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Philib​í​n Ó S​ú​illeabh​á​in Beara

from Hy Brasil, Songs of the Irish in Latin America by Charlie O'Brien

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    This heavyweight vinyl record comes with a download card (with 7 extra tracks), a limited pressing (of 250 copies) and a print of a poem "I Sacsaibh na Séad" by Eoghan Rua Ó Súilleabháin translated into Spanish.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Hy Brasil, Songs of the Irish in Latin America via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Gatefold cd with inlay card (lyrics book) and download card (with two extra tracks) included.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Hy Brasil, Songs of the Irish in Latin America via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • DVD

    The song "Marine Mambí" from "Hy Brasil" was the inspiration for this award winning feature length documentary which chronicles the life of Dynamite Johnny O' Brien.
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  • Full Digital Discography

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    Get all 13 Trouble or Fortune Records releases available on Bandcamp and save 20%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Waveleaplights, Bleak is the Pampa (single), The Pampa's My Home (single), Fire and Foam, "Macalla Chill Áirne" film soundtrack, Ordinary Surface (single), Hy Brasil (single), The Wine Dark Sea (single), and 5 more. , and , .

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about

Philibín ó Súilleabháin Beara-was the child of an Irish nobleman who, along with his family, left Ireland for Spain in 1602, never to return. Philibín became a scholar in Spain, and was commissioned by the Spanish government to write "A Natural History of Ireland"-a reply to some very influential propaganda written by Geraldius Cambrensis called Topographia Hibernica. Geraldius's tome was written to King Henry II of England, and was used as an effective carte blanche for the original invasion and syphoning off of Ireland to English control, the book was dusted off again in Elizabethan times to justify their reconquest of Ireland. Unfortunately Philibín's important writings were lost to history until recent times, when they were found in manuscripts in the University of Upsala in Sweden. Another O' Sullivan published the first volume of the translation (from the original Latin to English) in 2009. This song is a homage to Philibín.

lyrics

A bright flower of renown
In Spain sits to take it down,

Each lake, each bird that flies,
soaring to its heart’s delight.

Each wood, each glen,
Éin fláith, the world of men.

A flame, a lighting fire is set
A sleek salmon into a net,

A man who in knowing abounds
Itemising fish and fowl.

Philibín ó Suilleabháin Beara ag chuir Éireann in úil
Tine á lasadh sa dorchadas dúinn.

Cuile coill á thrácht níl Calafort ní traonadh faoi rún
Tine á lasadh sa dorchadas dúinn.

Each stream that gently flows
As into a roaring river goes.

Each flower that has a seed
Each glade, each leafed tree.

The Earl’s have gone across the sea
What is to be, will be.

A dying swan sings her song
And in doing so, lives on.

Philibín ó Suilleabháin Beara ag chuir Éireann in úil
Tine á lasadh sa dorachadas dúinn.

Cuile coill á thrácht níl Calafort ní traonadh faoi rún
Tine á lasadh sa dorchadas dúinn.

credits

from Hy Brasil, Songs of the Irish in Latin America, released December 10, 2019
Guitars, organ, voice - Charlie.

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Trouble or Fortune Records Killarney, Ireland

Trouble or Fortune is where myself, Charlie O' Brien's, music and film projects are found.

Besides my own work and collaborations, Japanese alt. folk artist, Mari Mochizuki, is the first formal addition to label.

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