DAL gCAIS - I N D E X

Vol 1 (1975)

Dal gCais:its Origins Muiris Ó Rocháin Henry Blake Fr. Seamus O’Dea Brian Merriman Muiris Ó Rocháin Corbally: Forgotten Village Joe Heinrichs & Harry Hughes Return of the Islander Brian V. Mooney The Deer Tom Laffan Angling in West Clare Waters Jack Shine The Concertina Muiris Ó Rocháin The Atmosphere of Harry Hughes The Hidden of West Clare Muiris Ó Rocháin Festival Time in Clare Michael Fitzpatrick When? Where? What? Joe Heinrichs Eugene O’Curry: The Neglected Scholar Muiris Ó Rocháin : An Apercu Brian Mooney Some Botanical Aspects of the Miltown-Malbay Area Seán Ó Muineog An Historic Island Muiris Ó Rocháin The Economic & Social Conditions of an East Clare Parish John Walsh What’s Wrong with Coalition? Brian Farrell Peninsula: Some Observations and Thoughts Joe Heinrichs The Concept of Regionalism Harry Hughes & Joe Heinrichs Clare Architecture: Past and Present Joe Heinrichs & Aidan O’Sullivan A Castle Rich in History Angela Griffin : the Man and his Music Muiris Ó Rocháin & Harry Hughes

Vol. 2 (1976) Hearing of the Hard Times Knute Skinner James Mc :The last of the Bards Muiris Ó Rocháin The Crabtree Inn Monastic Sites at Killaloe Aidan O’Sullivan Sandhills James Liddy The Fergus from Burren to Shannon Joe Heinrichs The American Parcel William Cotter Murray Caint Duthaigh Sráid Na Cathrach Muiris Ó Rocháin A Poet in the Making Harry Hughes Traditional Arts & Crafts The Pipe Makers Micheál Ó Lochlainn Petrie & the Music of Clare Breandan Breathnach Two Poems Brian V. Mooney Two Poems Ned Sweeney Willie Clancy: His Life and His Music Seamus Mac Mathuna Sean Reid: a Self Portrait Interview: Muiris O Rocháin & Harry Hughes The Pipes in Ireland Brendan Breathnach The Collective Voice IORRUS John Williams The Irish Post Dermot Kelly Shannon Record Dave Kennedy

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The Old Home (Poem) P.M. Kenny Smaointe I bhFad o Bhaile An tAthair Donncha Ó Moronaigh Ocean Blues Jim Shannon Inherited Ruth Mungovan To You in its Simplicity Gerardine Rush Community Revival Joe Heinrichs Co-Op An tAthair Seamus O’Dea Towns & Villages Dr. Ivor Browne Trial Clare: Facts & Figures Joe Heinrichs

No. 3 (1977) The Festival of Lughnasa on Mount Callan Gearoid Ó hAllmhuráin The Light of Other Days Molly Ewen From POULSALLAGH to the BLACKHEAD Joe Heinrichs Two Poems John Kelly Four Poems Knute Skinner Community Development ( a report commissioned by the William Nolan North West Clare Development Assoc. Poems James Liddy Proselytism in West Clare 1837 ( Samuel Lewis) Art in Clare Peadar McNamara Ailwee Cave David Drew and its Burren Centre Michael Mulqueeney Perfumery Brian V. Mooney Romanesque High Crosses Aidan Ó Sullivan Convent Brendan Howard Kilmacduagh Monastic Settlement Joe Heinrichs Junior Crehan Remembers Patrick Kelly: the man and his Music Seamus Mac Mathuna At the Clare Folk Club Four Poems Sevrin Housen Poems Brian Mooney Edison’s Echo in Clare An tAthair Seamus O’Dea Joe Mikey McMahon Tom Munnelly Origin and Influence in the Piping of Willie Clancy Jackie Small Francis O’Neill Collector of Irish Music Brendan Breathnach

Vol. 4 (1978) The Lawrence Photographs: Clare 1880-1910 Peadar McNamara A Look into Lewis How it Was: Some Impressions of Country Life Junior Crehan, John Guerin and Ben Hurley Two Poems Noel Mulqueeney Romanesque Doorway-Dysert O’Dea Aidan O’Sullivan Francis Bindon (1698-1765) Portrait Painter and Architect Gerald O’ Connell Folk Museum in John S. Kelly Senan of Gearoid Ó hAllmhuráin Clare Elections to 1918 John Corry The Battle of John Kelly Merrimen on Merriman Donal Foley

