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Imelda May - Amhráin na nGael - Season 1 Episode 5

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00:00The

00:05Catholic Church

00:08is a

00:08young man.

00:11The Catholic Church

00:12is now under the

00:13Catholic Church.

00:17The

00:24Catholic Church

00:26is involved in

00:27This is the city of Hylsa and the city of Hylsa.

00:31It was a regional city of Hylsa to help the city of Hylsa.

00:57love, a very special love of Donegal. It's the wild, the wild west. You can get lost in Donegal.

01:10And I love that it's not the easiest place to get to, that it takes more effort.

01:18There's something ancient in the music here, the way it's sung, the way the dialect curls

01:23around your mouth, around the melody. I want to dig deeper, meet the people who know these songs

01:30inside and out, and learn some of these songs from this region. Trina and Myrath Nicona, two absolute

01:39legends from this part of Ireland, have agreed to chat with me. Trina and Myrath, I know that you're

01:47legends, the pair of yous, and the amount that you've done for music and for Donegal music in

01:57particular, you know, putting on the map is incredible. Did you get that from your mammy,

02:02or was it from the whole family? Because I know your mam collected a lot of songs.

02:07Well, it was actually daddy who was born in Rairdon in Ranafast, Ranafarsha. And he,

02:13his whole family, were steeped in sort of songs, music, lore.

02:20His official name? His official name was A. O'Donnell.

02:23Yes, that's what I know. A. O'Donnell.

02:26When he was in his...sees..., 20s, 30s, he worked

02:31for the folklore commission which was going round with an ediphone on his back.

02:38you know, the old-style Ediphone, on his bicycle.

02:42And up these mountain roads.

02:44And actually, he didn't have to go further than his own relations

02:48when he first started collecting.

02:51And the reason...

02:53So, each night he had to transcribe what was on each wax cylinder.

02:57Stories, songs, what to do.

03:00The instruments, the implements they used.

03:02All the lore of the locality.

03:06And particularly, he was the first kind of person

03:08that went out to Tory Island and collected there.

03:12And he used to be storm-bound regularly.

03:14So, I can imagine there's transcripts of great nights he held there as well.

03:18Yeah, I was going to say, what a lovely place to be.

03:20A place to get stuck.

03:24We went out there as children. He'd be in recording.

03:27And, you know, as he got...

03:29He got, like, reel-to-reels at that stage.

03:31As soon as he could afford.

03:33Yeah.

03:34He was known as not...

03:36Huey Ben.

03:37Huey Ben.

03:38Because he stayed in Bell's house.

03:39He stayed with the Bell family.

03:40Yeah.

03:41And so he was there long enough that they...

03:44They gave him a nickname.

03:45They gave him a nickname.

03:46Yeah.

03:47Isn't that gorgeous?

03:48That's five years old and...

03:49It had been so much fun almost because of theилось.

03:53He was dancing like Lupin way too.

03:55If...

03:56Yeah.

03:57Well, you know...

03:58...well, if...

03:59discussing weddings no matter...

04:00...lose, not even......

04:01...the resonate reunions...

04:02...up mutta...

04:03Qualitatively, excuse,

04:05Yeah.

04:05There was a lot of fun in the 19th century in the 19th century.

04:15It was a long time ago to see a lot of fun in the 19th century.

04:22And there was a lot of fun in the 19th century in the 19th century.

04:28I'm going to talk to you about the story.

04:32The story is a bit different from the story.

04:36And it's a very good story,

04:39and it's a very good story.

04:58can get on to it, it could be weeks before you get off, because the island doesn't have

05:02a proper harbour, although the locals have been looking for one for over ten years.

05:07So I can't take you to Tory without showing you our national school, which is where we

05:20would have learned a lot of songs in our youth as well.

05:27In recent years, there would only have been eight in the school whenever I was here,

05:32and now there's 25 students.

05:35It's a great song.

05:36We're going up in the world.

05:38One, two, three.

05:40CHOIR SINGS

05:49CHOIR SINGS

05:58CHOIR SINGS

06:01CHOIR SINGS

06:02CHOIR SINGS

06:04CHOIR SINGS

06:05That was fantastic.

06:07Thank you very much.

06:08Tell me about, do you love living on Tory Island?

06:12Yes!

06:13Yes!

06:14Yes!

06:15Yes!

06:16And who plays instruments?

06:17Me!

06:18Me!

06:19Me!

06:20Me!

06:21Me!

06:22Me!

06:23Me!

06:24Me!

06:25Me!

06:26Me!

06:27Me!

06:28Me!

06:29Me!

06:30Me!

06:31Me!

06:32Me!

06:38Me!

06:39Satsang with Mooji

07:09Satsang with Mooji

07:39Satsang with Mooji

08:09Satsang with Mooji

08:39Satsang with Mooji

09:09Satsang with Mooji

09:39Satsang with Mooji

10:09Satsang with Mooji

10:39Satsang with Mooji

10:41Satsang with Mooji

10:43Satsang with Mooji

10:51Satsang with Mooji

10:53Satsang with Mooji

10:55Satsang with Mooji

10:57Satsang with Mooji

10:59Satsang with Mooji

11:01Satsang with Mooji

11:03Satsang with Mooji

11:05Satsang with Mooji

11:07Satsang with Mooji

11:09Satsang with Mooji

11:11Satsang with Mooji

11:13Satsang with Mooji

11:15Satsang with Mooji

11:17Satsang with Mooji

11:19..and it was the first time I was able to do it.

