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Nuachtlitir
Newsletter
Craobh
Uí Ghramhnaigh
Baile
Átha Buí
Meitheamh / June 2008
San
Eagrán seo / In this issue:
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Aililiú na
Gamhna - Amhráin Tradisiúnta
Teacht le Chéile Banna Cheoil Uí Ghramhnaigh
Fleadh na Mí 2008
Oíche Fhéile Eoin
Tobar Naomh Eoin i Warrenstown
Ranganna Gaeilge an Fhómhair |
Irish songs on the
Internet
O'Growney Céilí Band Reunion
Meath Fleadh 2008
St. John’s Night
St. Johns Well, Warrenstown
Autumn Irish Classes |
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Amhráin i nGaeilge ar
an idirlíon
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Songs in Irish on the internet
Féachaigí ar an suíomh álainn seo:
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Aililiú the calves
The
pretty calves
Aililiú the calves
I
loved them the best
Aililiú the calves
The
fine pretty calves
Dancing in the meadow
On a
clear summer's morning
(tradisiúnta)
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Banna Cheoil Uí Ghramhnaigh / Ó
Growney Céilí Band
Teacht le Chéile / Reunion
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Bhí slua mór i láthair in
Óstán an Darnley le haghaidh oíche mhór cheoil agus
ceiluiúradh don 'teacht le chéile 50 bliain' a bhí ag Banna
Cheoil Uí Ghramhnaigh. |
A large
crowd attended the Ó Growney Céilí Band 50th reunion
which was held in the Old Darnley Lodge Hotel in Athboy on
the 15 May. |
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| Des White |
Mick Connell |
Jim Harte |
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Ceoltóir
chairdín darbh ainm Michael Connell as Bhaile Mháirtín a
chur tús leis an mbanna le cúigear ceoltóirí eile as Baile
Átha Buí, Deasún De Faoite ar an gcairdín chomh maith, Séamas Ó hAirt agus Alfie McConnell ar veidhlíní, Des Doherty ar an
bpianó agus PJ Connell, nach maireann, ar na drumaí.
Chuir siad
isteach ar chomórtas Bhanna Céilí an Tóstal i nDroim an tSean
Bhó i gContae Liatroma, cúig mhí i ndiaidh dóibh teacht le
chéile i dtosach, agus bhí siad thuas in aghaidh 14 banna ó
gach cearn den tír. Ar ndóigh, d’éirigh go hiontach leo sa
gcomórtas agus thug siad leo Corn an Tóstail abhaile go hÁth
Buí, corn a raibh an-tóir air ag an am. Bá mhór an
ceiliúradh a bhí ann ar an lá agus ar feadh roinnt
mhaith seachtainí ina dhiaidh sin.
Ba é an
duais seo níos mó na aon rud eile a chruthaigh clú agus cáil
don bhanna chéilí nua seo, banna a bhí cheanna féin i mbéal
an phobal ag Céilithe timpeall na tire.
Dár le na léirmheasanna
sa Meath Chronicle agus sa
Drogheda Independent a foilsíodh an tseachtain dar gcionn,
go raibh clú agus cáil ar an seisear ceoltóir óg seo, a thug
an t-onóir leo ar ais chuig a mbaile dhúchais, Baile Átha
Bui. Mar atá scríofa sa Meath Chronicle,- IS LÉIR GO BHFUIL
BUA AS AN GHNÁCH AG NA FIR ÓGA SEO AGUS BEIDH SIAD PÁIRTEACH
I SAOL AN PHOBAL AGUS NA TÍRE UILE SNA BLIANTA ÁTÁ ROMHAIN.
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Formed in 1958 by Michael Connell (Martinstown)
on accordion with 5 other musicians from Athboy, namely Des
White on second accordion, Jim Harte and Alfie McConnell on
fiddles, Des Doherty on piano and the late PJ Connell on
drums.
Five months after its formation the band
entered An Tóstal Céilí Band competition in Drumshambo, Co.
Leitrim and competing against 14 other Céilí Bands from the
four corners of Ireland. Needles to say the lads won the
competition hands down to bring the coveted Tóstal Shield to
their native Athboy. They created great excitement on the
day and for several weeks thereafter.
The annexation of the trophy helped to
establish a young band that were already well on the way to
being a household name at Céilithe in many parts of the
country.
The reviews in the Meath Chronicle and the
Drogheda Independent the following week bare testimony to
the popularity of the six young musicians that brought great
honour to their hometown of Athboy. A quote from the Meath
Chronicle read, ‘THE BOYS MUST POSSESS A RARE TALENT AND
SHOULD FEATURE PROMINENTLY IN THE LOCAL AND NATIONAL SPHERE
IN YEARS TO COME.’
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Maicó Ó Mealóid, Micheál Potterton, Alan Byrne, Tom King, agus Lúc Ó Mathúna
agus a bhean ag éisteacht go géar leis an gceol. |
Emer Harte, iníon le Jim atá ina
cheoltóir cumasach í fhéin.
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Fleadh
na Mí 2008 |
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Bhí Fleadh Cheoil na
Mí ar siúl i mBaile Átha Troim ar an 17 Bealtaine. D'éirigh go
h-iontach leis an bhFleadh i mbliana agus comhghairdeas
mór do gach duine a ghlac páirt ann. Sna pictúirí
thuas tá ceoltóirí óga de chuid Chraobh Dhún Doire.
