Traditional Songs of the North of Ireland

Seanduine · Post by **Seanduine** » Fri Oct 25, 2002 1:50 am

Derek Bell's sudden and tragic death last week has I'm sure saddened all who have a love of traditional music and its lore. His death brought to mind a book I bought a couple of years ago called "Traditional Songs of the North of Ireland". The book was compiled by Derek and his fellow Belfast man Liam Ó Conchubhair and is a thoroughly excellent collection of mainly Ulster songs. I wonder if any others have enjoyed this book also.

Tyghress · Post by **Tyghress** » Fri Oct 25, 2002 4:46 pm

This isn't going to be too helpful, I know, but I heard some lovely songs from a CD called The Golden Thorn...except the real name was in Gaelic. I think the phonetic words were An Dailg Or. No, I don't have the woman's name either. But the CD was of songs associated more closely with the north.

aliceflynn · Post by **aliceflynn** » Sat Oct 26, 2002 10:16 am

What a loss to us all, the passing of Derek Bell. Thanks for posting the info about his songbook. For those interested in an excellent source of more songs of the north as well as other music locations of ITM, fiddle recordings and more, go to
http://www.ulstersongs.com