Large square oil painting on canvas. Based on photos and sketches taken at a bodhrán-playing competition in County Limerick. It got noisy. But there was still time for romance. Happy Valentine's Day! #art #irishtrad #Irishmusic #wrenboys #lovelimerick #beatofthebodhrán #orlaclancycontemporaryart
Once more for the day that’s in it - Lá an Dreoilín - The Boys of Barr na Sráide...
#LáAnDreoilín #AnDreoilín #huntingthewren #wren #thewren #WrenDay #wrenboys #StStephensDay
10/11
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Beannachtaí #LáAnDreoilín daoibh go leir!!
9/11
#wrenboys #thewren #wrenday #huntingthewren #LáFheileStiofáin #AnDreoilín #siannollaigí #wren #ststephensday #geimhreadh #Stephenses
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But where is the wren?
Where is Dreoilín?
He flies through the bushes,
Doesn’t want to be seen.
7/11
#wrenboys #thewren #wrenday #huntingthewren #LáFheileStiofáin #AnDreoilín #siannollaigí #wren #LáAnDreoilín #winter #ststephensday #geimhreadh
A magpie, a blackbird,
A tit in a tree,
But nowhere I look
That wee wren can I see.
2/11
#wrenboys #thewren #wrenday #huntingthewren #LáFheileStiofáin #AnDreoilín #LáAnDreoilín #siannollaigí #wren #bog #rain #fog #winter #ststephensday #geimhreadh #Stephenses #magpie #blackbird
On #LáAnDreoilín,
By the moor and the bog,
I went to hunt the wren,
In wind and rain and fog.
1/11
#wrenboys #thewren #wrenday #huntingthewren #LáFheileStiofáin #AnDreoilín #siannollaigí #wren #bog #rain #fog #winter #ststephensday #geimhreadh #Stephenses
🎶 Ever heard of the Wren Boys?
On St. Stephen’s Day, they march through towns in costume with music and dance. 🇮🇪✨
Read more at: zurl.co/yFdet
#WrenBoys #IrishTraditions #IrishChristmas #StStephensDay
It's St. Stephen's Day but for certain parts of the country, it's Wren Day! Find out all about this ancient Irish tradition on my blog:
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#wrenday #wrenboys
🎶 Ever heard of the Wren Boys?
On St. Stephen’s Day, they march through towns in costume with music and dance. 🇮🇪✨
Read more at: zurl.co/yFdet
#WrenBoys #IrishTraditions #IrishChristmas #StStephensDay
Two large square oil paintings on canvas. Based on photos and sketches taken at a bodhrán-playing competition in County Limerick. It got noisy. #art #irishtrad #Irishmusic #wrenboys #lovelimerick #beatofthebodhrán #orlaclancycontemporaryart
Wren Boys
Historically, and up until the mid-20th century in many parts of rural Ireland, groups of men and boys hunted a wren on Saint Stephen's Day.
#folkloresunday #folklore #wrenday #wrenboys #ireland #irishfolklore
#folklore #folkloresky #pagan #witchy #druidsky #pagansky
Two large square oil paintings on canvas. Based on photos and sketches taken at a bodhrán-playing competition in County Limerick. It got noisy. #art #irishtrad #Irishmusic #wrenboys #lovelimerick #beatofthebodhrán #orlaclancycontemporaryart
Beannachtaí #LáAnDreoilín daoibh go leir!!
6/6
#WrenDay #AnDreoilín #WrenBoys #huntingthewren #LáFhéileStiofáin
#síannollaigí #wren #ststephensday #geimhreadh #Stephenses
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Ah, there’s that rascal Dreoilín,
The flighty little wren!
And in his wake the red robin,
So spring will come again.
5/6
#LáAnDreoilín #WrenDay #AnDreoilín #WrenBoys #huntingthewren #LáFhéileStiofáin
Wood pigeons aloft are squawking,
As grey geese wet their feet.
A Parliament of Fowls is talking
More sense than Kildare Street.
4/6
#LáAnDreoilín #WrenDay #AnDreoilín #WrenBoys #huntingthewren #LáFhéileStiofáin
Two swans abreast, a magpie broadcasts,
A heron stands watch by the stream.
High in a tree, a pigeon at last
Stirs and awakes from its dream.
3/6
#LáAnDreoilín #WrenDay #AnDreoilín #WrenBoys #huntingthewren #LáFhéileStiofáin
The jay in his tree, a crow on the grass,
A blackbird rakes in the leaves,
A tit in the branches high above,
But not one wren can I see.
2/6
#LáAnDreoilín #WrenDay #AnDreoilín #WrenBoys #huntingthewren #LáFhéileStiofáin
One winter’s day, my course was set,
To tramp the grey, the cold, the wet,
All through the bog, and o’er the fen,
To hunt #AnDreoilín, the wren.
1/6
#LáAnDreoilín #WrenDay #WrenBoys #huntingthewren #LáFhéileStiofáin
Inniu Lá an Dreoilín.
For the day that’s in it...
“The wren, the wren, the king of all birds...”
#LáAnDreoilín #WrenDay #WrenBoys #huntingthewren #LáFhéileStiofáin #AnDreoilín
youtu.be/Fov5HTEJDdk
The #Wrenboys will be out again on St Stephen's Day 26th December at 12pm.
The Pier Head ,Blackrock, #Cork.
The corruption of #WrenBoys is another #waronsolstice plot given it's obvious pagan origins #waronchristmas lols