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Five Poems James Liddy Two Poems Brian Mooney Tom Lenihan Traditional Singer Tom Munnelly Pakie Russell of Doolin Michael Coady From John Joe Lynch to Jimmy Ward: The Musical Heritage of Kilfenora Bruce De Ve: Journey into Tradition Seán Reid: An Appreciation Martin Talty

No. 5 (1979) A DEATH IN WINTER AND BLUESTONE Poems by Edward Power Burren Snow (a Poem) Donal Ó Murchu Moher (a poem) Michael Coady A Clare Feeling Ed. Power Burren Rocks P.J. Curtis The First Night (a Short Story) Michael Coady Fifty Years of Sean Nós Singing in Clare An tAthair Seamus O’Dea The Life and Times of John Kelly (Book Review) Traditional Music in Ireland by Tomas Ó Martin Talty Canainn Dancing in Ireland from 1700 Brendan Breathnach Bye-Ways in the Burren Joe Heinrichs Burren for the Archaeologist Etienne Rynne Daniel Huony, Admiral of the Royal Navy of Spain Rev. Francis J. Litton The Battle of Dysert O’Dea Katherine Simms Cill Scaoithin alias Killstuipheen Francis J. Litton The in Co.Clare Michael Mac Mahon Mount Callan House and Estate (An extract from the diary of Col. George Charles Synge (Nov 1877-Mar 1880).

Diary of Farmer Lucas of Ruan Francis J. Litton Michael Cusack Liam Ó Caithnia Clare Bogs and canals John Walsh Aspects of the Economy and Society in 19th Century Clare Gearoid Ó Tuathaigh Stephen Joseph Meaney a forgotten Clareman Gerald O’ Connell A Guide Book to Clare (John Lloyd’s Tour in 1780) Fergus Callan

No. 6 (1982) Reluctant Rebel: the Story of Francis Lysaght Esq. United Irishman Francis J. Litton John Singleton Copely R.A Gerald O’Connell P.J.Linnane: his role in a changing Ireland Seán Spellissy Canoes and Fishermen in West Clare Ignatius Murphy Edward Bennett Flan Enright In Search of John Philip Holland Martin Coen Corporal Works (a short story) Michael Coady Two Poems Edward Power James Joyce: the Dublin Wingman Hubert McDermott Jamesy’s Vision (a short story) Edmund Lenihan From a Burren Hill (a poem) P.J. Curtis The Piper Hugh Mc Curtin Hugh Mc Curtin

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The Church and Dancing in Ireland Brendan Breathnach Johnny Patterson the Rambler from Clare Harry Bradshaw The Nature of Ireland’s Traditional Song Tom Munnelly A Review of Some Clare Music on Recent Records Roly Browne Review of Michael Flanagan’s Record Tom Munnelly Quilty Long Ago Marcus Walshe and John Fennell Poems Noel Mulqueen & Danno Coote Two Poems James Liddy Seamus Delargy and North Clare Máire MacNeill Paddy Sherlock’s Stories Three Poems Desmond Ó Grady Eamon De Valera in 1917 David Fitzpatrick Tomás O Tighearnaigh agus a chuid Bhéarsaiochta Seamus Ó Frighil

No. 7 (1984) Priests and Political Activity in Co. Clare 1800-1829 Ignatius Murphy Five Poems Edward Power Cormac Mac Carthaigh Tess Breslin Five Poems Noel Mulqueen Patrick Fallon Last Bishop of Kilmacduagh & Kilfenora 1805-1879 Martin Coen Divided Lives: Men and Women in the Fiction of Edna Michael O’Gorman O’Brien Poems Chris Walsh Rural Inheritance in 19th Century Clare & Maurice McGuire Seamus Ennis Brendan Breathnach Martin Talty. An appreciation. Ciarán Mac Mathuna Stopping by a Clare Graveyard in Drunken Moonlight (a Michael Coady poem) The Irish Ceilidhe Band-a Break with Tradition Barry Taylor Strawboys in West Clare Emery Vaillant Marty O’Malley-the Spirit of the Country House Harry Hughes & Tom Munnelly Seosamh Ó Heanai Tom Munnelly The Ui Briain and the King of England 1248-1276 Aoife Nic Ghiollamhaith The Peculiar Case of peter Comyn Francis J. Litton Peter Comyn – A Victim of History Flannan Enright Three Poems James Liddy Peter the Packer – a man for the times Seán Spellissy

