"NORTH ANTRIM CULTURE & HERITAGE FORUM":
WHETHER YOU ARE A LOCAL RESIDENT OF NORTH ANTRIM, ARGYLL, BUTE AND LOCHABER, OR SIMPLY ARE INTERESTED IN THIS BEAUTIFUL PART OF THE WORLD AND IT'S FASCINATING HISTORY, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE CULTURE AND TRADITIONS OF THIS REGION, YOU ARE VERY WELCOME TO VISIT MY "NORTH ANTRIM CULTURE & HERITAGE FORUM": http://northantrim.proboards84.com/index.cgi
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"THE TERRITORY OF DALRIADA ROUGHLY CORRESPONDS TO THE AREA OF MAINLAND SCOTLAND SETTLED BY EPONYMOUS MIGRATORY TRIBES FROM THE ANTRIM COAST AROUND 500AD;": http://www.dalriadaproject.org
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LOOKING FROM ANTRIM OUT TO RATHLIN & ARGYLL:
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THE FERRY TO RATHLIN ISLAND!:
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GIANTS CAUSEWAY & DUNLUCE CASTLE:
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THE CARRICK-A-REDE ROPE BRIDGE:
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BUSHMILLS:
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BEING BALLYCASTLE ~ PART 1:
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BEING BALLYCASTLE ~ PART 2:
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BEING BALLYCASTLE ~ PART 3:
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BEING BALLYCASTLE ~ PART 4:
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BEING BALLYCASTLE ~ PART 5:
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BEING BALLYCASTLE ~ PART 6:
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ULSTER HERITAGE (1961) - PART 1:
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ULSTER HERITAGE (1961) - PART 2:
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MAUREEN HEGARTY:
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JOHN HUGHES ON UILLEANN PIPES & ME ON FIDDLE:
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ROBERT WATT
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LEN GRAHAM:
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Myself with Joe Ryan & Kathleen Smyth:
BRING BACK THE FERRY!
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"DAL RIATA (ALSO DALRIADA OR DALRIATA) WAS A GAELIC OVERKINGDOM ON THE WESTERN SEABOARD OF SCOTLAND WITH SOME TERRITORY ON THE NORTHERN COASTS OF IRELAND. IN THE LATE 6TH & EARLY 7TH CENTURIES IT ENCOMPASSED ROUGHLY WHAT IS NOW ARGYLL AND BUTE AND LOCHABER IN SCOTLAND AND ALSO COUNTY ANTRIM IN IRELAND."
DALRIADA ~ WIKIPEDIA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dál_Riata
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"THE FIRST SETTLERS FROM THE IRISH TRIBE OF DAL RIATA IN COUNTY ANTRIM ARRIVED IN ARGYLL AROUND 400AD. THEY WOULD HARDLY BE NOTICED BY THE PICTS. THERE HAD ALWAYS BEEN CONTACT WITH IRELAND - AFTER ALL, THE MULL OF KINTYRE IS ONLY 12 MILES FROM THE EMERALD ISLE."
KINGDOM OF THE SCOTS: http://www.rampantscotland.com/know/blknow_dalriada.htm
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"DALRIADA WAS FIRST THE NAME FOR THE LAND IN NORTHERN IRELAND. FOUNDED BY CAIRBRE RIADIA WHO SETTLED IN THIS AREA, AND LATER, THE NAME WAS APPLIED TO THE SCOTTISH AREA WHERE ANGUS, LORNE AND FERGUS SETTLED."
IRISH DALRIADA: http://macinnes.org/dalriada.php
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""DALRIADA WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT AND IMPORTANT OF THE CELTIC MARITIME KINGDOMS, STRETCHING FROM THE NORTH ANTRIM COAST TO THE MULL OF KINTYRE, THUS UNITING THE COUNTRIES OF IRELAND AND SCOTLAND. ALTHOUGH NOW SHROUDED IN MYTH AND LEGEND, THERE IS LITTLE DOUBT THAT IT PROVIDED POLITICAL AND CULTURAL LINKS ACROSS THE SEA OF MOYLE, WHICH HAVE PERSISTED DOWN THROUGH THE AGES UNTIL TODAY."
