Míle Buiochas Christy.Eileen and so so looking forward to Friday night in UL,Limerick.The Joint will be hopping.If I may request two special
Songs that mean a lot to us.Obviously
‘St Brendans’s Voyage’ and ‘The January Man’ but of course I have dozens more.
‘In the year of one thousand seven hundred and ninety eight – Dunlavin Green.In 1968 my Dad Thomas who was principal in Dunlavin and the teachers re-enacted the 1798 massacre in the local Imaal Hall and around Dunlavin Green.It is a memory clear in my head to this day.
I’ll have the CDs for you on Friday.I’ll pass them to the UL staff to get them to you.
Beimid ag caint.
Christy's reply
Morra Paddy,
last week I sang for the Ireland Rugby squad prior to the Scotland game….I sang Dunlavin Green for Andy Farrell…..
safe journey from Brandon
Hello Christy,
Some great choices there from the Ireland team. Cian Healy chooses so well doesn’t he. Hurt last time, then Rocky Road. I’ve wanted to gear your version of that one ever since we gotcac40xsecond glimpse of it on Life on the Road.
Here’s something i heard for the first time yesterday. https://youtu.be/TvHotiBkTGs?si=pq1G2tKxSSaIECsz
Rebecca
Christy's reply
its a great song to sing…. Its a pity its often sung so rapidly..the words need careful attention..deserve to be savoured
Hey Christy if luck is with me I will be at your Belfast show as I will be traveling in that area the start of June. You’re just to damn good though no seats available..may have to put my ear to the wall haha. Hope to see you then. Enjoy the day
Brendan
Christy's reply
hope that works out Brendan….a Summer’s evening beneath the Black Mountain…but be warned..no seats,its a stand up…..
Hey Christy
We went to see the Bob Marley film One Love today.
Of course the music is fabulous, the film was maybe a 7 out of 10…or at least that is what this amateur gave it.
Music films are sometimes difficult , i suppose because we are drawn to them by the music not the film ( unless it is a live recording like Stop Making Sense).
I did enjoy Song of Granite mind you , as well as Walk the Line.
Marley was an outstanding gift of a man.
Appropriate for this day, any day are these lyrics of his
Until the philosophy which hold one race
Superior and another inferior
Is finally
And permanently
Discredited
And abandoned
Everywhere is war
Me say war
That until there are no longer
First-class and second-class citizens of any nation
Until the colour of a man’s skin
Is of no more significance than the colour of his eyes
Me say war
That until the basic human rights
Are equally guaranteed to all
Without regard to race
Dis a war
Hi C. Listening to An Riocht against the Rossies on Radio Kerry on my journey to NCH, a game of two halves ! I can visualise the field with the nearby graveyard, we had some great gaggles at those gigs. I believe they have new stands etc, I wonder did they re develop The Hall ? and will you ever return to Hyde Park ?? Commiserations on the relegation of the Lily Whites, the wheel will turn, but you worked your magic with the Rugby lads. That’s great news that there is a recording from that famous day in Brandon ! Beir bua agus beannacht. H
Christy's reply
I always associate Hyde Park with Duck Eggs
Roscommon with John Reilly, The Grehan Sisters, Matt Molloy
great news indeed about thon Brandon Tape..more anon…
The Flourbags will be back….relegation will mark the turning point…
getting in shape now for Chuck Feeney’s…may that good man rest in peace
Went to killashe the other nt very goodyour like a good wine get better wt age my father would have loved it (lauri)ps Winning was asking for you cheers up the moors
Hello Christy,
Hope you don’t mind me asking… did you get any good requests for songs from the Ireland team?