No. 8 (1986) Editorial Four Poems Noel Mulqueen Fr. Michael Comyn, Parish Priest of and Ignatius Murphy The Diary of John Clancy of Islandbawn, Miltown- Rev Frank Litton Malbay The Misfortunes of an Emigrant Francis J. Litton Three Poems Michael Coady The Fergus Estuary: Reclamation and the life of a Seán Spellissy River Pilot Brendán Breathnach: a Reminiscence Pat Mitchell Brendán – a personal Memoir Tom Munnelly

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Padraic Mac Mathuna Muiris Ó Rocháin The Fiddler from Barry Taylor Seamus Ennis in Clare Angela Bourke On the Road with Seamus Ennis Prionnsias Ó Conluain The Long Song Singer Tom Munnelly Clare Concertinas Roly Browne James Stephens and his Concertina Billy Loughnane An tSiudain: Fianaise ar a Logainm Padraig Ó Cearbhuill Poems Michael Mac Domhnaill and Eddie Lenihan Poems P’J. Curtis and Eddie Stack The Lore of the Sea in Bairbre Ni Fhloinn 4 Poems Fred Johnston

No. 9 (1988) Irish Origins of An Australian Emigrant David Fitzpatrick Transportation from the Clare Spring Assizes of 1849 Flannan Enright A Strangely Familiar Place Anne O’ Connor Poems Moya Cannon Poems Edward Power A Seventeenth Century Description of Clare Chris O’MAHONY and Brian Ó Dálaigh A West Clare temperance Movement Ignatius Murphy Book Reviews Ciarán Ó Murchadha Athbheochain na Gaeilge i gCill Mhic Creichhe Seamus Ó Frighil The Ceili Band Barry Taylor Early BBC attitudes to , Music and Culture Prionsias Ó Conluain The Liverpool Ceili band Seán McNamara Mikey Kelleher of Quilty Jim Carroll and pat Mackenzie Willie Clancy, his Life and Music Pt Mitchell A Heritage Abroad Brendan Mulkere Poems Michael Coady Philip II of Spain’s Enterprise of England John de Courcy Ireland Desmond Society after the Norman Invasion Tess Breslin Poems Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, Mark Roper, M.F. O Conchúir

No. (10) 1991 The Richest Commoner in Clare, Sir Donough O’ Brien Ciarán Ó Murchadha 1642-1717 Some Seamen of Clare Birth or Descent John de Courcey Ireland A Town for Sale: Landlord-Tenant Relations in Kilkee in Ignatius Murphy the 1860s Three Poems James Liddy Stephen Joseph Meaney Joseph Power Lucht Scríofa Lamhscribhinní I gContae an Chláir san 18 hAois Eílís Ní Dheá Mícheál Coimín: Gaelic Poet of Miltown-Malbay Muirs Ó Rocháin Poems John Doorty, Nora Fahy Thomas Hayes of Diarnuid Breathnach, Máire Ní Mhurchú The Musical Heritage of Mrs. Crotty Michael Tubridy The Song of the Chanter Eamon Brophy Tom Lenihan-Appreciation Tom Munnelly Nora Cleary, Appreciation Tim Dennehy

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John Kelly Eamon Mc Givney Dan O’ Dowd Liam McNulty Traditional Music and Politics-a Musician’s Opinion Fintan Vallely The Love Songs of Connemara Rionach Ní Ógáin Seán Reid 1907-1978 A pivotal Role in Traditional Music Mick O’Connor Poems P.J. Curtis, Chris Walsh, Sinead Spellissy An Outside Part of the World-the Combers and Australia David Fitzpatrick Warped Minds, Grim Moralities-an appraisal of the novel ‘Michael Joe’ Harry Hughes

No. 11 (1993) Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy The Macnamaras of Doolin and Michael Mac Mahon Music from a Timeless Place Eugene Lambe The Sorcerer’s Apprentice P.J. Curtis The Plough P.J. Curtis Making the Cure in Clare Cyril Ó Céirín Whistling a to a Milestone David Fitzpatrick The Forge on Chapel Street and Elegy for Brendan Edward Power and William Cotter Murray Under the Earth I Go Hamish Henderson Three Yards a Penny Alf MacLochlainn Tomás Ó Miocháin Brian Ó Dálaigh Country Cycles and Country Dances John Joe O’Loughlin and Jimmy Ward Litany of the Wag-Tail Dermot Healy Playing it Solid and Straight-a talk with Peadar O’ Loughlin Willie Clancy Paddy o’ Brien Newcomers in the Lordship Bernadette Cunningham 3 Poems Deaglán Tallon Seamus Ennis Paddy O’ Brien The Mist Covered Mountain Vincent Vallely 3 poems Michael Coady The Inmates of Public Institutions 30 March 1851 Pat Flynn

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