One of many songs from the pen of the wandering ballad maker Nicholas McCarthy who was known to travel around the Sligo/Leitrim/Cavan/Fermanagh areas with his wife, from the late 1800s into the early 1900s. Here is one written in times of land war struggles in Ireland about the St. Patrick's Day parade in Ballinaglera and nearby Dowra. Source - Dúchas Folklore Collection - Sylvester McGuire, Dowra.

Lines Written on St Patricks Day 1889 Ballinaglera

A haunting ballad with Guitar, violin and bass sparingly weaving a tale of turbulence and the chase on a stormy night, building to a full chorus of strings- Mandolin, Banjo, mandola, dobro, drums, and vocal harmonies with imagery of sacrifice redeemed through love to salvation.

4. Saviour

These are part of a series of recordings made by Helen Creighton at the behest of the Smithsonian. All of these tracks are from the singer Angelo Dornan, who lived in Elgin, NB at the time of recording. He was raised in New Brunswick - but spent most of his life in Saskatchewan, farming. When he was a child, he heard both of his parents singing, and it must have made a deep impression on him, as 60 years later, when he retired back to NB he remembered 125 songs that his parents used to sing when he was a child. Most of the repertoire is from Northern Ireland - as that's where his family came from.

Overn's Flowery Vale &  As I Roved Out One Evening

Two reels from my album 'twill Do. 

Shane Meehan - fiddle

Macdara Ó'Faoláin - bouzouki

Copyright Shane Meehan 2019

Farewell to Old Erin, Ah Surely

Pauline Hanly and Máire Hanly The Forgers Farewell

Traditional singer, composer, collector and teacher from Leitrim, Ireland.

Lines Written on St Patricks Day 1889 Ballinaglera

Fionnuala Maxwell

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