Mike O'Laughlin at the Irish Roots Cafe

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  • jmcollier
    jmcollier: Dia dhuit, a Mhichil. Michael Collier here.
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    jmcollier: I trust Dancing at the Crossroads is still doing some sean nos step dancing as well as the standard stuff. Maith thu/. How about a set or two?
  • jmcollier
    jmcollier: Sure. I'd love to come back for some more dancing, sets (quadrilles) ar an sean nos. How's the dancing at Drexel Hall, on the floor of the new Cultural Center there?
  • jmcollier
    jmcollier: I've loved waulking songs since I first heard and was taught one or two back in Berkeley in the 80s, but that's a new one on me.
  • jmcollier
    jmcollier: Will be in Ireland, dancing a lot, mid July to mid Aug.
  • jmcollier
    jmcollier: Oiche mhaith. Go n-e/ri an bother libh,
  • jmcollier
    jmcollier bought reward: "an .mp3 of one of my songs in Irish (Gaeilge)."
  • IrishRootsCafe
    IrishRootsCafe: Thanks Michael. Kiernan will help promote your dancing in KC, with her group . Will you be free then April/May/ June/ late August.... That walking song was Gaol ise Gaol i, (She's my Love). Our lead for that song was stuck in school tonight
  • jmcollier
    jmcollier: Dia dhaoibh, o/Michael. You're loud and clear.
  • jmcollier
    jmcollier: maith thu/. An mhaith an damhsa sin.
  • jmcollier
    jmcollier: That tune, The Girl i left Behind Me, is as universal as a tune can get. It's everywhere.
  • jmcollier
    jmcollier: The tune is a good Clare polka, for polka figures in Clare sets.
  • jmcollier
    jmcollier: Bearna is a gap, like in a ridge or line of hills.
  • jmcollier
    jmcollier: Bhaoil (do I have the spelling right?) is 'of danger'.
  • jmcollier
    jmcollier: There is the town of Bearna just west of Galway City, on the coast of Galway Bay.
  • jmcollier
    jmcollier: All dancing is good. Set dancing is best, and old sets in old styles are the best of all. Donegal couples dances are mostly simple and fun too.
  • jmcollier
    jmcollier: Such songs or poems were not written down by the poet, but only remembered and recited of sung.
  • jmcollier
    jmcollier: Got the mp3. nice.
  • jmcollier
    jmcollier: Sla/n is 'health'. Leat is 'with you' as you leave. Agat is 'at you' as you stay. Both are singular.
  • jmcollier
    jmcollier: Go raibh mi/le maith agaibh go le/ir.
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    ~The Irish Roots Cafe~
    Mike began singing in Irish 6 years ago. Since then, The Irish Roots Cafe band put on the first all Irish language song show of its kind in the mid-west, and played live on stage in 2014 at the Dublin, Ohio Irish Festival; at the Scottish Highland games in Riverside, MO.; at the Harvest Fair for Jacobs Vineyards in Kirksville; and at... more

    ~The Irish Roots Cafe~
    Mike began singing in Irish 6 years ago. Since then, The Irish Roots Cafe band put on the first all Irish language song show of its kind in the mid-west, and played live on stage in 2014 at the Dublin, Ohio Irish Festival; at the Scottish Highland games in Riverside, MO.; at the Harvest Fair for Jacobs Vineyards in Kirksville; and at Browne's Irish Street Faire. (see our Irish Roots Cafe FB page for more)
    Mike has published 2 albums using Irish and English lyrics. His first ranked in the top 10 Traditional Irish Song albums of 2013 (via Tradconnect.com). His second album "Irish Old Style", was mastered in Dublin, Ireland and just released.

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