Rebecca
Christy's reply
Ian Henderson asked for “Tuam Beat”, Cian Healy “Rocky Road to Dublin”, Josh Van der Flier ” Cry Like a Man” Tadg O’Beirne asked for “Me & The Rose” but she was absent on the beat…I sang “Dunlavin Green” for Andy Farrell
At the grand ST Patrick’s Dance in San Fernando
I saw a man sit awkwardly and shy,
afraid to even open up his collar
though his voice soared like a swallow in the sky,
at the grand Saint Patrick’s dance in San Fernando
there was dignatories there of every kind
and i heard the proceeds went to purchase ammo
so i got drunk and had a damn good time
rory
Christy's reply
the late Colm Gallagher wrote this…. also The Reel in Flickering Light
A Christóir mo chara,
Paddy O Neill anseo ó Bhréanainn, Co Chiarraí.
We are looking forward to seeing you in UL next week le cúnamh Dé. I thoroughly enjoyed Vicar St on 16th Jan.It was like we were in your sitting room and you invited us to come around to hear you play your favourite songs for us.It was truly magical and we wished the night could go on much longer to hear all the songs we love to hear you sing.
MY STORY (Apologies if it is too long)
I have been performing music for the past 50
Years that started in Murphy’s Pub on the pier in Brandon with my good friend Séan MacMathúna. I emigrated to US and performed mainly in NY in the late 70s and all the 80s).
You were my inspiration when I began playing guitar as a 14 year old and with singing the great ballads and folk songs that you gave new life to back in the day and on your early records and with Planxty and Moving Hearts when I lived in Dunlavin with my parents Tom and Annie O Neill .They were from Brandon and Maharees originally but moved to Dunlavin as my Dad was the Maistir in Dunlavin NS for 40 years.
Anyway to make a long story short, I have just released my first ever CD and would like to get a complimentary copy to you.It is called ‘A Boat Sailed Out Of Brandon’.Your good friend Eoghan O Neill was part of my band that launched it in Dolans Warehouse in Limerick on 2nd Feb with Dave Keary (Van the Man Guitarist) Danny Byrt -drummer/ percussion Stocktons Wing and James Hanley Keyboard with all the Country Bands.I will be having a second Launch in Brandon, Co Kerry on 5th May with Dave and Eoghan.I’d like you to have a copy of my CD as a token of appreciation for the inspiration and love of music you have brought to me and given to me.
I have some songs from your repertoire included in my 12 songs.I just turned 65 today (16th March) and am glad to be here as I got a Multiple Myeloma diagnosis in 2017 that didn’t look great but I got through it with a transplant and it gave me a pep in my step.I am
In a good place now Buiochas le Dia.
My mother Annie is a resident in McCauley place and she was more than thrilled and delighted when you played for them a couple of years ago after Covid.She is now 88 and still living there.She has a photo of you and her framed and in a place that all visitors see that was taken on the night.
It is almost 40 years since you played in Brandon and ‘St Brendan’s Voyage’ was born.
The German couple who gave you the guitar on the day you came to Brandon were Mike and Inga.They recorded you on the day on a cassette tape machine and they also recorded the other people who sang on the day.
I got my hands on the tape and have it on a CD now ( not shared with anyone) if you would like a copy.The people of Brandon would love if Christy would visit Brandon again and maybe do a concert around the time of the feast day of St Brendan or another time that suited.We have a good Community Centre -Halla le Chéile where concerts take place.(Capacity 130)
I am good friends with Brendán O Beaglaoich and of course Séamus.Their sister Breda was married to my uncle Micheál.Not sure if this is all too much but just to say you are adored in West Kerry as you are throughout the country.I am a good neighbour of Johnny Divilly and I spent a good number of years performing in the Tack Room in the Adare Manor in the 1990/2000s
I will get a copy of my CD to you on Friday night in UL and leave my details with it if you would like to explore my idea. Míle Buiochas as an gceoil throughout the years Christy.When I was in St Vincent’s at a low point in July 2017 ‘The January Man’ helped me recover,
‘In July the man in Cotton shirt, he sits and thinks about being idle,
The August man in thousands takes the road to find the sun and sit by the sea.’
That sums up
Brandon pier during the Summer sitting outside Murphy’s Pub.It is another little piece of Heaven in the Kingdom.Eileen and I would like to extend a Céad Míle Failte and warmly welcome you and Valerie to stay anytime in our beautiful home there overlooking Brandon Bay.
