Celtic Lamb, The Item Info
- Title:
- Celtic Lamb, The
- Sound Cloud:
- Description:
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This track comes from the CD To The Dance Floor, released in 2006 by a Rhode Island-based group called The Gnomes. Among its members is Phil Edmonds, the composer of this beautiful tune. Phil and I went to the same school in Killaloe, where we learned to play the tinwhistle, and Phil's father, Eddie Edmonds, was one of my secondary school teachers. The words below are taken from the notes to their CD:
'The Celtic Tiger is the term referring to the system of economics and way of life in Ireland for the past several years. While it has resulted in much wealth for many people (not all), the Celtic Tiger is devouring Irish Culture. Wherever money and material possessions become a priority, the quality of life decreases. Phil wrote this air, "The Celtic Lamb", hoping that Ireland, and all of us, will move towards a more sustainable and gentler lifestyle.'
It gives me great pleasure to have another Killaloe man associated with this collection. Thanks, Phil, for the tune, and thanks to the rest of the band for their participation in this project. - Publisher:
- Séamus Connolly, Boston College Libraries
- Creator:
- Edmonds, Phil Torch, Cathy Clasper Read, Otis
- Type:
- Some transcriptions are based on historical source recordings. More info.
- Subjects:
- Folk music Penny whistle music Fiddle tunes Airs Edmonds, Phil
- Playlist:
- Playlist 04
- Collection:
- Airs
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- Edmonds, Phil ;Torch, Cathy Clasper ;Read, Otis, "Celtic Lamb, The", The Séamus Connolly Collection of Irish Music, accessed July 10, 2025, https://library.bc.edu/ds/connolly/document/541.html.
- Reference Link:
- https://library.bc.edu/ds/connolly/document/541.html
Rights
- Rights:
- This website was created through a partnership with Séamus Connolly and the Boston College Libraries (2016). All materials on this site may be freely shared and adapted according to the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.