I ndeireadh na dála, tá cuidiú againn leis an TUISEAL GINIDEACH

++ Tháinig an rógaire sin ón chlár raidió sin "Rogha Bhríde" isteach de rith ar maidin agus scread sí, "TABHAIR DOM DO BHLAG". Thug mé di mo bhlag. ("lámh" an focal ceart. Stupo!) Aisling Ní Acamé ++

-- Scríobh mé an píosa seo ar an 5 Márta 2015 ach níor fhoilsigh mé é ar chúis amháin nó ar chúis eile. Bhál, bhí fadhb theicniúil agam ag an am, ach tcím anois go raibh cúis eile leis fósta. Stupo. --



Fuair mé ceacht iontach ar an 17 Feabhra nuair a chonaic mé postáil ó Mháire Burns sa ghrúpa "Gaeilge Amháin" ar spacebook (mar a chuala mé ag RónanBeo :-)). Níl rud níos fearr ná amhrán somheabhraithe le cuidiú leat rud a fhoghlaim.

Sa deireadh rud éigin le cuidiú linn uilig, foghlaimeoirí agus cainteoirí duchasacha araon, cuimhniú ar rialacha an tuiseal ginideach GHINIDIGH. (Súil agam go bfhuil sin ceart. :-))

I dtaca le Colm Duffin ina thráchtas B.A.,

...tugann Maolmhaodhóg Ó Ruairc le fios go bhfuil an ginideach ar na trí ghné is mó neamhréir agus meadhrán sa Ghaeilge (Ó Ruairc 1999:162 agus 2006: 20).

Ach ní shílim go bhfuil gá le Duffin, ná leis an Ruairceach, ná liom féin le sin a insint daoibh.

Tá an t-amhrán seo "An Tuiseal Ginideach" le T-Rex agus na Rexxies iontach i mo bharúil féin, agus seans go gcuideoidh sé linn a bheith níos cruinne amach anseo.

Tá cúpla rud le rá agam faoin fhoghraíocht mar sin féin, ach mar a deireann Aisling Ní Acamé go minic, beidh insint ar sin lá eile. Arú níl sé comh cásta sin. Tá cainteoirí Béarla sa tír seo a fhuaimníonn an focal "three" ar an dóigh chéanna a bhfuaimníonn siad an focal "tree". Ar an dóigh céanna tá cainteoirí Gaeilge ann a fhuaimníonn na focail 'cách' agus 'cac' ar an dóigh chéanna, à la "Fáilte roimh...". Ná h-abair a gháth!

Ar aon nós, tá an t-amhrán agus liricí an amhráin "AN TUISEAL GINIDEACH" anseo thíos:

Dhá Ainmfhocal le chéile
Bíonn an dara ceann
sa
Tuiseal Ginideach, An Tuiseal Ginideach
Bean an tí
Fear an phoist
Hata an fhir
An Tuiseal Ginideach, An Tuiseal Ginideach

Ag bun na sráide
Ar chúl an tí
Ar chúl an tséipéil
I lár na Páirce

Ainmfhocal díreach
i ndiaidh an ainmbhriathra
An Tuiseal Ginideach, An Tuiseal Ginideach
Ag insint na fírinne
Ag tógáil tí
An Tuiseal Ginideach, An Tuiseal Ginideach

Ar feadh na hoíche
Ar thaobh an bhóthair
Trasna na farraige
Ar thaobh na leapa
An Tuiseal Ginideach, An Tuiseal Ginideach
An Tuiseal Ginideach, An Tuiseal Ginideach

srl

Ainmfhocal i ndiaidh
Réamhfhocail Chomhshuite
An Tuiseal Ginideach An Tuiseal Ginideach
Ar feadh na hoíche
Ar fud na háite
Dála an scéil
An Tuiseal Ginideach, An Tuiseal Ginideach

Ar feadh coicíse
In aice na tine
In aghaidh an dorais
Ar son na hÉireann [:-)]
An Tuiseal Ginideach
An Tuiseal Ginideach
An Tuiseal Ginideach
An Tuiseal Ginideach...

Haigh T-Rex agus a Rexxies, an dtiocfadh libh amhrán úr a chumadh le bhur dtoill?

Anois, mar a deirfeadh Fr. Dougal

"here's an idea right off the top of me head. I haven't thought it through so it's probably not brilliant, but what the hell, I'll just talk and see what comes out."

