Peter Kennedy Collection
Neil Boyle, Dunloe, Donegal, Northern Ireland 1953 Tape 4
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Type
sound
Duration
Unknown
Shelf mark
C604/1238
Recording date
1953-08-23
Is part of (Collection)
Peter Kennedy Collection
Recording locations
Dunloe, Donegal, Northern Ireland
Performers
Boyle, Neil (fiddle / spoken, male / singer, male), O'Boyle, Sean (spoken, male)
Recordist
Kennedy, Peter
Description
'The Loughanure Tune'. Neil Boyle. Talk about the song and its origin, lilting song followed by the song on fiddle. 'Keening Song'. Neil Boyle. Talk about this keening song, imitates it, wakes and funerals, common until 30 years prior to the recording, plays it on fiddle. 'The Blackbird introduction'. Neil Boyle. Talk about the air, imitation of birds. 'The Blackbird'. Neil Boyle. Solo fiddle air with short introduction. 'Sean O'Boyle talk'. Neil Boyle, Sean O'Boyle. Talk with Sean O'Boyle, 'at an end'.
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