The stars of Ballymenone / Henry Glassie; photography, drawings, and design by the author; compact disc, Stories and songs of South Fermanagh, Henry Glassie and Doug Boyd.

Author/creator Glassie, Henry, 1941-
Other author Boyd, Doug.
Format Electronic
EditionNew edition.
Publication InfoBloomington : Indiana University Press, 2016.
Description592 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects

Variant title Title on compact disc: Stories & songs of South Fermanagh
Contents 1. Remains -- Our district of the country (photographs) -- 2. Ballymenone -- 3. Fermanagh -- 4. Northern Ireland -- 5. Carrying on -- 6. Stars in the dark -- 7. Michael Boyle -- 8. Hugh Nolan -- 9. Peter Flanagan -- 10. Dwelling in time -- An epic of common life (photographs) -- 11. The fireside -- 12. The Ceili -- 13. Saints -- 14. Saint Columcille -- 15. Battles -- 16. Black Francis -- 17. Experiences -- 18. Fairy tales -- 19. Ghost stories -- 20. Exploits -- 21. The gift of wit -- 22. Tales in the Ceili -- 23. Public performance -- 24. The twelfth in the town -- 25. A night at Swad.
Contents Compact disc. A lovely country. 1. "The Duke of Leinster" / John Joe Maguire (1:10) ; 2. "The Fermanagh song" / Martin Crudden (2:33) ; 3. Saint Patrick on Inishmore / Hugh Nolan (2:52) -- A country mystery. 4. "The London lassies" / John Joe Maguire (1:15) ; 5. Fairies and forths / Peter Flanagan (3:17) ; 6. Fairies, forths and warnings / Ellen Cutler (2:27) ; 7. Taken away by the fairies / Peter Flanagan (4:57) ; 8. Inishkeen's on fire / Ellen Cutler (1:49) -- A country of conflict. 9. "We guard old Derry's walls / Ellen Cutler (0:18) ; 10. Drums on the twelfth / Enniskillen, 1972 (2:20) ; 11. Rapparees / Hugh Nolan (0.56) ; 12. "The wild rapparee" / Patricia Rooney (2:05) ; 13. "The green volunteers" / Martin Crudden (2:35).
Abstract In the time of the Troubles, when there were bombs in the night and soldiers on the road, Henry Glassie journeyed to the Irish borderland to learn how country people endure. He settled into the farming community of Ballymenone, beside Lough Erne in the County Fermanagh. He asked questions, and he listened. For a decade he heard and recorded the stories and songs in which they outlined their culture, recounted their history, and pictured their world a world which, in their view, was one of love and defeat and uncertainty, demanding faith, bravery, and wit. In his award-winning "Passing the Time in Ballymenone", Henry Glassie set out to write a comprehensive ethnography of the community. Now, after decades of work in Asia, in Turkey and Bangladesh, in India and Japan, Glassie has returned to Ireland, using his skills as an observer, a listener, a writer, in an effort to understand how poor people in rural places suffer and laugh and carry on while history happens. Glassie's task in "The Stars of Ballymenone" is to set the scene, to sketch the backdrop and clear the stage, so that Hugh Nolan and Michael Boyle, Peter Flanagan, Ellen Cutler, and their neighbors can tell their own tale. "The Stars of Ballymenone" is an integrated analysis of the complete repertory of verbal art from a community where storytelling and singing of quality remained a part of daily life. The book includes a CD so the voices of Ballymenone can be heard at last. -- Provide by publisher.
General noteNotes to the compact disc (pages 517-557).
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 558-583) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Date/time/place of a event noteCD: recorded, compiled, and produced by Henry Glassie and Doug Boyd.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
Other titleStories and songs of South Fermanagh.
LCCN 2017302470
ISBN9780253022547 (paperback)
ISBN0253022541 (paperback)
ISBN(ebook)
ISBN(ebook)
ISBN0253347173 (HDCD)
ISBN9780253347176 (HDCD)

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