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'Summer in Bunclody'. Song by Bruce Scott. Performed by Marianne McAleer
'Summer in Bunclody'
Here is a song I recorded today with a tradtional singer called Marianne McAleer at Ballinacoola Holy Well near Ballindaggin in Co. Wexford. It is his song written by Liverpool singer and songwriter Bruce Scott (1941-2016), and was entered in the ‘Newly Composed Ballads’ competition in Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in 1991. Bruce had been coming to Wexford since the 1960s and the song is about courtship and marriage and paints a beautiful picture of Bunclody through the seasons.
The song is not well known at all and so as part of Aileen's 'Bunclody Song Collection Project' she asked Marianne to sing it for her the next time she visited. It's a beautiful song in praise of pl...
Here is a song I recorded today with a tradtional singer called Marianne McAleer at Ballinacoola Holy Well near Ballindaggin in Co. Wexford. It is his song written by Liverpool singer and songwriter Bruce Scott (1941-2016), and was entered in the ‘Newly Composed Ballads’ competition in Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in 1991. Bruce had been coming to Wexford since the 1960s and the song is about courtship and marriage and paints a beautiful picture of Bunclody through the seasons.
The song is not well known at all and so as part of Aileen's 'Bunclody Song Collection Project' she asked Marianne to sing it for her the next time she visited. It's a beautiful song in praise of pl...
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Marking St. Peter and Paul’s Day - Account by Willie Careen, Point Lance, Newfoundland
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Marking St. Peter and Paul’s Day - Custom/Folklore from Point Lance, Newfoundland As today (29th of June) is the Feast of St. Peter and Paul, here is Willie Careen chatting to me in Point Lance, Newfoundland back in 2019. The community in Point Lance are all of Irish background (South Tipperary, Wexford and Waterford) and in the chat, Willie explains to me how they would mark this date at a soc...
'Fishing for the Parish on St. Peter and Paul’s Day' by Patricia Dohey, St. Bride's Newfoundland
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Fishing for the Parish - St. Peter and Paul’s Day Accounts from St. Bride's Newfoundland The 29th of June is The Feast of St. Peter and Paul so here’s a fantastic account from Patricia Dohey from St. Bride’s, Newfoundland that I recorded in 2019. In this account you hear how the men of the area, including her husband, would ‘fish for the parish’ on that day i.e. any money made on the sale of th...
The Wexfod Half Set from The Rath Field, 1992.
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The Wexford Half Set - Ballindaggin Hall, 1992 Here's a lovely clip of set dancing from a play that took place here in Ballindagin Hall back in 1992 - some 32 years ago. The play was by put on by The Woodland Players and this involved Aileen's mother and uncle. You can also see a 16/17 year old Aileen playing the piano accordion between the dresser and the door. Loads of other musicians too but...
Patricia Dohey, St. Bride's, Newfoundland - Folklore, Customs, Beliefs and Stories
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List of Contents: 00:00 - Early life and where she was born 00:30 - Walsh before she was married and took on her husband's name. 2:21 - The men took on their fathers name. They also gave them a name based on the looks or their jobs. 3:14 - Families are so small these days. There are less children and people in the area now. 3:51 - Talks about how fishing is better now compared to the past. 4:50...
Stories of the Irish Famine - Remembered in Newfoundland: Patricia Dohey, St. Bride's, Newfoundland
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Stories of the Irish Famine - Remembered in Newfoundland Here is yet another brilliant account from Patricia Dohey from rural St. Bride’s, Newfoundland that I recorded in 2019. It’s a short clip where she tells me how they learned about the Famine in Ireland via the stories of her mother and father. These were not passed on in school but passed on in the oral tradition when she grew up in Kilbr...