Kind Regards,
Paddy O Neill
Christy's reply
níl do scéal ró fada atallatall….
I look forward to hearing your CD
thats great news about the Brandon cassette..I hope the Nuns and Special Branch can be heard….its almost 40 years since that day when Charlie Haughey left myself and Tom Mccarthy stranded..the feckin Chopper never showed, but as a result, the good song emerged
Reports of an impending tea shortage. These Suez Canal and Red Sea shenanigans could be the cause. I’ll be at the top of the Suez Canal hauling ropes to get these boats up into the Med to avert any shortage.
(I could operate like Walker from Dads Army, the ‘spiv’, and operate a black market in tea. Concert goers may just have to bring a flask of boiling water. Extra charge for teabags.)
Well that’s a relief, we won’t be hearing the mammoth version of John Barleycorn.
40 verses? Ed did well to count them, never mind trying to stay awake singing the bugger. Those evenings long ago must have gone on forever…
Christy's reply
those evenings long ago were when 40 verse ballads were warmly welcomed, listened to carefully, remembered and cherished…in my own life time I sat by the open hearth fire, in the light of an oil lamp, gazing at embers surrounded by the silence outside….back then a 40 verse ballad was an uplifting experience..
now bejasus we are befuddeld with websites, spotify, netflix, war, outer space rockets, twatter, f/b, premiership, car noise ,teabags, baristas, trumps ‘n johnsons,uber,deliveroo, etc etc etc….our poor brains are creaking with excess info… overloaded they gradually begin to grind to a halt…
enough, I need to pick up the Atkin and meditate a few verses
As I type, Christy, a BBC 4 TV programme has you singing “Ride On”. They’re doing a re-run of films on Irish Music. I’ve looked, “Folk Hibernia at the BBC”. Just concluded now.
Dagrab: that sounded like an interesting gig. The trouble with organising a gig like that here, RoI, is that nobody turns up. Not always, mind you.
Rebecca, that’s a whopping song on John Barleycorn. If I catch a singer who is listed to sing that song at any forthcoming gig, I’m taking a flask of boiling water and two teabags to help me stay awake while he sings the forty verses.
Home from a great gig…and,my 14yo granddaughter’s first live acoustic music.
After the show,when she enthused about Louise Jordan’s talents,I was right in my assumption that my companion had been humouring me by agreeing to go…I was also right in thinking that we’d both have a great time!
Fair play to. http://www.louisejordan.co.uk A clever mix of self written songs in celebration of extraordinary women…a solo show featuring guitar,piano and snare drum.it was like a fun history lesson – my homework will be digging out further reading on the astounding Hannah Mitchell.
The venue was small,perfect for c 40 punters.A nice bonus to chat to Louise after the gig…she was delighted to meet a young fan and they shared their experiences of being in musical theatre shows…
Gig sound was spot on and I loved the guitar’s resonance…no surprise when I saw it was an Atkin…class!
A special night for me and brilliant to see a multi talented artist,enjoying her craft.
All the best
Dave
Christy's reply
you paint a lovely picture Dave..will check out Louise Jordan…mad busy here at the mo..stuff comin at me from all sides
Hi Christy
Just got in this evening.
Got my tickets for the 19th at the Great Northern.
I won’t get the dates wrong this time.
Looking forward to a great night as usual.
Christy's reply
good man Terry
all we gotta do now is stay alive
keep doin the press-ups,
keep takin the tablets..
see you in Beautiful Bundoran
Míle Buiochas Christy.Eileen and so so looking forward to Friday night in UL,Limerick.The Joint will be hopping.If I may request two special
Songs that mean a lot to us.Obviously
‘St Brendans’s Voyage’ and ‘The January Man’ but of course I have dozens more.
‘In the year of one thousand seven hundred and ninety eight – Dunlavin Green.In 1968 my Dad Thomas who was principal in Dunlavin and the teachers re-enacted the 1798 massacre in the local Imaal Hall and around Dunlavin Green.It is a memory clear in my head to this day.
