A fantastic evening of music, song & story from the ‘Binneas Collection’ to mark the end of the digitisation phase supported by ‘The Heritage Council of Ireland’. The venue was packed and numerous people took part in the performance including a group of school children from Scoil Náisiúnta Chillín Liath who sang ‘The Great German Plane’ & ‘Bó na leath adhairce’.
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Saturday 15th November 2025 8.30pm
Binneas Presents an evening of local Music & song from the Binneas Collection at Dromid Community Centre.
The evening will showcase some of the recently digitised material from the Binneas Collection that was supported by the Heritage Council of Ireland grant.
Free admission, Refreshments & Chat afterwards.
All welcome.
This evening is supported by Kerry County Council
Binneas have created a series of digital maps to aid people to geographically engage with some of the content in the Binneas Collection. More pins will be added to the maps over time. This project has been supported by ‘The Heritage Council.
"Buachaill óg ó Rinin a dhein a' dán seo nuair a bhí a mhuinntear ag chur d'fhiachaibh air
cailin nár thaitin leis a phósadh"
Collected from Muirris Ó Rioghardáin, Baslickane (age 70)
"A young boy from Rinín wrote this song when his people were forcing him to marry a girl he didn't like"
This song is part of the Dan Courtney collection. It was sung by one of P. Walsh’s past pupils, as he was about to depart to the U.S.A. It is not known at this time if it is a composition of Courtney’s but it is likely that he had an input in it. The Glen that is referred to is Toorsaleen and Coomaspeara. The reference in verse eight to ‘buying up the news’ refers to the ‘News of the world’ newspaper, a scandalous publication at that time, but in much demand.
Ten more Mikeen McCarthy Interviews uploaded to the Binneas website.
Composed by ‘Mick McQuaid’, The Crow’s Nest, Caherciveen.
This was one of the nom de plumes used by Mr D O’Neill of Caherciveen who was a regular contributor in some of the Kerry Newspapers.
The ballad of Tinker Tom is a composition of Donal P O’Shea of Cahersavane. A collection of his compositions have recently been digitised for the Binneas Collection and will be available shortly.
This comes from a collection of compositions from Con Barry (Cahersiveen). These compositions have been recently digitised.
This song was composed by Molly Coffey in October 1975. It describes the nights at the local Kenneigh dance hall that has long since closed. This song was performed at the concert to mark the conclusion of the digitisation phase supported by the Heritage Council of Ireland. The concert was supported by Kerry County Council.