11:49Me growing up, looking out on Tory Island and on Inish Boffin,

11:52and right beside me, Maharoti, and I'm in my Nara,

11:56and that's just four, I mean, we can see each other,

11:59but the, you know, the dialect and everything there

12:02is just so different, so different.

12:04For example, you would say,

12:08but in Scottish Gaelic, you would say,

12:12now, where I'm from, just, you know, we all say,

12:15I mean, Donegal has a huge history of emigration to Scotland,

12:21and I noticed that the further south we came,

12:24so we'll say, like, South Uist and Barra,

12:26that the pronunciation would be very, very similar

12:29to the way we would pronounce our Gaelic here.

12:34And, again, they would say it's from the fishing,

12:36because years ago, people from Tory Island,

12:38back generations would be able to tell you

12:41that when they were fishing,

12:42they might have to call in to Castle Bay and Barra or something,

12:45and they could converse,

12:47although maybe they didn't understand exactly

12:49what each other was saying,

12:51but if you find a version from Tory Island or from anywhere,

12:55obviously, the language is going to be different

12:56because it's going to connect with what was happening

12:59and how it translated while it travelled,

13:02and that's precious.

13:03Towards the coast, you'd have more of a fishing community

13:05and probably the songs lent to that,

13:08and in here, maybe more the mountains and the glens,

13:11and, again, that's more farming,

13:13and, you know, so, yeah,

13:15it does definitely lend to the dialect

13:17and to the language, just in general.

13:19I know I'm putting it on the spot

13:21because I haven't asked you to do this beforehand,

13:23but I can't be talking to you about songs

13:26and teaching and learning

13:27without you singing something for us

13:29because you're phenomenal.

13:31Would you sing me something?

13:32This song in particular,

13:34I remember when I heard it for the first time,

13:36it was Lilith O'Leary who sang it

13:39when he got his grathom,

13:41Did You Care?

13:42It was the song of Lilith O'Leary

13:50Who sang it

13:51She sang it

13:53When I was her mother

13:56She sang it

14:01She sang it

14:02She sang it

14:04She sang it

14:05She sang it

14:06She sang it

14:09My

14:12team

14:14the

14:16the

14:19the

14:22the

14:24the

14:26the

14:28the

14:30the

14:32the

14:34the

14:36the

14:39the

14:42the

14:43the

14:45the

14:46the

14:47the

14:48the

14:50the

14:54oh

14:56I didn't want to stop the lyrics are really

14:58tell me about the lyrics it's this man's unrequited love and he gets angry

15:03throughout the song and then towards the end

15:06he said

15:08okay

15:09if

15:10if it's really not for me that I can't have her I hope that the man that she's about to marry

15:15will be going down the road in front of me

15:18by

15:19this time next year in a coffin

15:22so there was no mercy there

15:26and when you're singing it people say it's so beautiful such a lovely love song I would love

15:32that song at my wedding and you're like no you wouldn't

15:34ha ha ha ha

15:36it's just the sting of the tail

15:38yeah

15:39the poison

15:40absolutely yeah

15:41yeah

15:42oh thanks very much for that

15:43that's gorgeous

15:48One beautiful way to learn the dialect

15:51is to master and understand the song

15:54Donaloga is a song everyone sings all over the island of Ireland

15:59but I want to learn the Donegal version

16:03Moira and Terena have agreed to teach me their interpretation of this song

16:07which I believe is very different to all the versions I've heard on my journey around Ireland

16:11each area convinced me that theirs is the best

16:15this version I think however is very beautiful

16:19so we're going to do Donaloga

16:23now I've heard this song the whole way along and so beautiful and it just breaks your heart

16:32yeah

16:33you know it's that sort of

16:34you know

16:35when to hear do this

16:36when to hear do

16:37when to and galahous and green do you know

16:40and the group the last line my greatest fear that you took God for me

16:46so they're all there

16:47kind of indication that she was in love with this beautiful guy and wanted everything and I thought

16:54and then he went off and left her

16:56and you know

16:58it's

16:59I can hear you singing it

17:04Thanks

17:06Oh my god this place is amazing

17:08Yes

17:09Yes

17:10Yes

17:11Yes

17:12Yes

17:13Yes

17:14Yes

17:15Yes

17:16Yes

17:17Yes

17:18Yes

17:19Yes

17:20Yes

17:21Yes

17:22Yes

17:23The next two verses are the ones that are in every sort of version of this song

17:26Okay

17:27Yes

17:28It's the ones that are kind of identified so it's

17:29I don't know if you go away from the sea

17:33So Donal if you go away from the sea

17:36I have no woes

17:53I have no woe

17:54I have no woes

17:59I don't

18:00I have to get my head round this. I'm so sorry, I'm doing my best.

18:04I'm fine, it's not Jane.

18:06So it's not dumb, as in me, you say do.

18:10No.

18:12And it's not no, it's not Jane.

18:16But in other parts of Ireland,

18:20I'm not mad, it would be not Jane.

18:24I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm fine.

18:28I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm fine.

18:58Okay.

19:00Thanks.

19:02Thanks.

19:04Okay.

19:06Three, four.

19:08Four.

19:20The break serve,

19:22The Lord took us to gain the strength of the sea,

19:30The who we are

19:35No more we snitch

19:40Show me car is

19:44The

19:47The

19:50Oh

20:20Satsang with Mooji

20:50Satsang with Mooji

21:20Satsang with Mooji

21:50Satsang with Mooji

22:20Satsang with Mooji

22:50Satsang with Mooji

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