Colm de Bhailís [SEP] date of death
Colm de Bhailís
Colm de Bhailís (2 May 1796 – 27 February 1906) was an Irish poet, songwriter, and centenarian.
Biography.
De Bhailís was from Lettermullen, Connemara. A stonemason who traveled extensively throughout Ireland, he is believed to have lived for some time in Kilrush, County Clare, and Westport, County Mayo. "Amhrán a Tei" and "Cúirt a tSruthán Bhuí", were the best-known of the at least seventeen poems he is known to have written. He is
Byrne (c.1794–1863); world-renowned piper Tarlach Mac Suibhne (c. 1831–1916); poet and songwriter Colm de Bhailís (1796–1906).
Traditional music.
Irish traditional music includes many kinds of songs, including drinking songs, ballads and laments, sung unaccompanied or with accompaniment by a variety of instruments. Traditional dance music includes reels (4/4), hornpipes and jigs (the common double jig is in 6/8 time). The polka arrived at the start of the nineteenth century, spread by itinerant dancing masters and