Old music: Seán Ó Sé – Do Bhi Bean Uasal (Carrickfergus)

A ballad from one of the pioneers of modern Irish folk brings back memories of the immigrant experienceBetween 1961 and 1969 the Irish group Ceoltóirí Chualann made a successful attempt to keep alive and promote Irish traditional music. Among the marches, reels and jigs on their best known album, Ó Riada Sa Gaiety – recorded live at their final gig in Dublin – were a number of songs performed by traditional singer Seán Ó Sé. One of them begins as the Irish folk ballad Do Bhi Bean Uasal...

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