Tá na torthaí ar fad le
féiceáil ar shuíomh Chomhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann Dhún
Doire, lean an nasc seo thíos.
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County Fleadh was held in Trim on the 17 May. It was a
very successful Fleadh this year and congratulations to
all who took part. The result sheet for the Fleadh can be
seen on the the Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann Dún
Doire site, follow this link - |
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Results / Torthaí Fleadh na Mí
2008
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Oíche
Fhéile Eoin 23ú Meitheamh
St.
John’s Night 23 June |
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Tá Oíche
Fhéile Eoin ar cheann de na féilte is ársa in Éirinn; téann sí chomh
fada siar sin nach fios cathain go díreach a ceiliúradh don chéad
uair í. Lastar tinte cnámh fós i roinnt áiteanna in Éirinn
chun an fhéile a cheiliúradh. Ceiliúrtar Oíche Fhéile Eoin ar
an 23 Meitheamh, seachas ag grianstad an tsamhraidh a thiteann ar an
21 Meitheamh. Is féile réamh-Chríostaí í ach, mar a tharla le
féilte págánacha eile, tá sí tar éis athrú le himeacht ama agus tá
tionchar na Críostaíochta le feiceáil inti sa lá atá inniu ann.
Mar shampla, is nós é, le linn na féasta, uisce beannaithe a
chroitheadh agus paidreacha a rá chun Naomh Eoin chun go mbeadh rath
ar an obair agus ar na barra. Sliocht ón leabhar scoile, An Stair Mór Thimpeall Orm |
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The festival and BBQ will be held this year on Saturday 21 June at
the Áras Pobal in Ráth Chairn. There will be music, singing and
dancing around the fire and a BBQ.
Beidh ceiliúradh Oíche Fhéile Tine Sheáin ar siúl ar
an 21 Meitheamh i Ráth Chairn. Beidh tine, ceol, amhránaíocht agus damhsa
taobh
amuigh den Áras Pobal. Beidh greim le n-ithe ann chomh maith. |
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St.
John’s Night is one of Irelands oldest festivals. It is so old that
its origins have been lost in the mists of time and nobody knows
when it was first celebrated. Fires are still lit in parts of
Ireland to celebrate this festival. St. John’s Night is celebrated
on the 23rd of June instead of the 21st of
June, the summer solstice. It is a pre-Christian festival but as
happened with many other pagan festivals, it has changed with the
passing of time and the influence of Christianity are to be seen in
the modern festival. For example, it is tradition to shake holy
water and say prayers to St. John for a good harvest. |
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Tobar
Eoin Warrenstown / St. Johns Well, Warrenstown
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dtí Tobar Eoin i Warrenstown i gCo. na Mí ar an Domhnach is
gaire d’Fhéile Naomh Eoin atá ar an 23 Meitheamh. Ciallaíonn
sin gur ar an 29 Meitheamh a bheidh an patrúin i mbliana. Tá
an tobar suite i gcoill bheag ar thailte an Choláiste
Gairneoireachta agus tá leigheas an ailse luaite leis an tobar seo le fada
an lá. Tá radharc bhreá trasna uaidh ar Chaisleán Chillian.
Bhí cáil mhór ar an Athair Francis McDonagh a bhí ann sa
chéad leath den chéad seo chaite agus bhí ardmheas ag an lucht
siúil air ag an am. Cuir an lucht siúil dealbh suas ina
chuimhne in aice leis an tobar beannaithe agus tagann siad
ann ó chéin ‘is ó chóngar ó shin. |
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| The St.
Johns well pattern day in Warrenstown in Co. Meath is held
on the Sunday nearest to the 23 June, St. Johns Day.
This means that the pattern will take place this year on the
29 June. The well is situated in a small wood on the lands
of Warrenstown Horticultural College and a cure for cancer
has been attributed to its waters for a long time. There is
a lovely view across from the well to Kileen castle. A
Warrenstown priest named Fr. Francis McDonagh became very
well known in the first half of the last century. He became
chaplain to the travelling people at that time. The
travellers erected a statue in his memory and since that
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Sa
bpictiúr seo tá Seán Fay as Chill Bhríde ag líonadh buidéal leis an uisce beannaithe. Tá nós ag daoine chomh maith boinn beannaithe
agus airgead a bhualadh isteach sa sceach gheal atá ag fás in aice leis
an tobar. |
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the picture is Seán Fay from Kilbride filling a bottle with the
holy water from the well. There is also a tradition of hammering holy
medals and coins into a whitethorn which grows beside the well.
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Ranganna Gaeilge an Fhómhair in Áth Buí
Cúrsa
Chomhrá Gaeilge do Dhaoine Fásta.
Meán Fómhair 2008
Siollabas bunaithe ar Theastas Eorpach na Gaeilge
www.teg.ie |
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Irish
Conversation Classes
in Athboy, Autumn
2008
Conversational Courses in
Irish for Adults 10 Consecutive Tuesday Nights
September 2008
Syllabus - European
Certificate in Irish www.teg.ie
Féach /
see -
http://www.athbui.com/1_ranganna_gaeilge1.htm
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Áth Buí le Gaeilge:
Cathaoirleach: Antaine Ó Duinnshléibhe. Rúnaí: Simon Ó Cróinín.
Cisteoir: Deasún De Faoite. Coiste: Máire Ní Dhonnchú, Nollaig Ó
Maonaigh. |