'Fetch' Stories from Newfoundland - Patricia Dohey, St. Brides, Newfoundland
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'Fetch' Stories from Newfoundland Yesterday I posted about the word 'fetch' on my facebook feed and how I grew up hearing it in Wexford for a ghost/premonition/likeness of a person. The word is commonly used in Newfoundland and here is Patricia Doohey telling me a story about her husband seeing the 'fetch' of his neighbour, Paddy Conway one morning. The thing is, Paddy had died during the night...
Appalachian/Ireland Song Connections - ‘Pretty Saro’ and ‘The Streams of Bunclody’.
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Appalachian/Ireland Song Connections We were DELIGHTED to welcome young North Carolina singer Olivia Philips to Curragraigue for the past few days to share some traditional songs us. Aileen is currently researching ballads common in both the Irish repertoire and the Appalachian Mountain region in the U.S. and this particular video clip looks at the similarities between the two songs ‘Pretty Sar...
Death Customs from rural Newfoundland - Patricia Dohey, St. Brides, Newfoundland
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Death Customs from rural Newfoundland - Chairs Turned Upside Down and The Lone Priest Here is some more folklore from one area of rural Newfoundland and this time it is centred around Death Customs and Beliefs. This is pure gold and it’s from an interview I did with Patricia Dohey back in 2019. The clip is much longer but I’ve edited two particular stories which grabbed me. The first is an acco...
Crow Folklore from Newfoundland - Patricia Dohey, St. Brides, Newfoundland
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There are no magpies in Newfoundland so when the south east Irish settled there they brought over the superstition about seeing a lone magpies and lumped it onto the native black crow. So they have the exact same as us with the blessing etc but it's a crow they hate seeing. Here is Patricia Dohey telling me about it and there's a brilliant story of her friend going to buy a new car but when a l...
Taking on your first husbands name...- Patricia Dohey, St. Brides, Newfoundland
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Taking on your first husbands name... Here's a woman called Patricia Dohey from St. Bride's, Newfoundland that I recorded in May 2019 talking to me about how she took on her husbands first name when she moved to St. Brides. This was once very common around Ireland where there would be the same first and last name ie Mary Doyle, Biddy Ryan etc etc so the women would take on their husbands name t...
Kathleen FitzPatrick Life, Beliefs, Memories and Faith Part One
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As promised here is the full edited interview I conducted with Kathleen FitzPatrick in St. John's Hospital in Enniscorthy on Friday last week. Kathleen was born and reared in Rathfyland, Courtnacuddy, Enniscorthy. Brilliant content crops up in the chat and nothing was prepared - instead just a loose conversation starting at Christmas and working our way through the calendar year. I got as far a...
Rosslare Harbour (1962 - 1992) - From the Tess Coady Archive
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Here is a video that some people around Rosslare Harbour might find of interest. It is a digitised copy of cine-reel that was filmed by the late Tess Coady between 1962 and 1992. The footage is unreal and ranges from the Blessing of the Boats in 1964 to a great clip of young female mummers in action outside the Railway Club in 1980. I could write paragraphs on what I can see but I am sure it wi...
Kathleen FitzPatrick, Courtnacuddy, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford - The Blessed Candle
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The Blessed Candle Dripped in the Fire Here's a short story told to me by Kathleen FitzPatrick from Courtnacuddy, Co. Wexford on Friday during a 90 minute interview. It's a lovely version of "dripping the wax" which I normally hear in Newfoundland. She tells the story of a neighbour who was gone to a fair and in typical fashion had a few drinks and his wife was worried about his return. So she ...
Paddy and Nicola Egan - The May Bush Concert in Ballindaggin, 2024
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Here are husband and wife, Paddy and Nicola Egan playing at The Wexford May Bush Concert in Ballindaggin on the 4th of May 2024.
