Ceol and Craic with Antaine Ó Faracháin and Nollaig MacCarthaigh
Join us to celebrate Seachtain na Gaeilge with Antaine Ó Faracháin and Nollaig Mac Cárthaigh joining Fingal Irish Officer Bernie Kelly. Ceol, craic and singing live on Zoom.
Bígí linn ar Zúm chun Seachtain na Gaeilge a cheiliúradh le Antaine Ó Faracháin agus Nollaig Mac Cárthaigh in éineacht le Bernie Kelly Oifigeach Gaeilge.
Beidh ceol, craic agus amhránaíocht beo ar Zúm. Book on https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/seachtain-na-gaeilge-le-antaine-o-farachain…
Just to get you in the mood for this evening Antaine has shared a video and the words of a beautiful Sean Nós song ‘Bog braon don seanduine’
Is féidir an físeán a fheiceáil ag: You can view a video of Antaine singing it here:
PDF with the words and an introduction to 'Bog braon don seanduine'.
Words on WORD document 'Bog braon don seanduine'
Seo mar a labhair sé faoi:(This is what he says about it)
Is amhrán beag simplí é an t-amhrán ‘Bog braon don seanduine’. Tá na focail simplí agus tá an ceol simplí freisin. Ach ceapaimse go bhfuil sé go hálainn. Is suantraí é. Ciallaíonn ‘suantraí’ amhrán a úsáidimid chun leanbh beag a chur a chodladh. Ciallaíonn an focal ‘suan’ codladh. Os rud é gur suantraí é caithimid é a chanadh go deas ciúin. Cabhraíonn sin leis an leanbh titim ina chodladh. Ach cé hé an seanduine san amhrán seo? Bíonn an aghaidh atá ar leanbh cosúil leis an aghaidh atá ar sheanduine uaireanta, go speisialta nuair a bhíonn siad ina gcodladh. Is é an ‘seanduine’ atá i gceist san amhrán seo ná an leanbh beag mar sin!
(The song ‘Bog braon don seanduine’ is a simple little song. The lyrics are simple and the music is simple too. But I think it’s beautiful. It is a lullaby or a suantraí. ‘Suantrais’ means a song we use to put a small child to sleep. The word ‘suan’ means sleep. Since it is a lullaby we have to sing it pretty quietly. This helps the baby to fall asleep. But who is the old man in this song? The face of a baby is sometimes like the face of an old man, especially when they are asleep. The ‘old man’ in this song is the little baby like that!)
