Celtic Folkweave

Celtic Folkweave
Studio album by
Mick Hanly and Mícheál Ó Domhnaill
Released 1974
Recorded 1974
Genre Irish traditional music
Label Polydor
Producer Donal Lunny

Celtic Folkweave is a studio album by the duo Mick Hanly and Mícheál Ó Domhnaill, who toured under the name Munroe, although that name does not appear on the album. Recorded in Ireland and released on Polydor Records (2908013) in 1974, the album was a clear precursor for Ó Domhnaill's subsequent work with The Bothy Band and Nightnoise. The album includes the first extant recording of Ó Domhnaill's trademark Fionnghuala – here titled "An Bothán A Bha'ig Fionnghuala". Other tracks are drawn from the repertoire of Rannafast (Donegal) songs collected and sung by Ó Domhnaill's aunt Nellí Ní Dhomhnaill. "The Heathery Hills of Yarrow" and "The Banks of Claudy" were both later recorded by The Bothy Band, with Ó Domhnaill's sister Tríona on vocals. "Bríd Óg Ní Mháille" was later recorded by Nightnoise.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Bíodh Orm Anocht" – A nonsense song, a combination of Donegal and Scottish Gaelic.
  2. "The Bold Princess Royal" – The ship is attacked by pirates but manages to outrun them.
  3. "The Banks Of Claudy" – A song received from Nellí Ní Dhomhnaill. A sailor leaves his love. She pines during his absence. When he returns, he disguises himself and courts her to see if she is still faithful to him. She resists his overtures, and he finally reveals his true identity.
  4. "Éirigh's Cuir Ort Do Chuid Éadaigh" – A very common tune originating in Rannafast, Co. Donegal, for which there a number of different lyrics. The title is Irish Gaelic meaning "Get up and get dressed".
  5. "An Bothán A Bha'ig Fionnghuala" – An example of Scottish mouth music.
  6. "The Heathery Hills Of Yarrow" – Another tune from Nellí Ní Dhomhnaill of Rannafast in Co. Donegal. The story is of a ploughboy who falls in love with a girl of high station and is slain by her brother and eight other knights. His sister ties his body to her back with her long hair and carries him home for burial.
  7. "Breton Dances"
  8. "The Hiring Fair At Hamiltonsbawn" – An age-old tale of injustice, where a farmer ill-treats a hired servant.
  9. "Bríd Óg Ni Mháille" – A song of unrequited love, from Sligo.
  10. "The Glasgow Barber" – A poor Irishman arrives in Glasgow and decides to get a fashionable haircut. On seeing the result, he thinks he looks like an ass.
  11. "(No Love Is Sorrow) Songbird" – A song by Pentangle.

Credits

References

  1. ^ Discogs "Celtic Folkweave". http://www.discogs.com/Mick-Hanly-M%C3%ADche%C3%A1l-ODonnell-Celtic-Folkweave/release/1782787 Discogs. Retrieved 15 September 2011. 

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