Those in power write the history
and those who suffer write the songs,
and given our history
we have an awful lot of songs!
Frank Harte
Bold Robert Emmet
Robert Emmet, a leading member of The United Irishmen, the last man to be hung drawn and quartered |
Bold Jack Donohue
Jack Donohue was born in Dublin in 1804. He supported Irish nationalism and at the age of 20 was sentenced to be transported for life to New South Wales |
Spanish Lady
The Spanish Lady has attained mythical status with generations of Dubliners. The ramblings of a young man through the city, naming the various places he visits are evocative of my youth |
Jim Jones
Describes the daily drudgery and degradation of life in the penal colony, and dreaming of joining the bushrangers and taking revenge on his floggers |
Tom Munnelly
Encountering the traveller John Reilly in Boyle very early on Tom quickly realised how important Johns songs were |
Frank Harte
He believed passionately that those songs which documented and commented on local events were the unwritten history of the Irish people |
Johnny OLeary
Johnnys reels, jigs and hornpipes are generally part of the broader national store of music |
Irish Traditional Music Archive, Merrion Square, Dublin
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Breandán Breathnach
His endeavour, to set up a sound archive which would somehow be the basis of a National Archive of Irish Folk Music. Hugh Shields |
Hugh Shields
It has been the good fortune of Ireland that he used his many talents, predominantly for the collection and study and publication of Irish traditional song and music, especially that of his native Ulster Nicholas Carolan |
Where Linnets Sing
Produced in 2001 this album features four of the better known singers at An Góilín at that time: Grace Toland, Jim MacFarland, Antaine Ó Faracháin and Mairéad Ní Oistín |
The Cascades of Song
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Around the Hills of Clare
The production of double CD of archive recordings from the Jim Carroll and Pat MacKenzie collection. This has been described as an inestimable resource by reviewers |
The Spoons Murder and Other Mysteries
A book and CD of the songs of Con Fada Ó Drisceóil, which has been a best seller, and produced by Terry Moylan |
Down from your pulpits, Jerry is currently in the process of recording his second album |
Jerry OReillys new CDThis is the label of the new CD currently in production, and will be available soon. |
Victory grasped in the last seconds
Hill 16 celebration : winning the final at Croke Park, September 18th 2011
Ive the mother and father of a hangover, but what a day. And to snatch it at the last minute like that was magic!
Frank Harte Festival 2011
Those in power write the history
and those who suffer write the songs,
and given our history
we have an awful lot of songs!
Frank Harte
NAFCO Ceili Convention
NAFCO Ceili Convention organised for 2012. Jerry along with interested dancers are invited to participate. See Jerry if you are tempted. There is no fee.
Jerrys American Trip - blog
I go on the trip of a lifetime in October, and Ill be keeping a diary of what unfolds! I think online they call it a blog, so I am to become a regular blogger. Ive been called some things in my time, but this is breaking new ground!
Jerry CD recordings
This is the label of the new CD currently in production.
Below, the cover of the booklet accompanying the CD containing a great deal of historical background to the songs.
Cover for the CD booklet
Down from your thrones
Folk Leads Publications 2008