards.....
Ní thuig leat é a chuinneal nach bhfuil i do lamh.
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