Ba mhaith liom go mbeadh na frásaí seo a leanas ins an amhrán úr:

Ar mhaith? Ba mhaith/Níor mhaith, An ea? Ní hea
An bhfuil? Tá/Níl, An ea? Oh sea!
Ar mhaith? Sea - NÍ HEA!!!, Ar mhaith? BA MHAITH!
Ar mhaith? Sea - NÍ HEA!, Ar mhaith? BA MHAITH!

Bhí mé ag smaoineamh ar an tiúin seo:




Ach mar a dúirt mé, níor smaoinigh mé go mion air.

Tá fhios agam anois cén fáth nár fhoilsigh mé an píosa seo ar an 5 Márta 2015 - ní raibh an t-amhrán úr seo le T-Rex agus na Rexxies foilsithe acu go fóill.

Filíocht amach 's amach!

Seo chugaibh anois é:



Maith sibh T-Rex agus a Rexxies! Mo ghrása sibhse!

Hup a dúirt sí!

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Leabharliosta (nar léigh mé ach a léigh Colm ar mo shon. GRMA a Choilm!):

Duffin, Colm. Gnéithe de Chóras Gramadaí Ghaeilge Thír Chonaill:
Anailís ar an Tuiseal Ginideach agus ar an Chlásal Choibhneasta. Tráchtas B.A.
Ó Ruairc, Maolmhaodhóg. 1999. I dTreo Teanga Nua. (Cois Life)
Ó Ruairc, Maolmhaodhóg. 2006. Ar Thóir Gramadach Nua. (Cois Life)
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+++Mar is gnáth, fáiltíonn Aisling Ní Acamé roimh cheartúcháin/mholtaí. Fiú amháin más rógairí a dhéanann na botúin. Aisling Ní Acamé+++

"Lough Atalia works to cause 'mayhem' " or 'harmony' if you please! PLEASE!

+++That "raindrops-keep-falling-on-my-header" Bríd Ní Mhaoileoin just came in and said "gimme your blog or I'll take the wind out of your sails". So I gave her my blog. Aisling Ní Acamé+++ ______________

Breakfast and a newspaper. Ah, the pleasures of being a freelance translator! One of the articles which catches my attention this morning carries the heading Lough Atalia works to cause 'mayhem' (Galway Independent, 11 March 2015).

Mayhem is a strong word.

I only need to read one line. "Employees working in and around Moneenageisha [Móinín na gCiseach] will be seriously impacted by the impending works at Lough Atalia..."

I'm a glass half-full type of gal, so when I see the words "seriously impacted" I can only beam with possibility.

My car was off the road twice in the last 12 months. Once last year, for a week, and now again this week. Both inconveniences seriously impacted me. Last year I started cycling to work. Oh, the freedom of gliding past the chock-a-block traffic! It seriously puts wind in your sail, in every sense of the, ehr alterated (sic.) idiom.

And the not-having-to-look-for-a-parking-space. Yer siree Bob!

And then, almost a year to the day, like the proverbial kick in the arse I needed to get (back) on my bike, my car took itself for a holiday again.

Below is the Galway Independent map with the "circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one explaining what each one [is]", as Arlo of the Guthries would put it.

I call this one "mayhem".



And here is roughly the same area taken from that online map bunch. (Thanks! You're a great bunch of lads!). It's about 2.2km from one end of the disputed area to the other, as the crow flies. You'd do it in 10 minutes with the wind in your sails!

I call this one "harmony".



Lough Atalia can also work to cause 'harmony'. (Pun on the title intended).

Harmony is a strong word.


Extra nuggets:
Móinín na gCiseach
NEVER SAY NEVER! If these guys can do this, then surely "Park & Cycle" is also possible:
Park & Ride
Park & Ride, Christmas

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+++On yer bike and gimme my bleedin' blog back! Aisling Ní Acamé+++

D'aimsigh mé é/Found it

"After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the things we need most in the world".

Bígí ag caint le chéile. Talk to each other.

Maidir le/Regarding: Simone Felice - (is that [si-mo-ne fe-leech-ay] or [sigh-mon fe-llisse]?). OR "Love song to Jean"

"Each and every one of my body hairs is caught in a rubber band" Oh my Loom!

+++That loomin' mother-of-a-loomer Bríd Ní Mhaoileoin just came in and said "gimme your blog or I'll wrap your nose in a loom-band nose-holder". So I gave her my blog.
Aisling Ní Acamé+++
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I opened a tin of sweet corn the other day and found a... LOOM BAND in it. No I didn't, but I thought that would catch your attention.

But we *have* officially changed our son's name from Oisín Ó Maoileoin to Oisín O, Meloom.

