Three Sliabh Luachra Polkas
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2008
- Matt Cranitch (Fiddle),Dónal Murphy (Box) & Steve Cooney (Guitar). Matt & Donal are members of the group Sliabh Notes. The name of the first polka is "Many a Wild Night."
Sliabh Luachra (pronounced Shleeve Lew-cra) is a region in Munster, Ireland, located around the River Blackwater, on the County Cork/County Kerry borderland. This region has a unique musical style which makes heavy use of the polka and the slide. Indeed, most of the polkas and slides in Irish traditional music derive from this region. Musicians from the area include Denis Murphy, Julia Clifford, Paddy Cronin, Padraig O'Keeffe, Johnny O'Leary, and Jacky Daly.
Two of Kerry's best known Gaelic poets, Aogan O Rahilly and Eoghan Rua O Sullivan are also from the area.
Opinions differ as to the exact location and extent of Sliabh Luachra, but it is generally accepted to refer to the mountainous rush-filled upland that straddles the border area of Cork, Kerry, and Limerick, including the Kerry parishes of Cordal, Brosna and Gneeveguilla, the town of Rathmore and the Cork village of Ballydesmond.
The name Sliabh Luachra means "a mountain of rushes". However it is not a singular mountain, but a rolling plateau interspersed with what is generally accepted as its seven glens, or 'seacht ngleann Shliabh Luachra', over which various mountain peaks reach heights from approximately 450 to 500 metres.
Sliabh Luachra was inhabited for centuries before the Egyptian geographer, Claudius Ptolemy, drew the first map of Ireland in the second century A.D.
The Sliabh Luachra mountains are said to have prevented Saint Patrick from entering Kerry.
Your videos are a must for all those who are interested in irish music!
Fantastic music. I love watching this and do so often. Brilliant musicians
Fair play to them. It is great to someone else getting the publicity' playing these tunes. Begley always gets the push' when it comes to polkas and slides.
Many a Wild Night / John Walsh's (Newmarket) / John Walsh's No. 2 (Daly's Mill)
THANK you!
Colin K SLXG
Thanks!
Superb!!!!!!!!!!! The height of the music.
Excellent music. Brilliant style. You're not getting any polkas played better than in Sliabh Luachra. Thanks for posting.
Reminds me of the great Maurice O'Keefe and friends down in Kishkeam. Great music.
Brilliant music
Love those Polkas! Thanks so much!
kerry polkas great magic music
That's a killer polka set!
Cooney RULES!!!!
These guys are great. So glad we were able to shoot their show recently and post some vids over at WGBH Music.
Go Uncle Travelling Matt!
I actually learned to dance to this when I was younger. I live right beside the Blackwater :P
My toes are tapping!
This is top quality. Best
Absolutely Mega!
Great stuff.
Great stuff
my grandfather played the box (just learned that term lol) and he is from Tournafulla (cleanglass commons) in the slibh luachra, and just learned that this is where Irish music comes from, now i know why in all those old pics are a lot of boxes lol. You guys sound great. I come from the Mulcahy family of the Commons (we used to have Mulcahy's pub i Tour, but i found out it was recently sold. I'm in Brooklyn.......Love the music
Learn again! Irish traditional music (the reels, jigs and hornpipes) comes from all over the island of Ireland. Some types of dance music have strong association with certain places - the Polka from Sliabh Luachra, Slides from Co Kerry, Mazurkas and Highlands from Co Donegal.
Great musicians and singers also from Templeglantine and Tournafulla area .
It is indeed lovely music .I lived in Brooklyn for a while .. Originally came from Knocknagoshel Co Kerry.
There's a family of great musicians from Moyvane in W. Limerick, the Mulcahys. Check them out, on youtube, they're wonderful. Could possibly be relations of yours!
It's magical, it must be the music of the fairies,
Mighty stuff!!!
Donal is a mean box player, I'll be seeing him and all the boys on Saturday at the ICC Hammersmith (4 men)
Mighty stuff, Come on Castleisland
Mighty playing lads. I cant play them but I love polkas. hup !!!
Can't beat a lively polka...Agree
thats class!!!
How refreshing to know that Polkas are still played.. Bravo!
Great!!!!!
Great music
Like stepping into a pub in Cúil Aodha!
Great🎉
Accompanying doesn’t get any better lads
High praise indeed Mr Edey, only you could come close!
Oh, verrrrry nice! :)
Great music and interesting notes too. Thanks for posting.
The 2nd tune is John Walsh's #1 aka Newmarket. The last tune is also Walsh's possibly Walsh's #2.
yes polka
WOW!!!!!
Magic
Great stuff. maith an fear
At last I know how to pronounce Sliabh Luachra! Thanks for another greayt video!
the last tune is Walsh's Polka i believe. The middle one im not sure of.
saaaaaaaaaaaiid my ol one to yer ol one...
unrealethal!
Good Traditional.
TITLES PLEASE..LOVELY PLAYING
There's lots of him on the Highland Sessions videos.
@TheCjayd123 yes - but it's all over now
thats exactly what i was thinking and then i read ur comment!!..Banjo = balls...!!
TY Viscosalbum, is Nell Fee there as well..?
hey everybody,
ce son me transporte.
qui a des conseils (artiste, groupe, festival...) ???
can't somebody help me !
i 'm mad about this sound but my knowledge is really limited ... et mon anglais aussi ... pffffffffffffffff :D :D :D
thanks for thank you for giving me some tips, names... :)
IS tá orm tuilleadh Gaeilge a fhoghlaim le haghaidh scoil
Super
TheCARENTAN
hup you boyos
Some say Cooney is too much here but I couldn’t disagree more. If you don’t want an interactive rhythm section don’t hire Cooney. He plays the tune, not just a wallflower to be played over…
Bloody Melbourne boy lol
back off Cooney for Jazus sake
I agree- but we're in the minority, I think.
ara let the guitarists belt out the tune too if they want to, as long as they don't lead it. It cant be helped sometimes
I can’t agree. Love the Cooney train!
Didint he get married to sinead o connor