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Buncrana man produces new radio
series
08.11.07
TRADITIONAL song and
music lovers should not miss and exciting new series
to be aired later this month on Inishowen Community
Radio.
The 12-part series examines the contribution that
Travellers have made to the preservation of the
singing and music tradition in Ireland and Britain. |
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It was researched,
produced, scripted and presented by Jimmy McBride of
the Inishowen Singers' Circle with technical
assistance from staff at ICRfm.
"In times past, they were the bearers and
conservationists of an ancient tradition," said an
ICRfm spokesperson.
"They brought this tradition to the settled
community and helped in no small way to pass this
tradition alive."
Programme 1 is entitled ‘The Story of the Travelling
Community’ – an introduction to |
the past way of life of
the travellers. Contributors include such renowned
performers as Ewan McColl, Paddy Keenan, Elizabeth
Stewart, John Simie Doherty, Sheila Stewart and
Kevin Mitchell.
Programme 2 examines the ‘English Traveller Song
Tradition’. The contributor in this programme is
Peta Webb from London, who has an interest in the
songs of English Travellers. She gave a talk at the
international seminar on songs of the Travelling
people in Inishowen in March 1995.
Meanwhile, programmes 3 and 4 are based on a keynote
address delivered by the late Dr. Tom Munnelly from
the Department of Folklore at UCD, Dublin at the
same Seminar in Inishowen. Other programmes in this
indepth new series examine both the Northern Irish
and Scottish traditions while programmes 9 and 10
look at Donegal Travellers and their own unique
contribution. The series has been funded through the
Broadcasting Commission of Ireland's Sound and
Vision Programme. Technical assistance was provided
at ICRfm by Brian McGowan, Eddie Dee, Emma
McDermott, P.J. McLaughlin, Trudy McLaughlin and
Brian Hodges.
The first programme airs at 4pm on Monday, November
19 and will be repeated the following Saturday morning,
November 24. |
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