Banna's banks
Caroline Brennan
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ExploreThe dewy dells of Yarrow (There was a man lived in the town …) A typed transcript based on Aidan O'Hara's field recording, with annotations and corrections by the collector.
| Creator | O'Hara, Aidan |
| Date | 6 August 1978 |
| Publisher | Irish Traditional Music Archive |
| Location | Branch, St Mary's Bay, Newfoundland, Canada |
| Subject | Newfoundland: Singing in English |
| Language | English |
| Collection | Aidan O'Hara Collection |
| Type | Text |
| Extent | 2 p. |
| Copyright | Aidan O'Hara |
| Roud Number | 13 |
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Banna's banks, song (As down by Banna's Banks I strayed one evening in May …) This 18th-century broadside ballad is more commonly known as “Molly Asthore.” Composition is credited to Wexford politician George Ogle (1739–1814). The protagonist of the song wanders by the shore (Co Kerry), thinking back on an estranged lover. Caroline Brennan learned this song from her grandmother.
| ITMA Reference | 54059 |
| Creator | Brennan, Caroline, singing in English, singing in Irish |
| Contributor | O'Hara, Aidan |
| Date | 2 May 1976 |
| Publisher | Irish Traditional Music Archive |
| Location | Ship Cove, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, Canada |
| Subject | Newfoundland: Song in English ; Newfoundland: Song in Irish |
| Language | English ; Irish |
| Collection | Aidan O'Hara |
| Type | Sound |
| Extent | 00:04:02 |
| Copyright | Performer and Aidan O'Hara |
| Roud Number | 4717 |
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![Emile Benoit, Bride and Patsy Judge, and Hugh Rowlings at the Judge's in St John's, Newfoundland / [unidentified photographer]](https://images.itma.ie/imager/images_itma_ie/NewfoundlandExhibition/255525_98a7f61c16bd472551bf72344845a6ee.jpg)
Bride (sitting) and Patsy Judge (right) with Song collector Hugh ‘Hoodie’ Rowlings (standing) and legendary Port au Port Peninsula fiddler Émile Benoît (left). The group were photographed in folklorist Kenneth Goldstein's house in St John's during the 1977 or '78 Folk Festival in Bannerman Park.
| ITMA Reference | 255525 |
| Creator | Unidentified photographer |
| Contributor | Rowlings, Hugh |
| Date | [August 1977/78] |
| Publisher | Irish Traditional Music Archive |
| Location | Kenneth Goldstein's house, St John's, Newfoundland |
| Subject | Newfoundland: Singing in English ; Newfoundland: Instrumental Music |
| Collection | Aidan O'Hara Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Extent | 1 digital image |
| Copyright | Hugh Rowlings |
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The Brave volunteer, song (One cold stormy night in the month of December …) A typed transcript based on Aidan O'Hara's field recording, with annotations and corrections by the collector.
| Creator | O'Hara, Aidan |
| Date | 4-5 October 1975 |
| Publisher | Irish Traditional Music Archive |
| Location | Branch, St Mary's Bay, Newfoundland, Canada |
| Subject | Newfoundland: Singing in English |
| Language | English |
| Collection | Aidan O'Hara Collection |
| Type | Text |
| Extent | 2 p. |
| Copyright | Aidan O'Hara |
| Roud Number | V3259 / 9784 |
| View in ITMA catalogue: | Go to catalogue |
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Eta Nash performing at a benefit concert in Memorial University’s Little Theatre (1976). The benefit was organised in response to a fire at the O’Brien homestead, just outside of St. John’s. Seated (left to right): Dermot Roche, Gerald Campbell, Mary Power.
| ITMA Reference | 255617 |
| Creator | O'Hara, Aidan |
| Date | January 1976 |
| Publisher | Irish Traditional Music Archive |
| Location | O'Brien Benefit Concert, Little Theatre, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's, Newfoundland, Canada |
| Subject | Newfoundland: Singing in English |
| Collection | Aidan O'Hara Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Extent | 1 digital image |
| Copyright | Aidan O'Hara |
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