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Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin

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Ennis, Ireland

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A leading authority on Irish culture and heritage, Dr Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin is a 5th generation Irish traditional musician, scholar and former member of the legendary Kilfenora Céilí Band. In the simpler days of childhood, master musicians would call to his family home in the West of Ireland, to share tunes and stories over bottomless cups of tea and his mother's famous brown bread. They were eye-witnesses to extraordinary political, religious and cultural changes throughout the country.

His long awaited book, 'Flowing Tides: History and Memory in an Irish Soundscape' (Oxford University Press, 2016) brings their stories to life and with Gearóid's signature style weaves them into the broader historical narratives of Irish life– connecting the ...more

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	O'Brien Pocket History of Irish Traditional Music (Pocket History series) 3.94 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1998 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Short History of Irish Traditional Music 4.04 avg rating — 28 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flowing Tides: History and Memory in an Irish Soundscape 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Irish Migrants in New Communities: Seeking the Fair Land? by Mícheál Ó hAodha (Editor), Máirtin Ó Catháin (Editor), Malcolm Campbell (Contributor) did not like it 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Encyclopaedia of Music in Ireland[BOXED-ENCYCLOPAEDIA MUS-IRE-2V][Boxed Set] by HarryWhite, Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Québec et l'Irlande (Le): Culture, histoire, identité by Simon Jolivet, Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin (Goodreads Author), Isabelle Matte 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Green Grows the Laurel’ recalls the Irish contribution to the Mexican-American War of 1845-47. (It has been suggested that the Mexican term gringo derives from the title of this song, such was its popularity along the front line.)”
― Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin, O'Brien Pocket History of Irish Traditional Music

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