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02.05.2023 Bealtaine: The Beginning of Summer

Pól Mícheál
More about this show
  • FOLK
  • IRISH MUSIC
  • TRADITIONAL
Episode

Bealtaine is the Gaelic festival that marks the beginning of summer. The veil between the mortal and immortal worlds is said to be thin at this point on the Celtic wheel of time.

Tracklist

Paddy Doherty (Eoghnie) singing in English - Grainne Mhaol
Iarla Ó Lionáird - Aisling Gheal
Shovel Dance Collective - Merrily kissed the Quaker /Johnny’s so long at the fair
Cuar - Zezere
Christy Moore - Well below the Valley (Live)
An Tara - Lament
The Dubliners - Óró sé do bheatha abhaile
Áine Uí Cheallaigh - Seoladh Na Ngamhna
Rita and Sarah Keane - A Stór mo Chroí
Saileog Ní Cheannabháin - Sadbh Thomáis, Tom’s Duke of Leinster & Tom’s Collier’s
Ensemble Ériu - Jurna
Ensemble Ériu - The West Clare Reel
The Gloaming - Samradh Samradh

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