
Singing the Fishing 3 pm on July 20th





‘It being on the 23rd of June / As I sat weaving all by my loom,
It being on the 23rd of June / As I sat weaving all by my loom,
A birdie sang on an ivy bunch /And the song he sang was a jug of punch
2024


Bean a Tí: Una Kane and Ann Riordan
Eva was born in Feakle and her parents Paula Carroll and Brian O’Rourke are both acclaimed singers. She began singing sean-nos and traditional songs in English in harmony with her mother. Moving to Dublin broadened Eva’s horizons and introduced a wide range of singers and musicians, and she started singing solo, greatly encouraged by her friend and fellow-guest, Meabh Mulligan. Eva has been a guest at the Frank Harte Festival, Drogheda Traditional Weekend and The Night Before Larry.
Meabh was born in Dublin and has a background which is steeped in traditional music and song from both sides of her family. On the singing side, she was heavily influenced by her grandfather Micil Ned and the rest of the Quinn clan of Mullaghbaw, County Armagh. Meabh has performed at many festivals and events both in Ireland and abroad all her life, and continues to do so with her band ‘The Len Collective’.







‘How oft I’ve watched him from the Hill move here and there in grace,
In Cork, Killarney, Thurles town or by the Shannon’s race,
‘Now Cork is bet; the hay is saved!’ the thousands wildly sing-
Don’t speak too soon, my sweet garsún, for here comes Christy Ring.’
A memory in tribute to our friend, the late Jimmy Smyth of Ruan
Our September 2022 issue of Sweet Nightingale is now available