One of Eamon's songs from his CD "Word of Spring" I shall try to follow with a couple more of his songs. FAREWELL MAYO (E. Friel Elm Grove Music) When the schools got out for summer I got started On the long awaited journey to the west. I was feeling so excited and light hearted I was heading for the place that I loved best. And the bus said "Sligo" on the destination On down through Barnsmore Gap and Billintra, Then you got another bus at Sligo station And the Freestate writing spelt out Ballina. At Enniscrone the broad Atlantic Meant that you hadn't far to go And when you saw the top of Nephin You knew you'd landed in Mayo, God bless Mayo Friendly hands to take you hand and say he's bigger Hefty arms to hoist you high and hug you hard. Take the road through Crossmolina to the river And the sideroad takes you back to Garranard. And I knew every windy corner Of the little fields below And every ripple of that river Cross the stepping stones I'd go, There in Mayo. When the day came to go back my heart was bleeding With a grief that seems relentless when you're small, They say every child should have his share of Eden But a city child needs Eden most of all. Back to the darkening streets of Derry Broken hearted I must go, Far from the splendour and the silence And the wonder of Mayo, Farewell Mayo.. + Informações

How Eamon came to write 'King and Queen';- KING AND QUEEN The king and queen are two hills on the Inishowen peninsula. They are like two heads looking on to Lough Swilly which is why they are known as the king and queen of Barna or the king and queen of the Minches (a townland in Inishowen, Donegal.) I was talking to the fiddler Dinny McLaughlin about an album of his and the artwork on it includes a photo of the two hills. I asked Dinny had they a name and when he told me their name I knew immediately there was a comic conversation song in the king and queen. As I wrote it the two took on personalities of their own. The king's very serious indeed. She's supportive and smarter than him but could perhaps have done with a course in Donegal geography. The melody is very Irish so the subject is appropriate and the landscape and seascape surveyed by the two have many historical connections. LYRICS King and Queen Eamon Friel Cop. Con. Now the king and queen of Barna are quite happy But there's something that can aggravate them still For Sliabh Sneacht his big head rises high above them But they murmur we are mountains he's a hill He would like to be their friend but they ignore him Talking only to each other by the sea And the king says to the queen he acts the big man if he can Just remember he's not royalty says she So the King and Queen of Barna are contented It's a pleasant outdoor life and there's the view And they like to watch the colour of the water As it changes to the .... + Informações

Sharon Duffy & Keith Lynch 'sing "Such A Night Of Stars' from the cast recording of Eamon Friel's "The Music Makers" staged at The Playhouse in Derry, N Ireland. Musical Director Eddie O'Donnell, Director - Jim Craig, Producer - Pauline Ross, Dance Adviser - Julie O'Donnell Cast Members - Madrigal - Christine McIvor, Jake - Peter Davidson, Speedy - Philip Doherty, Laura - Laura Douglas, Claire - Sharon Duffy, Marty - Keith Lynch, Artie - Gerry Dorrity.. + Informações

A ballad in our native Irish language, sung by Donegal singer Maria McCool. "Tamall Dom" is from Maria's 2009 album 'Doagh', and this particular song was written by Eamon Friel from Derry. Bailéad Gaeilge a cheol ag Maria McCool as Gaoth Dobhair i nGaeltacht Dhún na nGall. Scríobh Eamon Friel as Doire Choilm Cille "Tamall Dom", atá ar dhlúthdhiosca 'Doagh' Mharia.. + Informações

Derry Relief Aid on The Kelly Show.Well known Derry entertainers preforming Don't let them die in the late 80's. + Informações

Doris/Magee present FRONTIERSMEN, a documentary featuring stories of rugged individualists, sole traders and entrepreneurs in County Donegal, Ireland. It stars Liam Grier, Paddy Toye, Pat Gillespie, Alfie McCollum, Arsene, Eamonn Friel and James McDaid. Frontiersmen is directed by Derek O'Connor and edited by Ian Whelan, with (amazing) cinematography by Fionn Kidney and music by Jeremy Howard. So there.. + Informações

An extract from a new documentary by Doris/Magee. FRONTIERSMEN features stories of rugged indivualists, sole traders and entrepeneurs in wild Donegal. It stars Liam Grier, Paddy Toye, Pat Gillespie, Alfie McCollum, Arsene, Eamon Friel and James McDaid.. + Informações