THE NORTH ANTRIM DALRIADA GROUP: http://www.nacn.org/dalriada/index.htm
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TRACK DETAILS:
1: RATHLIN AIR / RATHLIN REEL:~ TWO TRADITIONAL TUNES.
2: THE PEAT FIRE FLAME / BRAES O' TULLYMET / SCARCE O' TATTIES / DRUMMOND CASTLE:~ SET OF TRADITIONAL SCOTTISH TUNES
3: THE HAZEL / THE CLAYMORE:~ TWO TUNES I WROTE FOR CONCERTINA TO CELEBRATE TWO FERRIES WHICH RAN FROM ANTRIM TO ARGYLL.
4: CAPTAIN O'KANE / FERMANAGH MARCH
5: LOGAN'S AIR / MACHRIHANISH / LOGAN'S FLING / THE PILOT'S WHISTLE: 4 TUNES I WROTE FOR OLD TARBERT FRIEND, LOGAN MACKIE-CAMPBELL.
6: SALMON TAILS / JIMMY ALLAN / MUNSTER GALLOP: THREE POPULAR NORTHUMBRIAN TUNES
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Background Photo By IrishViews.com Layout By IrishMyspace.com
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Hi Dick thanks for all your help Canterach had a good wee trip with great tunes,pints and crack hope to see you over in Campbeltown sometime soon cheers Ross.
Hi Dick, You obviously know my home area pretty well. Haven't seen Jack for a while as he is in the U.S.A. just now but I bumped into George Haig a couple of weeks ago. Small world. Kinross is not in Fife though ;-)
Hey Dick, thanks for the lovely compliment, was great seeing you all and playing some tunes even if only for one night. We had and amazing week in Miltown, met some lovely people, learnt loads, played lots of tunes and got no sleep.... Its all good... Anyhow, I'll make stern attempts to be over again in less than 3 years.... :)
Hey hey, I was just about to stop by and say that me and my pal will be coming your way for a tune on Thursday...but she got there first! I'm just too slow me, see you Thursday! Kat :)
hello hello hello, we're hopping on the ferry to ireland on thursday so should see you in the springhill on thursday night. :D Stephanie says she'll be there too. See you thursday. Eilidh :D
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We appreciate the request, Dick; and we sure have a lot in common...like your version of 'peat fire flame'. Vonnie from 2 Bits (hammered dulcimer and piano). We're upper left in the photo.
Dick, Thank you for the add request. Peregrines are amazing creatures! I can only imagine how truly awesome it must be to watch them in such a setting! As you know there is no experience that matches that of working with any raptor! I am truly blessed to be have the opportunity to work with such magestic creatures.
Dear Dick, You've a lovely version of Captain O'Kane. I've not been up your way in donkey's years, but it's surely on of the most beautiful places on earth. Thanks for getting in touch. All the best, Brenda
Hello Dick, how are you? good news! Myself and my friend Katherine, who I've noticed is in your top friends, will be invading Ireland at the beginning of July! Prepare to run and hide now..... :) Anyhow, we're heading for Clare but thought we spend our first night in Antrim which is looking likely to be a thursday and I know your the man with the knowledge of the sessions. :) If memory serves me true on our last visit tunes were in portstewart on a thursday. Is this still the case? Can't wait to say hello again. :)
Well thank you very much Dick! THats mightily appreciated! I will need every one possible - everybody is so good! At least Terry Wogan isn't commentating..........!! Le gach deagh dhurachd Fi
wow! On that trip, we did our gig and went to bed. Him and his mates stayed up all night drinking and refused to leave the next morning until after the off-license opened and then in B'castle he wouldn't take any pay until we had played a few tunes in the local pub! Aaargh...
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