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A gaelic title

A gaelic title

Hello

I am searching for informations about a slow air : "the bright lady", which has been play on the pipes by Willie Clancy, and also by Padraic Mac Mathuna.

I would like to know its gaelic title(s), and where could I hear it?

Could anybody help me?

Thanks a lot.

# Posted on November 10th 2005 by Mattaeus

Re: A gaelic title

Would it be Aisling Gheal, you're thinking of by any chance but then this roughly translates as 'bright vision' or 'bright dream'.

# Posted on November 10th 2005 by the wounded hussar

Re: A gaelic title

Possibly, an bhean gheal or an cailín geal

# Posted on November 10th 2005 by buzzer

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"Eibhlí gheal chiún ni Chearbhaill", prehaps? recorded variously by Chieftains (III), Dick Gaughan as the solo break in Flowers of the Forest, and most astoundingly notably by John Martyn on a an (expletive deleted) leslied electric guitar?

# Posted on November 10th 2005 by reedy grins

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I love the cut John Martyn does- guitar isn't leslied; its the speakers and the speakers rotate to get that out of phase/in phase sound- way cool. My kids always love that tune.

ps-I play that on my uilleann pipes sans Leslie speakers ;-)

# Posted on November 10th 2005 by I_Fel

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Willie Clancy got the Bright Lady from Leo Rowsome, who also recorded it in the 1930's.
Leo got it from the P. W. Joyce collection. I think the Irish title, as Joyce has it, is
'An Bean Alainn Geal" which is "The Beautiful Bright Lady"
or it could be just An Bean Geal, lit. The Bright Lady.
There are no words to go with the melody.
Tommy

# Posted on November 10th 2005 by tompipes

Thank you

Thank you for these informations ! :-)

# Posted on November 11th 2005 by Mattaeus

Re: A gaelic title

Is this, by any chance the same as "bean a'leanna" which is a beautiful slow piece on Oisin MacDiarmada's album. I have been looking for the sheet music for this.

# Posted on November 12th 2005 by Lalonde

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"Leslied electric guitar"

So it's the "Father Ted" theme then?

# Posted on November 12th 2005 by Owell Mabee

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