Dear Keith and Andy, This is the wrong time of year to suggest getting out less, Keith. Much study is a weariness of the flesh and nothing can dissuade from...
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sanger_keith
Aug 24, 2010 3:53 pm
Dear Alasdair Regarding 'our ancestors approach' I would have said it before if you had only asked. I am getting bored with the subject but of all the material...
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calumcille
Aug 26, 2010 11:43 am
Dear Keith, Well, you don't have to wait to be asked, please go ahead as usual! I'll try not to harp on after this, but there is nothing illogical about...
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calumcille
Aug 26, 2010 11:49 am
Dear Keith, Sorry, that paragraph should read, " ... another typical example of finding lots of ports written out for lute (early written musical evidence) and...
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sanger_keith
Aug 26, 2010 5:17 pm
Dear Alasdair Your talents are wasted, if only you could be transported back into the 18th century you could have given James MacPherson of Ossian fame a run...
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calumcille
Aug 27, 2010 2:37 pm
Dear Keith, Well, phrases such as "in the days of Queen Caroline" and "in the days of Queen Charlotte" are on record, although obviously I'm pushing the...
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sanger_keith
Aug 28, 2010 3:18 pm
Dear Alasdair I really am trying to conclude this thread, at least on my part, so in the hopes that if this reply is long and boring enough it might terminate...
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simon@...
simonchadwick
Sep 23, 2010 8:17 pm
Just noticed this is now available online: http://welshjournals.llgc.org.uk/browse/listarticles/llgc-id:1175725/ llgc-id:1176280 or http://tinyurl.com/2675k9d...
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calumcille
Oct 2, 2010 4:20 pm
Dear Simon, Thanks for that information. I was unable to call up the Cylchgronau Cymru resource this evening, either in Welsh or English. I wonder if this is...
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Mary Kersey
bealings48
Oct 13, 2010 2:06 pm
http://mixnpe.online-biz-opp.ru ork from the codmfort of yuor comupter...
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John-Paul
ramserpent
Oct 30, 2010 12:04 pm
Folks, Some of you may be interested in my new book, not least for the chapter that explores links between the Ogam and the Clairseach... including images of a...
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Jacqueline Lynaugh
bluefairysto...
Nov 1, 2010 9:17 pm
John Paul, Way to go. I want a copy. Congratulations. I will order by following the links. Good luck to you. Jacqueline...
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John-Paul Patton
ramserpent
Nov 2, 2010 10:21 am
Jacqueline, Thanks for your kind words. I hope you enjoy the book! : ) JP ... Way to go. I want a copy. Congratulations. I will order by following the links. ...
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simon@...
simonchadwick
Nov 6, 2010 9:20 pm
Haven't listened yet but this programme looks of great interest http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00vf569 Simon...
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tro_tant
Nov 7, 2010 1:33 am
Hi, This is for anyone in the Edinburgh area who might be interested. I'm giving a talk on Tuesday on recent research work on the Queen Mary and Lamont harps,...
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tro_tant
Dec 19, 2010 9:59 am
Hi, Readers of this list might be interested to know that "Oidhreacht Dhonncha Uí Ámhsaigh" is scheduled to be aired on TG4 on 23 December at 9 PM. I think...
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simon@...
simonchadwick
Feb 17, 2011 7:34 pm
I was looking at Failte Chlairseach today, in the MacLean Clephane 1808 book, p.7, there is a facsimile in "Tree of Strings" p.189. Above it on p.7 is a Fenian...
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calumcille
Feb 19, 2011 12:17 am
Dear Simon, You draw our attention to a slightly curious item. It seems rather a short little ditty compared to other fàilteachan, for a start. It has a...
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simon@...
simonchadwick
Feb 21, 2011 2:50 pm
Thanks Alasdair for your thoughts. I agree about the title looking conclusive, but I was just wondering if there could be other explanations. I note that it...
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calumcille
Feb 21, 2011 11:10 pm
Dear Simon, I just take the &c as indicating that the tune is to be repeated and repetition isn't any more a feature of lay tunes than it is of dance tunes. In...
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sanger_keith
Feb 22, 2011 2:42 pm
Dear Simon Being quoted is one useful indicator that your work is proving useful but it is even better if the quote is actually accurate. The item in question...
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simon@...
simonchadwick
Feb 22, 2011 5:20 pm
Thanks Keith, do you think James McMurchy might have had music manuscripts still as well? As for O'Kane, I was perhaps misunderstanding the translation you ...
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sanger_keith
Feb 22, 2011 8:01 pm
'Do I think that James MacMurchy might have had music MS', No, what we do know is that when the Highland Society looking into the Ossian question went looking...
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simon@...
simonchadwick
Feb 22, 2011 10:59 pm
No I was awake for most of that lecture! I was referring th the J MacDonald whose manuscript was apparently translated into German by D.W. Soltau as his 1808...
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sanger_keith
Feb 23, 2011 2:45 pm
Yes the Joseph MacDonald edition is very good, the fact that it was a reprint meant that all the upfront costs had already been met the first time round and...
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simon@...
simonchadwick
Feb 23, 2011 7:36 pm
Is footnote 138 here not your book? Simon http://tinyurl.com/5uessl6 or http://books.google.com/books?id=GZWpQi7vY0QC&pg=PA266...
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sanger_keith
Feb 24, 2011 2:12 pm
Ah, right, yes that James MacDonald, a little like introducing a new character from the wings in a pantomime to distract attention from the main stage. I seem...
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calumcille
Apr 7, 2011 7:35 pm
A chàirdean, In response to a discussion that me and Simon are having, it strikes me that I should send a message to the group concerning the song, 'Hì ho...
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announcements@...
Apr 24, 2011 10:06 pm
The Irish radio station LMFM is broadcasting an interesting radio documentary tomorrow, April 25th (Easter Monday), on the Irish harper Patrick Byrne. It will...
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announcements@...
May 7, 2011 10:09 am
A chairde / Dear friends, This is to remind any of you who are coming to Scoil na gClairseach 2011 but who have not yet sent us your deposit of Eur 150, that ...
