Traidisiúin béil na Gaeltachta agus na Gaeilge. Iarla and Eoghan Ó Lionaird from Baile Mhúirne perform a traditional song.
A festival in Camus, Connamara celebrates the oral traditions of the Gaeltacht. Agallamh beirte is a poetic rhyming dialogue which has its origins in poetic contests. When two poets met on a fair day they would try to out do each other in verse.
Broadcaster Tomás Ó Ceallaigh from Baile Mhúirne in the Muscraí Gaeltacht has been one of the judges at the festival. As he explains, the lúibín is a melodic form of agallamh beirte.
Comhrá beirte a bhaineann véarsaíochta agus ceol rince.
Brothers Eoghan and Iarla Ó Lionaird from Baile Mhuirne perform a lúibín which is based on the events of a night out.
This dramatic art which combines poetry, music and humour enjoyed much popularity from the 1940s to the 1960s. During that time people such as Peataí Thaidhg Pheig and Diarmuid Ó Riordáin from the Muscraí Gaeltacht were regular performers at Oireachtas na Gaeilge, an annual festival which celebrates every aspect of traditional culture in Ireland.
This episode of ‘Iris ‘90’ was broadcast on 25 March 1990. The reporter is Maireád Ní Nuadháin.
The Irish language series 'Iris' (meaning 'journal' or 'magazine') was first broadcast on 19 February 1985.
Presented by Michael Davitt and Maireád Ní Nuadháin it featured a wide range of topics. Its main focus was on issues affecting Gaeltacht communities and Gaeilgeoirí but it also contained reports on the arts, traditional music and current affairs.
Reporters were Maireád Ní Nuadháin, Michael Davitt, Eamon Ó Muirí, Pat Butler, Eoghan Ó Tuairisc, Breandán Ó Tuairisg, Áine Ní Ghlinn and Brídóg Ní Bhuachalla.
The series was produced by Cian Ó hEigeartaigh and Tony MacMahon, Brian Mac Lochlainn, Aindreas Ó Gallchóir, Michael McCarthy, Gerry Murray, Donall Farmer, Mícheál Ó Conaola and Tish Barry. 'Iris' ran until 1990.