I’ll have the CDs for you on Friday.I’ll pass them to the UL staff to get them to you.
Beimid ag caint.
Morra Paddy,
last week I sang for the Ireland Rugby squad prior to the Scotland game….I sang Dunlavin Green for Andy Farrell…..
safe journey from Brandon
Hello Christy,
Some great choices there from the Ireland team. Cian Healy chooses so well doesn’t he. Hurt last time, then Rocky Road. I’ve wanted to gear your version of that one ever since we gotcac40xsecond glimpse of it on Life on the Road.
Here’s something i heard for the first time yesterday.
https://youtu.be/TvHotiBkTGs?si=pq1G2tKxSSaIECsz
Rebecca
its a great song to sing…. Its a pity its often sung so rapidly..the words need careful attention..deserve to be savoured
Hey Christy if luck is with me I will be at your Belfast show as I will be traveling in that area the start of June. You’re just to damn good though no seats available..may have to put my ear to the wall haha. Hope to see you then. Enjoy the day
Brendan
hope that works out Brendan….a Summer’s evening beneath the Black Mountain…but be warned..no seats,its a stand up…..
Good man Rory
And we know we shall win
As we are confident
In the victory
Of good over evil
Time alone will tell …
Hey Christy
We went to see the Bob Marley film One Love today.
Of course the music is fabulous, the film was maybe a 7 out of 10…or at least that is what this amateur gave it.
Music films are sometimes difficult , i suppose because we are drawn to them by the music not the film ( unless it is a live recording like Stop Making Sense).
I did enjoy Song of Granite mind you , as well as Walk the Line.
Marley was an outstanding gift of a man.
Appropriate for this day, any day are these lyrics of his
Until the philosophy which hold one race
Superior and another inferior
Is finally
And permanently
Discredited
And abandoned
Everywhere is war
Me say war
That until there are no longer
First-class and second-class citizens of any nation
Until the colour of a man’s skin
Is of no more significance than the colour of his eyes
Me say war
That until the basic human rights
Are equally guaranteed to all
Without regard to race
Dis a war
Rory
And also just to add, Shaun Davey has been intimating over the last few days that tonight could be Rita Connollys last ever public performance!.
And not forgetting the Earley’s! Dermot Sr, and Jr!
I do remember Paul Reynolds who played for Roscommon in the 1950s
Hi C. Listening to An Riocht against the Rossies on Radio Kerry on my journey to NCH, a game of two halves ! I can visualise the field with the nearby graveyard, we had some great gaggles at those gigs. I believe they have new stands etc, I wonder did they re develop The Hall ? and will you ever return to Hyde Park ?? Commiserations on the relegation of the Lily Whites, the wheel will turn, but you worked your magic with the Rugby lads. That’s great news that there is a recording from that famous day in Brandon ! Beir bua agus beannacht. H
I always associate Hyde Park with Duck Eggs
Roscommon with John Reilly, The Grehan Sisters, Matt Molloy
great news indeed about thon Brandon Tape..more anon…
The Flourbags will be back….relegation will mark the turning point…
getting in shape now for Chuck Feeney’s…may that good man rest in peace
Went to killashe the other nt very goodyour like a good wine get better wt age my father would have loved it (lauri)ps Winning was asking for you cheers up the moors
Hello Christy,
Hope you don’t mind me asking… did you get any good requests for songs from the Ireland team?
Rebecca
Ian Henderson asked for “Tuam Beat”, Cian Healy “Rocky Road to Dublin”, Josh Van der Flier ” Cry Like a Man” Tadg O’Beirne asked for “Me & The Rose” but she was absent on the beat…I sang “Dunlavin Green” for Andy Farrell
At the grand ST Patrick’s Dance in San Fernando
I saw a man sit awkwardly and shy,
afraid to even open up his collar
though his voice soared like a swallow in the sky,
at the grand Saint Patrick’s dance in San Fernando
there was dignatories there of every kind
and i heard the proceeds went to purchase ammo
so i got drunk and had a damn good time
rory
the late Colm Gallagher wrote this…. also The Reel in Flickering Light
A Christóir mo chara,
Paddy O Neill anseo ó Bhréanainn, Co Chiarraí.