Camross ICA Mummers - Performing at the Ballindaggin May Bush Dance (May Eve, 2024)
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Camross ICA Mummers - Performing at the Ballindaggin May Bush Dance (May Eve, 2024)
Life Stories and Beliefs by Justin Curtis, Grantstown, Co. Wexford
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Life Stories and Beliefs by Justin Curtis, Grantstown, Co. Wexford
A Billhook and a 'Gabhlóg' - John Quinn and Sonny O'Brien, Grantstown, Co. Wexford
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A Billhook and a 'Gabhlóg' - John Quinn and Sonny O'Brien, Grantstown, Co. Wexford
A "drooleen of tay" - Saying by Justin Curtis, Grantstown, Co. Wexford.
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A "drooleen of tay" - Saying by Justin Curtis, Grantstown, Co. Wexford.
Goats predicting rain coming - John Quinn and Sonny O'Brien Grantstown, Co. Wexford
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Goats predicting rain coming - John Quinn and Sonny O'Brien Grantstown, Co. Wexford
Wedding Fools and Wedding Blowers - Ciss Fanning, Sonny O'Brien aand Bridget Delaney, Co. Wexford.
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Wedding Fools and Wedding Blowers - Ciss Fanning, Sonny O'Brien aand Bridget Delaney, Co. Wexford.
Local words and sayings - Accounts from Bridget Delaney, Grantstown, Co. Wexford
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Local words and sayings - Accounts from Bridget Delaney, Grantstown, Co. Wexford
The Yew Tree and the Longbow - Brian Cornish, Grantstown, Co. Wexford. (Originally Hertfordshire)
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The Yew Tree and the Longbow - Brian Cornish, Grantstown, Co. Wexford. (Originally Hertfordshire)
NEW Book - 'The May Bush in County Wexford' by Michael Fortune and Aileen Lambert
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NEW Book - 'The May Bush in County Wexford' by Michael Fortune and Aileen Lambert
Deirdre and James Jordan The County Wexford May Bush Concert, 2024
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Deirdre and James Jordan The County Wexford May Bush Concert, 2024
The County Wexford May Bush Concert - Ballindaggin, Co. Wexford. May 4th 2024
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The County Wexford May Bush Concert - Ballindaggin, Co. Wexford. May 4th 2024
30 minute Compilation of Folklore and Memories from Grantstown Day Care Centre, Co. Wexford
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30 minute Compilation of Folklore and Memories from Grantstown Day Care Centre, Co. Wexford
The May Bush: Dates, Types and Decorations - Ciss Fanning and Kitty Caulfield, Co. Wexford.
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The May Bush: Dates, Types and Decorations - Ciss Fanning and Kitty Caulfield, Co. Wexford.
Early Life Stories and Memories - Accounts from Sonny O'Brien , Co. Wexford.
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Early Life Stories and Memories - Accounts from Sonny O'Brien , Co. Wexford.
The Norwegian Sailor - Account by Caroline Byrne, Co. Wexford.
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The Norwegian Sailor - Account by Caroline Byrne, Co. Wexford.
Such a clever, hilarious song! Brilliant!
The people voted communist onto office now complain about commu ism
I reckon the fairys were what aboriginals of every land were painting on cave walls... beings alot older than mankind
A saying in my family is you never turn back on the road you came it was very bad luck
Love these stories 🦋
:My grandfather was also quite taken by the fairies. There were three living on our street, and unfortunately he was married to none of them
Excellent
The rushes sounded like sticks when you tapped them against the table. Are they stiff, rather than flexible?
What is sally, the material that you said could use instead of rushes? I just spent a week in Ireland! At the Cliffs of Moher, a volunteer showed how to make different styles of Brigid’s Cross. She called the three-legged version a “farmer’s” cross, but I don’t remember why. Do you know what it represents?
Be the fuck that’s quare good.
My mother wad from carlow and she told us similar stories to this great to see them been revived brilliant 👏 ❤❤❤
As a Cape Bretoner living in Newfoundland, I love watching these videos.I hope to visit Ireland one day.