VOLUNTEER JIM FRIEL,DERRY BRIGADE ÓGLAIGH NA HÉIREANN IS LAID TO REST.. + Informações

Clip from 1987. The Traditional Art of Storytelling. The seanachaí made use of a range of storytelling conventions, styles of speech and gestures that were peculiar to the Irish folk tradition and characterized them as practitioners of their art. Although tales from literary sources found their way into the repertoires of the seanchaithe, a traditional characteristic of their art was the way in which a large corpus of tales was passed from one practitioner to another without ever being written down. Because of their role as custodians of an indigenous non-literary tradition, the seanachaí are widely acknowledged to have inherited -- although informally -- the function of the filí(poets) of pre-Christian Ireland. Some seanachaí were itinerants, traveling from one community to another offering their skills in exchange for food and temporary shelter. Others, however, were members of a settled community and might be termed "village storytellers." The distinctive role and craft of the seanchaí is particularly associated with the Gaeltacht (the Irish-speaking areas of Ireland), although storytellers recognizable as seanachaí were also to be found in rural areas throughout English-speaking Ireland. In their storytelling, some displayed archaic Hiberno-English idiom and vocabulary distinct from the style of ordinary conversation. Eamon Kelly (1914 -- October 24, 2001) was an Irish actor and author. Childhood Kelly was born in Sliabh Luachra, County Kerry, Ireland. The son of Ned .... + Informações

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ÓGLACH JIM FRIEL AT A FRIEND'S WEDDING.. + Informações

EAMONN WAS KILLED IN A GUNBATTLE WITH BRITS WHO WERE TRYING TO ENTER THE NO-GO AREA OF CREGGAN,DERRY ON 18TH AUGUST 1971. + Informações

Just a little jam. + Informações

This is the tonix preforming Drug live in Eamonn Dorans on the 13th March 2008. + Informações

This is the tonix playing buttered kiss live in Eamonn Dorans on the 13th of March 2008. + Informações

To all the Mayo men and women forced out of this country to find a better way of life I've put this video together of sights and sound from the Mayo in the beautiful and scenic West of Ireland. Hope ye enjoy.. + Informações

This is the tonix playing Sussed out live in Eamonn Dorans on 13th March 2008. Tell us what you think!. + Informações

Our version of the libertine song. + Informações

Our version of the Dancefloor by the Artic Monkeys. + Informações

Spooky set! Cavan Shift!! Mohsen Amini (Concertina), Pete Carr (piano Accordian), Liam Harley (flute/whistle) , Eamonn Nugent (bodhran). + Informações

This is the Tonix playing Reptilia by the Strokes in Eamonn Dorans on the 13th of March. + Informações

Fanad Madness (Aug 2010) Part 2. + Informações

Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965~2010. Songs: Dana - All kinds of everything Mickey Harte - We've got the world Eimear Quinn - The voice Johnny Logan - Hold me now Kim Jackson - Could it be that I'm in love Niamh Kavanagh - In your eyes Eamonn Toal - Millinnium of love Paul Harrington & Charlie Magettigan - Rock'n roll kids Entries through the years: 1965: Butch Moore ~ I'm walking the streets in the rain (6) 1966: Dickie Rock ~ Come back to stay (4) 1967:Sean Dunphy ~ If I could choose (2) 1968: Pat McGeegan ~ Chance of a lifetime (4) 1969: Muriel Day and the Lindsays ~ The wages of love (7) 1970: Dana ~ All kinds of everything (1) 1971: Angela Farrell ~ One day love (11) 1972: Sandie Jones ~ Ceol on ghrá (15) 1973: Maxi ~ Do I dream? (10) 1974: Tina ~ Cross your heart (7) 1975: The Swarbriggs ~ That's what friends are for (9) 1976: Red Hurley ~ When (10) 1977: The Swarbriggs Plus Two ~ It's nice to be in love again (3) 1978: Colm T. Wilkinson ~ Born to sing (5) 1979: Cathal Dunne ~ Happy man (5) 1980: Johnny Logan ~ What's another year (1) 1981: Sheeba ~ Horoscopes (5) 1982: The Duskeys ~ Here today, gone Ttmorrow (11) 1984: Linda Martin ~ Terminal '3' (2) 1985: Maria Christian ~ Wait until the weekend comes (6) 1986: Luv Bug ~ You can count on me (4) 1987: Johnny Logan ~ Hold me now (1) 1988: Jump the Gun ~ Take him home (8) 1989: Kiev Connolly & the Missing Passengers ~ The real me (18) 1990: Liam Reilly ~ Somewhere in Europe (2) 1991: Kim Jackson ~ Could .... + Informações

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