Interview with Bartley Connelly on An Sceilpín Draighneach (The Hawthorn Bush) (I)

Date recorded: January 29, 1951
Contributor(s): Performer: Roberts, Robin; Performer: Connelly, Bartley; Recordist: Lomax, Alan

Subject(s):

Genre: interview/commentary

Culture: Gaelic, Ireland, Irish

Instruments: voice

Setting: Unspecified hotel

Location: Carna, County Galway, Ireland

Physical form: Reel to Reel

Tape number: T3289

Track Number: 3

Archive ID: T3289R03

Note: Discussion of "An Sceilpín Draighneach (The Hawthorn Bush)." Robin Roberts asks Bartley Connelly which single song he would take with him to a desert island – he chooses this and tells the story of the song.

Belongs to: Carna 1/51

About the session: Alan Lomax wrote: "Limerick, Seamus behind in Kenmare catching up on his drinking, phoned arrangement to meet at night in Colm Keane's, Galway, Carna, hotel, tried for C. Keane with police sergeant while RR [Robin Roberts] and JM remained in hotel, 1st recorded Connelly and McDonagh, quarrel with manageress.... Corridor maids standing around."

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