The 34th Brú Ború Summer Season will commence on Wednesday next, July 10th, and will continue until late August on each Wednesday and Thursday night, starting at 8:30pm. This much-acclaimed show of Irish traditional entertainment has over the years attracted thousands of fans from all over Ireland and many tourists from abroad.
The show is a creative, fast-moving and innovative mixture of world-class talent from various parts of Ireland.
The originator and producer Úna Ó Murchú, a native of County Clare, says: “The talent now available through the work of Comhaltas at home and abroad provides a rich reservoir from which to select the Brú Ború team. The show has evolved through vision and experience over the years and the performers are a credit to Ireland”.
These include ace-accordionist Bobby Gardiner, latter who taught a Clare set to King Charles and Queen Camilla when they both visited Brú Ború as Prince and Princess.
Harpist Mary Kelly played for the Queen of England when she visited the Rock of Cashel and also in Leinster House for the 100th anniversary of Seanad Éireann.
Tadhg Maher is a well-known traditional singer who has performed worldwide. He is remembered for his farewell ballad at the burial of Vol. Paddy Maher, one of the “Forgotten Ten”, when his remains were brought back from Mountjoy Jail to his native place of Ballylanders.
The music ensemble is a fine blend of veteran and young performers where harp, uilleann pipes, fiddles, accordion, melodeon, mouthorgan, bodhráns, concertinas and flutes – in the hands of the maestros – combine to produce the unique Brú Ború sound.
The dancers, with their exciting routines, have won the hearts of all who experienced their performance at different locations.
The Brú Ború performing group have, during their 34 year history, brought the cultural traditions of Ireland to many parts of the world. They represented Ireland at five World Expos, performed on the Great Wall of China and accompanied President Mary McAleese to perform for the Sultan of Oman. When they performed on the Late Late Show Gay Byrne described them as ‘the best in the business’.
There are special rates for groups and pre-show dinner can also be booked in advance. Contact Tel.No. 062 61122 or info@bruboru.ie.
Lyrics: Written by American singer, songwriter, and guitarist Troy Seals and the late American session musician, keyboardist and songwriter Donnie Ray Fritts. Vocals: American recording artist and twice Grammy Award winner Ms Rita Coolidge.
We had it all.
I can hear the wind blowing in my mind, Just the way it used to sound, Through the Georgia pines, And you were there to answer when I called, You and me we had it all. Remember how I used to touch your hair? While reaching for the feeling, That was always there. You were the best thing in my life I recall, You and me, Lord knows we had it all. Know I can’t re-live those times again, So I just let my dreams take me back, To where we’ve been. I’ll stay right there with you just as long as I can, Oh it was so good, yes it was so good, Oh it was so good when your were my man. I’ll never stop believing in your smile, Even though you didn’t stay, It was all worthwhile. You were the best thing in my life I recall, You and me, Lord knows we had it all. Oh yes, you and me we had it all. You and me we had it all. END
Lyrics and Vocals: American country music singer, songwriter, guitarist and three time Grammy Award winner Brad Paisley.
Ode de Toilet.
She says not to buy her flowers, Or big expensive gifts. She says she don’t want jewelry, And she doesn’t need another dress. If I want to show her how much I adore her, The best way that I’ve found, Is to make sure when I’m finished, I put that toilet seat down. We’ve been to counciling, To try and see the ways we could improve, This thing between us, And different ways to show each other “I love you”. Forget about those getaway vacations, To romantic coastal towns, If you want to say “I love you”, Then put that toilet seat down. ‘Cause in the middle of the night, It’s cold and it’s dark, And when I hear my name in vain, I know I haven’t done my part. She just wants me to support her, And the best way that I’ve found, So with a gentle hand and a loving touch, I put that toilet seat down. I know it’s kind of funny, You can teach a little puppy, But it’s very hard to train a grown man, When I’m all about my business, And the path of least resistance, She’s the one that suffers in the end. In the middle of the night, It’s cold and it’s dark, And when I hear my name in vain, I know I haven’t done my part. She just wants me to support her, And the best way that I’ve found, So with a gentle hand and a loving touch, I put that toilet seat down. Down, down. END.
On the eve of its tenth anniversary, Co. Cork singer and songwriter Stephanie Rainey brought her timeless anthem ‘Please Don’t Go’ to a whole new audience when she appeared on the TV series ‘America’s Got Talent’ on Tuesday June 25th, last, 2024.
The song she sung was dedicated to her one-year-old nephew, Fionn, who tragically lost his life to meningitis, when aged just one year old.
I dare our older readers not to shed a tear, as we think back, lovingly, on the hands we have held under similar circumstances in the past.
I’ll hold your hand till it goes cold. I’ll hold my tears until you go, With all the life that leaves your bones, It soaks the purpose from my own. Ohhh, ohh, oh, please don’t go. I love you more than you could know. You’ve got a hole inside my soul. It’s like a mountain soaked in snow. It’s in the earth the river flows. Ohhh, ohh, oh, please don’t go. Ohhh, ohh, oh, please don’t go. I’ve kept my own side of the bed, Thinking you’d be home again. I hold myself so I can sleep, My pillow holds the screams of me. Ohhh, ohh, oh, please don’t go. Ohhh, ohh, oh, please don’t go. So lay yourself down on my chest, ‘Cause I know how to hold you best. I’ll keep you through these last few breaths, And kiss and love you till the end. Ohhh, ohh, oh, please don’t go. Ohhh, ohh, oh, please don’t go. END.
Lyrics: Dutch composer and lyricist Werner Theunissen of the 70s Dutch country music band ‘Pussycat’. Vocals:‘Pussycat’ singers Toni Willé, Marianne Veldpaus and Betty Dragstra.
Mississippi.
Where you can hear a country song from far, And someone play the honky-tonk guitar. Where all the lights will go out one by one, The people join the song and the wind takes it away. Where the Mississippi rolls down to the sea, And lovers found the place they’d like to be. How many times before the song was ending? Love and understanding everywhere around. Mississippi, I’ll remember you. Whenever I should go away, I’ll be longing for the day, That I will be in Greenville again. Mississippi, You’ll be on my mind. Every time I hear this song, Mississippi roll along, Until the end of time. Now the country song forever lost its soul, When the guitar player turned to rock ‘n’ roll, And every time when summer nights are fallin’, I will always be callin’, dreams of yesterday. Mississippi, I’ll remember you. Whenever I should go away, I’ll be longing for the day, That I will be in Greenville again. Mississippi, You’ll be on my mind. Every time I hear this song, Mississippi roll along, Until the end of time. Every time I hear this song, Mississippi roll along, Until the end of time. END
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