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Sláinte Mhath —Good health— Bonne santé. Sláinte is the basic form in Irish. Variations of this toast include sláinte mhaith "good health" in Irish (mhaith being the lenited form of maith "good"). In Irish, the response to sláinte is sláinte agatsa, which translates "to your health as well".
Brigid - daughter of the Dagda; associated with healing, fertility, craft, platonic love, and poetry; Clíodhna - queen of the Banshees, goddess of fantasized love, beauty, and the sea; The Dagda - supreme god and king of the Tuatha Dé Danann; Danu - mother goddess of the Tuatha Dé Danann; Dian Cecht - god of healing; Étaín - heroine of ...
In Irish mythology, Dian Cécht (Old Irish pronunciation: [dʲiːən kʲeːxt]; also known as Cainte or Canta) was the god of healing, the healer for the Tuatha Dé Danann, and son of the Dagda according to the Dindsenchas. He was the father of Cu, Cethen and Cian. His other children were Miach, Airmed, Étan the poet and Ochtriullach (Octriuil).
Her healing music is largely inspired by her experiences overcoming heart health complications, including over 30 major surgeries since childhood. A singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, Diane trained as an opera singer, and has enjoyed experimenting with a variety of genres throughout her career.
Irish dance music is isometric and is built around patterns of bar-long melodic phrases akin to call and response.A common pattern is A Phrase, B Phrase, A Phrase, Partial Resolution, A Phrase, B Phrase, A Phrase, Final Resolution, though this is not universal; mazurkas, for example, tend to feature a C Phrase instead of a repeated A Phrase before the Partial and Final Resolutions, for example.
"Planxty" is thought to be a corruption of the Irish word and popular toast "sláinte", meaning "good health." Another possible explanation is that it is derived from the Latin planctus, a medieval lament composed in honour of a deceased person or a tragic event.
In Cornish traditional music they are called a crowdy-crawn; [19] the use of this instrument to store odds and ends led to the name also being used to mean "miscellaneous". The bodhrán has also found application within the Celtic music of Galicia , often accompanying the gaita gallega ( Galician bagpipes ).
Pages in category "Irish musical instruments" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Tiompan;