Fleadh Down in Ennis, The Item Info
- Title:
- Fleadh Down in Ennis, The
- Sound Cloud:
- Description:
- In 1956, Robbie McMahon from Spancilhill in County Clare composed this song about the All-Ireland Fleadh Cheoil held in Ennis that year. When it is sung today, it is a wonderful piece of musical history, as it is also a litany of the names of musicians who are no longer with us. It was these people, during a time when it was not popular to play Irish music, who kept the music alive for all of us to enjoy today. Listen and see how many names you can recognise. They are enshrined for all time in this song, as is the memory of Robbie McMahon himself.
- Publisher:
- Séamus Connolly, Boston College Libraries
- Creator:
- McMahon, Robbie
- Type:
- Some transcriptions are based on historical source recordings. More info.
- Subjects:
- Folk music Folk songs, English
- Playlist:
- Playlist 02
- Collection:
- Songs and Mouth music
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- McMahon, Robbie, "Fleadh Down in Ennis, The", The Séamus Connolly Collection of Irish Music, accessed June 4, 2025, https://library.bc.edu/ds/connolly/document/705.html.
- Reference Link:
- https://library.bc.edu/ds/connolly/document/705.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.