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Care of your Bodhran
Now you have purchased your Paul McAuley Bodhrán its time to start and master the art of playing it. Like most things in Ireland, the origins of the Bodhrán have been lost in the mists of time. The drum was invented many years ago in Ireland and metamorphosis from a…
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Lammas Fair Ballycastle - 2013
This year our annual Lammas Fair will be held on Monday 26th and Tuesday 27th August 2013 (always held on the Last Monday and Tuesday in August). Visit Paul McAuley Bodhrán stall, Ann Street, just opposite the Northern Bank - where some of his bodhráns will be on display. Due to…
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Another Version of the famous Ould Lammas Fair Poem
The Lammas Fair
It’s Tuesday late in August with Autumn on the way
As Ballycastle wakens to greet another day
But today is rather special, feeling the magic in the air
The wild anticipation for today’s The Lammas Fair
The stalls are getting ready now, putting goods…
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Very old poem about Cushendun by John McCambridge
If only I were in Articoan
John McCambridge
If only I were in Articoan,
Near that mountain that is far away,
O King! My visit would be light-hearted
To the Cuckoos’ Glen on Sunday.
Chorus Agus och, och éirí ‘lig is ó
Éirí lionndubh is ó
‘Sé…
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Cessation of production
After a long time of weighing up the odds, Paul has decided, with a heavy heart, that the time has now come for him to retire from the making of his beloved Bodhrans.
We have thoroughly enjoyed our time making and meeting all our loyal customers from far and…
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