Loom dresses, loom suits, loom ties and dicky bows. Loom buddies. The craze is on. Tie-died loom bands, multi-coloured loom bands, glitter loom bands, glow-in-the-dark loom bands. I swear.

Loom bands were invented in 2011 but didn't enter this life until 2014. (And what a colourful, welcome and eventful entry it was. And fixture it has remained.) A few weeks ago on the other side if the stream someone bid £150,000 on Ebay for a loomy dress (but pulled the bid back), and 5 months ago on the other side of the pond, tv talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel asked the kids of America to send him their loomy creations. This is what he did with them, for charity.



and this:



and this:

I said it before, and I'll say it again. I swear.

The things are everywhere. As Jimmy Kimmel said "Each and every one of my body hairs is caught in a rubber band". Good ole Cheong Choon Ng! Looming rolling in it he must be. _________________________

+++Loom off and gimme my blog back! Aisling Ní Acamé+++

Simone Felice - (is that [si-mo-ne fe-leech-ay] or [sigh-mon fe-llisse]?). OR "Love song to Jean"

+++That big bleedin' stealer, Bríd Ní Mhaoileoin, aka "The Rogue" from that fab new Irish-language music radio programme "Rogha Bhríde" (Bríd's choice), ran in AGAIN this morning and said "gimme your gd blog or else". So I gave her my blog. (after wondering "what the hell is gd, you gd stealer?").
Aisling Ní Acamé+++

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THINGS (lots and lots of)
about the concert last night July 23, Róisín Dubh, Galway as part of "Galway International Arts Festival"
(not even very, very, very, very, very, VERY, vaguely in the line of a review)

I just sent an email to my long-lost friend in Pasedena, California. I hadn't seen him since the 29th of March 1984 in Saratoga Springs, New York. (or did you drive with us too to JFK Tim? That morning after Bob woke us up with William Tell's Overture a-blasting all around the house - the most effective and memorable alarm I've ever had in my life).

Since getting back in touch with him (Tim) two months ago through a series of couchsurfing-type adventures*, I had had a few very close "come finally to San Francisco" calls (it has been at the top of my "want-to-go-to-places list" for many's a year. It has graduated to "I'm-going-regardless" places). *From the 5-piece band from SF who played a house concert in my living room, to a guest from "just down the road from Pasedena" (hi Oliver) to a wonderful woman from "right over the Golden Gate bridge (the OTHER side of it)" (hi Marisa!).

I had more California-dreaming moments last night. I went to a concert of Simone Felice at Galway International Arts Festival with opener Samantha Crain, and loved it. I had never heard of either of them. Not until 20 minutes before the show when my friend Jean (I love Jean) played me 20 seconds of Samantha on Spotify and I said "well, I'm going". Jean wasn't that mad about Simone (not at that millisecond), but I quickly spotified him and said "well, I'm going".



Both singer/songwriters did some numbers which brought me closer to San Francisco. I wrote down the line from Simone but then lost my festival programme. But I did remember the words " ...if you go to LA, and meet a girl...look her ... in the eye and tell her I'm doing fine", so I googled it just now, and found the missing words. "If you go to LA and meet a girl out walking in the drizzle and the rain, look her straight in the eye and tell her I’m doing fine [...]". Yo liked it.

And Samantha Crain sang a song and/or told a great story about SF. I can't remember it. There were so many wonderful lyrics during the two hours, and so many fine stories. I thought of the great quote that was on the cover of the 2013 Cúirt International Festival of Literature brochure. It has fallen down the back of the set of drawers which holds my cd collection, so I guess it'll be collecting dust there for another while. I've tried to find the cover on the ole googler, without success, and there's more important things to be done. (if anyone has a copy lying around I'd really appreciate a photo of it though). The quote went something like: after food, shelter and companionship, the most important thing we need are stories. Yes sir/madame!

to be continued

Triple Crown for "Shannon's Lovely Vale"

+++That bossy boots, Bríd Ní Mhaoileoin, aka The Rogue from that fab new Irish language radio programme "Rogha Bhríde", ran in again this morning and said "gimme your blog or else". So I gave her my blog.
Aisling Ní Acamé+++
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REVIEW

I've never bought a Céilí Band cd in my life, but I'll never forget growing up with that distinctive sound streaming from Raidió na Gaeltachta, that "style of music from a bygone era". And then I got a beautiful cd today in the post from Danny O'Mahony (míle buíochas le Danny), "Shannon's Lovely Vale" by the Shannon Vale Céilí Band.