So proud to say that my family immigrated from Wexford. Just visited - lovely place and people 🇮🇪
Emigrated*
Someone has to get a Newfie or Caper with a super thick accent see if anyone can understand em
Beautiful Irish people
Wow.. Wexford accent sounds like old people back home on the rock
There's something so sad about our far flung Irish diaspora, we'd love if they could all come home to Ireland😢
I love this, coz it’s clearly pronounced
Good for you Michael Fortune for recording all these memories!
Beautiful. Be very proud of yourself fair lady.
Half my ancestors were Irish. This makes me wish I were still.
🧜🧚🧞🧝🧙🍀😊
One of Ireland's finest voices!
Thank you so much for this. We are in the process of moving to Monalee. My children will be shown this and taught the history of the area that we will be living.
Thank you for this, I’m looking into fairies and folklore in Newfoundland, which is really hard to come by. Happy to hear these stories.
A by gone era
Would anyone here be able to help me understand a dream I had? I don't know if what I dreamt was of real faeries, but I don't know how else to describe them. The dream was so specific and oddly unlike any expectation I had in my mind of what faeries are like, but in my heart, I feel that I saw faeries. Yet I struggle to find any description online of what I saw and feel was a true look into the spiritual dimension. I am hoping someone here can help me better understand these beings I encountered? This is the dream: I was living in the woods and taking care of two stray feral kittens by feeding them everyday. These beings soon took notice of me and showed themselves to me as they moved in procession through the woods, somehow my taking care of the kittens caught their attention. They were very thin and waiflike, shaped in faint glowing white light, almost too thin to be humanoid and similar to the shape of a stick, maybe a foot tall. I saw no discernable features. Just light. They wanted me to be aware of them is what I felt. They then showed me in my mind's eye these beautiful chrysalis topped stalks or stick-like structures. The approximate width of a twig from a tree. And there the dream ended. Who have I encountered? Did I have my first faerie meeting? Thank you for reading. I hope someone can help me learn who these beings are!
Thanks for taking time to produce this recording, it's good to hear knowledge of the past from these hard working people. As a hobby farmer,like to hear of their decades of experience in growing and raising their own food.
The cocks step.january 6th. The old people here in Ireland would say.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
To all Americans: nobody cares that your ancestors were Irish. (The rest of the world)
Fantastic documentation. Thank you!
My maiden name was O Gorman and i heard the banshee the night my grandmother died my mother always told me never to pick a comb up off the ground because it was the banshees i live in Australia now and when i hear a Dog howling someone dies 😢
I saw fairies as a child in America, thought it was Peter Pan! Got bet to hell and send to confession! Haha
yo broski i respect you for putting us on de map and that but trust me broski we are on badness in these ends dont be letting man think we aint on badness i respect you for de tune do broski love 😤😤🔪🔪🔪
We are the kin of John Joseph Connor - farmers, plumbers, soldiers, builders, engineers and poets in Kansas City
10 yrs ago ? These ladies must have passed on by now..😮
She's a good storyteller!!!
Why is this black guy in my country?
The Irish accents significantly influence a lot of the Newfoundland accents
Never throw out water on all souls night or you dampen the souls on the way to heaven
If I could sing that I’d never stop. Bless you. 💚
I know this is a three year old video but Thankyou for letting me see a distant family members memories , Brian is a distant cousin of mine and this is so lovely to watch
I know this is an older video , but I’ve discovered it when searching my family history. Hearing about Philip from Rosslare that went to Swansea I realised thats definitely my great grandad . Amazing to see some of the family history here through this video ♥️
Absolute legends, love you all
👍😅
Was going well, until the end
Looking to jion where do I go about it
Great video Michael. Any literature / evidence to St. Brigid make the triskel type or just the 4 leg cross? Anyway way of knowing which style came first? 😊 Thanks
Your videos are the absolute best! I make the four legged and three legged Brigid’s crosses every Imbolc for family & friends. Thank you for the clear instructions. -Erin in Oregon, USA