Favorite Airs

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 5:11 pm

The first one I ever learned all those years ago... the theme from the movie "Barry Lyndon"... Chieftains did it .... found it recently on their "Film Cuts" CD

FJohnSharp · Post by **FJohnSharp** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 10:10 pm

Inisheer
The Dark Island

Darwin · Post by **Darwin** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 11:27 pm

Ones that I can play from memory:
Eanach Dhuin
Coinnleach Glas an Fhomhair
Star of the County Down
Amhran na Leabhar
Sally Gardens
The Arran Boat
Casadh An tSugain
The Dear Irish Boy
The Flower of Sweet Strabane
She Moved Through the Fair
Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore

Ones that I want to learn:
The Dear Irish Boy (Tony Higgins' version)
Róisín Dubh
Turas go Tír na nÓg
Sliabh Geal gCua
The Lea Rig
Do You Remember That Night?
Bríd Óg Ní Mháille
My Lagan Love

jbarter · Post by **jbarter** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 4:15 am

The Lark in the Clear Air. It's still the first tune that comes to my fingers when I pick up a whistle.

burnsbyrne · Post by **burnsbyrne** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 5:56 am

A beautiful one not yet mentioned is Mna na hEireann, Women of Ireland.
Mike

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 6:09 am

Not so,
Women of Ireland and the Theme from Barry Lyndon are one and the same,although whoever re-named the tune Love Theme(from Barry Lyndon) deserves a good slapping about the head with a large wet fish.
Slan,
D.

pizak · Post by **pizak** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 6:12 am

How about Blind Mary.... and without being thought a creep - Planxty Dale Wisely is a lovely tune

Paul

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 8:27 am

dubhlinn wrote:Not so,
Women of Ireland and the Theme from Barry Lyndon are one and the same,although whoever re-named the tune Love Theme(from Barry Lyndon) deserves a good slapping about the head with a large wet fish.
Slan,
D.

SO... *finally* I get to know the *real* name of it - "Mna na hEireann" or "Women of Ireland"... Thanks Mike and dubliner!!

I don't think that was in the liner notes of the recordings...

Now... can someone please give me pointers on how to approximate an accurate pronunciation of the"Mna na hEireann" ?

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 8:54 am

It's not to hard

Try MINAW for the first word but don't lean to hard on the W.
The second one is just like the N part of Nothing
The last word should sound like HERRIN with stress on Herr.

Mmmm.. yeah,thats close enough and even a mangled pronunciation is a lot better than " The Love Theme from....".

Slan,
D.

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 9:21 am

dubhlinn wrote:
It's not to hard

Try MINAW for the first word but don't lean to hard on the W.
The second one is just like the N part of Nothing
The last word should sound like HERRIN with stress on Herr.

Mmmm.. yeah,thats close enough and even a mangled pronunciation is a lot better than " The Love Theme from....".

Slan,
D.

Thanks loads Dubhlinn (look! I got it right this time!

)

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 9:34 am

You're very welcome Annie.

Your little mistake was noted

Dubhlinn is an old word for Dublin (no news there!)
Dubh rhymes with Move and means Black
Linn means Pool so when you put them together you get Blackpool. The early invaders could not get their mouths around the Dubh bit and so they pronounced it Dub, hence Dublin.
Now, there is a totally different name for Dublin in the Irish Language but that's a story for another day.

Slan,
D.

burnsbyrne · Post by **burnsbyrne** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 9:41 am

dubhlinn wrote:Not so,
Women of Ireland and the Theme from Barry Lyndon are one and the same,although whoever re-named the tune Love Theme(from Barry Lyndon) deserves a good slapping about the head with a large wet fish.
Slan,
D.

D.,
I didn't know this. Of course, I only saw Barry Lyndon once, when it was first released, oh...30 some years ago.
Mike

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 10:07 am

Ohmygod!!
I've just checked up on Barry Lyndon and yes ,it was that long ago.
Realeased in '75 it is one of Kubricks most underated films and the cinematography is stunning. I saw it when it first came out and was amazed by it and though I've seen it several times since I still remember that first time like it was yesterday.

" The years fly by and we lose our grasp, or fuse it in the sun"
Neil Young.

Slan,
D.

BrassBlower · Post by **BrassBlower** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 10:24 am

Chuck_Clark wrote:Carrickfergus / The Water is Wide (would somebody please tell me how these two tunes are related)

Both songs contain the line "The water is wide, I can't swim over."

LeeMarsh · Post by **LeeMarsh** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 10:26 am

Favorite Slow Airs:

Culloden's Harvest
An Feochan
Fair Maid of Wicklow
The Black Cat (by Lothlorien)
Leon's Waltz
Stubble Fields of Autumn.

A song I'd love to learn and play as a slow air is "Month of January". Dolores Keane does a wonderful version of this on her CD "Broken Hearted I'll Wander" with John Faulkner. I just can't get the melody started in the right key and initial notes. If anyone has these in any format, I could really use the help.