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Trasna na dTonnta" (Irish pronunciation: [ˈt̪ˠɾˠasˠn̪ˠə n̪ˠə ˈd̪ˠɔn̪ˠt̪ˠə]; "Across the Waves") is a traditional Irish song often taught to primary school children. It has the same tune as the 20th century Scottish song " Westering Home ".
Cúnla is a sean-nós children's [citation needed] song believed to have been composed sometime in the 14th century [citation needed].The song is still well known and widely sung in Ireland and recordings have been published by many artists including Joe Heaney on the album The Road from Connemara, [1] The Dubliners, John Spillane, The Chieftains, Christy Moore, Gaelic Storm, Planxty and The ...
"Gartan Mother's Lullaby" is an old Irish song and poem written by Herbert Hughes and Seosamh Mac Cathmhaoil, first published in Songs of Uladh [Ulster] in 1904. [1] Hughes collected the traditional melody in Donegal the previous year and Campbell wrote the lyrics. The song is a lullaby by a mother, from the parish of Gartan in County Donegal ...
"The Spark" is a song by the Irish children's hip hop groups Kabin Crew and Lisdoonvarna Crew. It was first released as a music video on 16 May 2024 by Creative Ireland—an Irish government organization that organizes Cruinniú na nÓg, an annual day dedicated to children's creativity—and later released as a single onto streaming platforms by Rubyworks Records on 13 June 2024.
The song was popular with Irish Traveller children. [2] A similar song, "Old Mother Lee", is sung in playgrounds in Liverpool. [4] The refrain "Weile Weile Waile" (/ ˈ w iː l j æ ˈ w iː l j æ ˈ w ɔː l. j æ /) is a version of the Middle English expression of grief "wellaway!" (Old English wā lā wā, "woe, la!, woe). [5] [6] [7] The ...
The kids’ energy and positivity has inspired people. It’s a really catchy song.” After it was reposted by a popular TikTok account in a video that accumulated over seven million views ...
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.
"Arthur McBride" – an anti-recruiting song from Donegal, probably originating during the 17th century. [1]"The Recruiting Sergeant" – song (to the tune of "The Peeler and the Goat") from the time of World War 1, popular among the Irish Volunteers of that period, written by Séamus O'Farrell in 1915, recorded by The Pogues.