Comments on: The Boys Of Barr Na Sraide by Sigerson Clifford http://frogenyozurt.com/2009/03/the-boys-of-barr-na-sraide-by-sigerson-clifford/ Literature, Book Review, Entertainment, Music, Poiltics, Lifestyle, and more... Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:11:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: The Bleeding Hills - A Novel by Wilfried F. Voss | Copperhill Media http://frogenyozurt.com/2009/03/the-boys-of-barr-na-sraide-by-sigerson-clifford/#comment-9 The Bleeding Hills - A Novel by Wilfried F. Voss | Copperhill Media Sun, 28 Mar 2010 18:58:56 +0000 http://www.frogenyozurt.com/?p=58#comment-9 [...] I first heard the song The Boys of Barr Na Sraide in Ireland on the small isle of Inishbofin off the coast of Galway. My wife’s grandmother was born here and she immigrated to the United States in the early 1920s. We had visitied Paddy Joe and Regina King, some distant cousins of my wife’s. Their son, Peadar (the Irish version of Peter), had shown me a CD by Colm O’Donnell, Farewell to Evening Dances, which he was very fond of and I share that feeling now. The title of Colm O’Donnell’s CD is taken from the song The Hill of Knacknashee, another sentimental and lyrical ballad on the CD. I shamelessly copied the idea and took a line out of The Boys of Barr Na Sraide, the line that goes “And when the hills were bleeding and rifles were aflame…”, to use it as the title for my book “The Bleeding Hills“. Read the blog entry. [...] [...] I first heard the song The Boys of Barr Na Sraide in Ireland on the small isle of Inishbofin off the coast of Galway. My wife’s grandmother was born here and she immigrated to the United States in the early 1920s. We had visitied Paddy Joe and Regina King, some distant cousins of my wife’s. Their son, Peadar (the Irish version of Peter), had shown me a CD by Colm O’Donnell, Farewell to Evening Dances, which he was very fond of and I share that feeling now. The title of Colm O’Donnell’s CD is taken from the song The Hill of Knacknashee, another sentimental and lyrical ballad on the CD. I shamelessly copied the idea and took a line out of The Boys of Barr Na Sraide, the line that goes “And when the hills were bleeding and rifles were aflame…”, to use it as the title for my book “The Bleeding Hills“. Read the blog entry. [...]

]]> By: admin http://frogenyozurt.com/2009/03/the-boys-of-barr-na-sraide-by-sigerson-clifford/#comment-8 admin Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:28:22 +0000 http://www.frogenyozurt.com/?p=58#comment-8 Hi, First, thanks for the feedback. I just checked out YouTube.com and searched for "The Boys of Barr Na Sraide", and there are several beautiful versions of it. Regards, Wilfried Hi,
First, thanks for the feedback.
I just checked out YouTube.com and searched for “The Boys of Barr Na Sraide”, and there are several beautiful versions of it.
Regards,
Wilfried

]]> By: Paul Bartholomew http://frogenyozurt.com/2009/03/the-boys-of-barr-na-sraide-by-sigerson-clifford/#comment-7 Paul Bartholomew Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:52:39 +0000 http://www.frogenyozurt.com/?p=58#comment-7 @Bob Sullivan - Thanks for reminding me where I first heard this song! I was just listening to the Pauline Scanlon version of it, and knew I had heard it recently - but couldn't for the life of me remember. I now remember that I heard it when Danu played in Philadelphia recently. It's a beautiful song. @Bob Sullivan – Thanks for reminding me where I first heard this song!

I was just listening to the Pauline Scanlon version of it, and knew I had heard it recently – but couldn’t for the life of me remember.

I now remember that I heard it when Danu played in Philadelphia recently.

It’s a beautiful song.

]]> By: Bob Sullivan http://frogenyozurt.com/2009/03/the-boys-of-barr-na-sraide-by-sigerson-clifford/#comment-6 Bob Sullivan Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:26:22 +0000 http://www.frogenyozurt.com/?p=58#comment-6 I saw Danu two weeks ago in the New York area and they sang this song. It was beautiful - I was pretty surprised I had never heard it before given that I'm into Irish music quite a bit. I get the impression it's kind of the national anthem of County Kerry now - known by all there. For a song that's only 75 years old, that's unique. FYI there's a nice version of the song by Arcady on youtube (no video just audio - it's Niamh Parsons, who is a great singer). Cheers Bob <a href="http://www.successdegrees.com" rel="nofollow">The Online Degree Source</a> I saw Danu two weeks ago in the New York area and they sang this song. It was beautiful – I was pretty surprised I had never heard it before given that I’m into Irish music quite a bit. I get the impression it’s kind of the national anthem of County Kerry now – known by all there. For a song that’s only 75 years old, that’s unique. FYI there’s a nice version of the song by Arcady on youtube (no video just audio – it’s Niamh Parsons, who is a great singer).
Cheers
Bob
The Online Degree Source

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