We are looking forward to seeing you in UL next week le cúnamh Dé. I thoroughly enjoyed Vicar St on 16th Jan.It was like we were in your sitting room and you invited us to come around to hear you play your favourite songs for us.It was truly magical and we wished the night could go on much longer to hear all the songs we love to hear you sing.
MY STORY (Apologies if it is too long)
I have been performing music for the past 50
Years that started in Murphy’s Pub on the pier in Brandon with my good friend Séan MacMathúna. I emigrated to US and performed mainly in NY in the late 70s and all the 80s).
You were my inspiration when I began playing guitar as a 14 year old and with singing the great ballads and folk songs that you gave new life to back in the day and on your early records and with Planxty and Moving Hearts when I lived in Dunlavin with my parents Tom and Annie O Neill .They were from Brandon and Maharees originally but moved to Dunlavin as my Dad was the Maistir in Dunlavin NS for 40 years.
Anyway to make a long story short, I have just released my first ever CD and would like to get a complimentary copy to you.It is called ‘A Boat Sailed Out Of Brandon’.Your good friend Eoghan O Neill was part of my band that launched it in Dolans Warehouse in Limerick on 2nd Feb with Dave Keary (Van the Man Guitarist) Danny Byrt -drummer/ percussion Stocktons Wing and James Hanley Keyboard with all the Country Bands.I will be having a second Launch in Brandon, Co Kerry on 5th May with Dave and Eoghan.I’d like you to have a copy of my CD as a token of appreciation for the inspiration and love of music you have brought to me and given to me.
I have some songs from your repertoire included in my 12 songs.I just turned 65 today (16th March) and am glad to be here as I got a Multiple Myeloma diagnosis in 2017 that didn’t look great but I got through it with a transplant and it gave me a pep in my step.I am
In a good place now Buiochas le Dia.
My mother Annie is a resident in McCauley place and she was more than thrilled and delighted when you played for them a couple of years ago after Covid.She is now 88 and still living there.She has a photo of you and her framed and in a place that all visitors see that was taken on the night.
It is almost 40 years since you played in Brandon and ‘St Brendan’s Voyage’ was born.
The German couple who gave you the guitar on the day you came to Brandon were Mike and Inga.They recorded you on the day on a cassette tape machine and they also recorded the other people who sang on the day.
I got my hands on the tape and have it on a CD now ( not shared with anyone) if you would like a copy.The people of Brandon would love if Christy would visit Brandon again and maybe do a concert around the time of the feast day of St Brendan or another time that suited.We have a good Community Centre -Halla le Chéile where concerts take place.(Capacity 130)
I am good friends with Brendán O Beaglaoich and of course Séamus.Their sister Breda was married to my uncle Micheál.Not sure if this is all too much but just to say you are adored in West Kerry as you are throughout the country.I am a good neighbour of Johnny Divilly and I spent a good number of years performing in the Tack Room in the Adare Manor in the 1990/2000s
I will get a copy of my CD to you on Friday night in UL and leave my details with it if you would like to explore my idea. Míle Buiochas as an gceoil throughout the years Christy.When I was in St Vincent’s at a low point in July 2017 ‘The January Man’ helped me recover,
‘In July the man in Cotton shirt, he sits and thinks about being idle,
The August man in thousands takes the road to find the sun and sit by the sea.’
That sums up
Brandon pier during the Summer sitting outside Murphy’s Pub.It is another little piece of Heaven in the Kingdom.Eileen and I would like to extend a Céad Míle Failte and warmly welcome you and Valerie to stay anytime in our beautiful home there overlooking Brandon Bay.
Kind Regards,
Paddy O Neill
níl do scéal ró fada atallatall….
