by Irish Beo Author | Dec 2, 2009 | Ceol
‘Óró Sé do Bheatha Bhaile’ was orginally a 18th century Jacobite song known as Séarlas Óg (“Young Charles”) and referred to Bonnie Prince Charlie and the failed Scottish rebellion of 1745-6. Padraig Pearse provided new verses to it in the early...
by Irish Beo Author | Dec 2, 2009 | Ceol
‘Off to California’ is an example of a popular type of traditional dance music known as the ‘hornpipe’. This genre though had its origins in the English sailing vessels of the 16th century becoming popular across Britain and elsewhere from the...
by Irish Beo Author | Dec 2, 2009 | Ceol
Traditional music from the pupils of Scoil Sheosaimh Naofa in Woodford (An Ghráig) along the banks of the River Shannon in County Galway. The Kerry Polka is one of the most popular polkas played in Ireland
by Irish Beo Author | Dec 2, 2009 | Stories from the old Schoolhouse
Stories from the old Schoolhouse In this episode children from Creggs National School interview Sean Keegan about life in Kilbegnet school during the 1930s, his love of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, his memories of bringing turf for the school fires and...
by Irish Beo Author | Dec 2, 2009 | Stories - Rural Life
In this episode Sean Keegan, while being interviewed by the children and teachers of Creggs National School, brings back to life the ancient art of ‘recitation’ as he gives beautiful renditions of two old Irish poems, namely “Dawn on the Hills...