So I listened to the cd from start to finish without reading the credits or titles. My favourite piece was the hornpipe "Shannon's Lovely Vale", funnily enough not only the name of the céilí band, but also the name of the CD. Triple crown!



The packaging is beautiful. I'm a big fan of well produced cds. Well produced anything in fact. The liner notes tell us that my favourite tune was composed by Leitrim fiddle player Maurice Lennon in honour of The Shannon Vale Céilí Band, as is the whole set it is in, track 15 - "Master Shanley's/Shannon's Lovely Vale/The Road to Garrison". Maurice joins the band on this track.

There are some beautiful photos on the inside of the cover (right and above), a ticket from a "Grand Dance" in 1961 (before I was a twinkle in my mother's eye) and two photographs of the original band members, Dr. Mick Sweeney who formed the band in 1960, Martin Brown, Liam Power, Harry Power, Jerry Flaherty, Richard Casey, Séamus Hussey and Den McCarthy.

It's only now as I write this, 6 hours after I started listening to the cd, that I turned to the final page of the cd cover, which names the current band members. Do I feel stupid now! :-) Danny O'Mahony is the band leader! I hadn't realised that. I just thought he was helping his pals to promote it. (I didn't recognise you in the photo Danny! Brón orm!)

The cd opens with a joyful set of traditional reels "Molly Bawn and The New Moon Meadow". I played the second one a few weeks ago on my radio show "Rogha Bhríde", the Connemara version "Joe Mháire Mhicilín" lilted by sean-nós singer Meaití Jó Shéamuis Ó Fátharta.

There are reels, jigs, barn dances, walzes, polkas, hornpipes, a march, and two songs on this cd. Is there anything missing? Slides. Do céilí bands play slides?

I love the corny old drumming. Nothing beats a good good céilí band drummer (sic). The drums shine on track two, "The Nightingale and Nóra Chríona" jigs. And that drumming on the wee wooden whatyemecallit box makes me laugh. For joy. And while we're on "corny", you couldn't get much more corny than the band's version of the song "The Sand Hills of Kilmore". I love. I feel like playing the repeat button, but I'll never get this review written if it do that!

The highlights? The piano intro to track 7. I know, I know, it's only TWO NOTES, but it's so nostalgic! The aforementioned wee wooden whatyemacallit box. The drumming in general by John Collins. Patsy Broderick's piano accompaniment. The fine flute playing stands out (there are three flute players). But then so does the banjo. And then it's the accordion. The changes! For example on track 7, the change from "The Swallow's Tail" into "The Mountain Road". Priceless. The classics like "The Legacy" jig. The beautiful treatment of the previously unrecorded song "The Lordly Shannon Side". The starts. The finishes. From start to finish. It's gorgeous.

"Vigour, elegance, vitality and sweet music" are words taken from the liner notes. They're all here. And what I felt after a day of listening to this gorgeous cd (sorry for repeating myself) was joy and happiness. The happy sound of The Shannon Vale Céilí Band.

PS I'm just reading Danny O'Mahony's biography as I write this. Ah now, radio programme host? Radio Kerry? Guess I'll be taking a trip to the cottage soon!
PPS There's only one thing I need now. Any chances of a copy of ‘In Retrospect’ Danny?
PPPS What, I didn't mention the best cd disc design I've ever seen? A replica viynl. I know, I know, it's probably been done before. I don't care. Problem! If I want to photograph it, I'll have to take the cd out.
PPPPS Did I mention the cool drum-roll intro on track 3?

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+++ENOUGH! Could I get my friggin' blog back now? Aisling Ní Acamé+++

As always, Aisling welcomes corrections, even to things written by thieving rogues.

Post scriptum - "Pictiúir à la Ceart" - Screams, Shrieks and Grunts go leor!

This is a PS to my previous post - [Seán T. Ó Meallaigh's] "Pictiúir à la Ceart" - Screams, Shrieks and Grunts go leor!

The actors Máire Bhreathnach, Eoin Ó Dubhghaill, and Neasa Ní Chuanaigh from Seán T. Ó Meallaigh's "Pictiúir à la Ceart". (Photo: Andrew Downes). Looks like this bunch don't give a flying f*** either! Looks like I might not have to look very far for likely suspects for Lee Delong's series of Irish workshops set to roll out in late 2015 in preparation for a new devised co-production in 2016. Watch this space!

Oh, and you read it here first. The bit about Seán T. Ó Meallaigh being a funny man.