I look forward to hearing your CD
thats great news about the Brandon cassette..I hope the Nuns and Special Branch can be heard….its almost 40 years since that day when Charlie Haughey left myself and Tom Mccarthy stranded..the feckin Chopper never showed, but as a result, the good song emerged
Hi Christy,
Travelling over from Glasgow to see you with my wee mum in Friday, so excited! Had tickets for Glasgow that were cancelled due to covid.
Hoping beyonh hope for Nancy Spain or beeswing 💚
I’m trying to guess, are they a Stephen or a Stephanie,
and you forgot to share your “Wee Mum’s” name !!
Three-and-a-half minute attention span, add in information overload from the ubiquitous internet. It’s the way it’s gone.
thats a long day in the life of the May-fly
Reports of an impending tea shortage. These Suez Canal and Red Sea shenanigans could be the cause. I’ll be at the top of the Suez Canal hauling ropes to get these boats up into the Med to avert any shortage.
(I could operate like Walker from Dads Army, the ‘spiv’, and operate a black market in tea. Concert goers may just have to bring a flask of boiling water. Extra charge for teabags.)
God between us and all harm
Well that’s a relief, we won’t be hearing the mammoth version of John Barleycorn.
40 verses? Ed did well to count them, never mind trying to stay awake singing the bugger. Those evenings long ago must have gone on forever…
those evenings long ago were when 40 verse ballads were warmly welcomed, listened to carefully, remembered and cherished…in my own life time I sat by the open hearth fire, in the light of an oil lamp, gazing at embers surrounded by the silence outside….back then a 40 verse ballad was an uplifting experience..
now bejasus we are befuddeld with websites, spotify, netflix, war, outer space rockets, twatter, f/b, premiership, car noise ,teabags, baristas, trumps ‘n johnsons,uber,deliveroo, etc etc etc….our poor brains are creaking with excess info… overloaded they gradually begin to grind to a halt…
enough, I need to pick up the Atkin and meditate a few verses
Thanks Christy
Lovin that My little Honda 50 gets a run out.
Enjoy the rugby tomorrow
just rechecked..I also did Beeswing and Voyage
As I type, Christy, a BBC 4 TV programme has you singing “Ride On”. They’re doing a re-run of films on Irish Music. I’ve looked, “Folk Hibernia at the BBC”. Just concluded now.
Dagrab: that sounded like an interesting gig. The trouble with organising a gig like that here, RoI, is that nobody turns up. Not always, mind you.
Rebecca, that’s a whopping song on John Barleycorn. If I catch a singer who is listed to sing that song at any forthcoming gig, I’m taking a flask of boiling water and two teabags to help me stay awake while he sings the forty verses.
Hi Christy
Home from a great gig…and,my 14yo granddaughter’s first live acoustic music.
After the show,when she enthused about Louise Jordan’s talents,I was right in my assumption that my companion had been humouring me by agreeing to go…I was also right in thinking that we’d both have a great time!
Fair play to. http://www.louisejordan.co.uk A clever mix of self written songs in celebration of extraordinary women…a solo show featuring guitar,piano and snare drum.it was like a fun history lesson – my homework will be digging out further reading on the astounding Hannah Mitchell.
The venue was small,perfect for c 40 punters.A nice bonus to chat to Louise after the gig…she was delighted to meet a young fan and they shared their experiences of being in musical theatre shows…
Gig sound was spot on and I loved the guitar’s resonance…no surprise when I saw it was an Atkin…class!
A special night for me and brilliant to see a multi talented artist,enjoying her craft.
All the best
Dave
you paint a lovely picture Dave..will check out Louise Jordan…mad busy here at the mo..stuff comin at me from all sides
Hi Christy
Just got in this evening.
Got my tickets for the 19th at the Great Northern.
I won’t get the dates wrong this time.
Looking forward to a great night as usual.
good man Terry
all we gotta do now is stay alive
keep doin the press-ups,
keep takin the tablets..
see you in Beautiful Bundoran