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in1776 the Irish emperor set into motion the trifold war scenario. Having no option except subterfuge, his excelency set in motion the triple threat. 2 world wars, of the three are over and done! Ireland calls its sons and daughters home. The third work comes, and the empress shall rule the world. Stand brothers and sisters with us and we will fix this world and take our place amongst the stars which we come from.
These bastards were given lands in our country by invading British scum , the more cruel they were,the more they were rewarded. By the way, do a little research lad...Birr castle has a very distasteful recent history involving peadophile rings with all sorts of sick and depraved gatherings by these so called " ruling class".... Basards should have been burnt out and sent back to the shithole they came from..🇮🇪
Does the bodhran player play with a group called Danu? I think I may have seen him with the group for a special concert for The McGrath Clan in 2019 in Dungarvan.
Nice playing, hate the bbq stick nonsense though! Ye get a far better sound off a solid stick.. I have a 6" ebony tipper that Malachy Kearns made for me, I've had it for over twenty five years, my 14" bodhran is a Padraic McNeela tuneable..
I like how you blame famine on the potato… Ireland exported a surplus of food during the famine… its time to stop repeating British imperial propaganda… it was genocide. The over population of Ireland was caused by the potato but the deaths caused by the potato blight was caused by the British colonial government and English landlords seizing the moment to shift from being landlords to cattle barons.
Isn't there a support inside the bodhran to place your non-playing hand into? I've seen Caroline Corr playing it frequently. I like playing percussion yet have a paralysed right hand, that's why I ask.
Fantastic best bodhran playing. Not the standardized zomby playing of bodhran armies on their immaculate shinny drums. Destroyed drums getting the real genuine soul of the goat. Fantastic playing, Maestro. Lovely reportage. I loved it. Merci beaucoup.
I got really good after 10 months to a year. I also had a fairly empty schedule with a fair bit of free time. I recommend Ruairi Glasheen here on YT. Breaks down technique, how to play for different styles of music, and more. Good luck!
Hi there. Just wondering would the owners of this clip be interested to submit it as part of Heritage Week 2021 for County Offaly. I am sure there would be lots of interest in it.
I'm learning the Bodhran and love playing it, I've tried all sorts of musical instruments but the Bodhran just seems to resonate with me, boom tshh! Thank you lol
Oh dear, the usual bullshit condensed into the first couple of lines of presenting. No, the Bodhran is not the "native drum of the celts". There is and was never a celtic nation, unified culture or history. History is more complex and interesting than this ethno-nationalist drivel. The history of the bodhran in Irish traditional music goes back to the 1950s and Seán Ó Riada. Seán Ó Riada invented the "celtic drum" for his arrangements of traditional music. Also, the presenter gets in a reference to Daniel Maclise's "Snap Apple Night" painting. You have to have a lot of wishful thinking and wilful ignorance to think that a bodhran is what is depicted in the painting. It is a tambourine, being played like a tambourine. Other copies, engravings etc of the painting make this even more blatantly obvious. I find it interesting that this is the painting that always seems to be referenced even though it is plainly a tambourine being played. Why is this? It's because of the absence of any other evidence. They have to refer to this painting and pretend that it is a bodhran being played because there is nothing else. Does this mean that no-one should be playing the bodhran in Irish traditional music (or elsewhere)? No, of course they can . There are "non-native" instruments playing folk music all around the world. The guitar is a recent import into British and Irish folk music. Melodeons too. It's the tunes and their interpretation that matter, and certainly not this reactionary ethno-nationalist "celtic" woo.
I think this is something many Irish want to forget but is always in the mind and blood. It's there and won't go away and the history is not forgotten. I think it evokes an everlasting sadness and a very quiet anger. I suppose for someone that describes themselves as a Christian, one can be challenged to overcome a rage at slights to Irish people still persist. The Irish will be polite but will put those in place if need be.
