DALRIADA

BRING BACK THE FERRY! . ............................................................ ............................................................ . "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 . ............................................................ ............................................................ . "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 . ............................................................ ............................................................ . "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 . ............................................................ ............................................................ . ""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 . ............................................................ ............................................................ . . ............................................................ ............................................................ . 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 . ............................................................ ............................................................ . Background Photo By IrishViews.com
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