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This was the region in County Clare, Ireland where my paternal great great grandfather Michael O'Loghlen lived. He was born in 1811 near Corofin on the edge of the Burren. It is an incredibly hard and desolate area, a sprawling area of bare limestone rock, parts of which remind me of the face of the moon. Yet in the harshness, there is a beauty that transcends whatever man has done to subdue it. The language spoken in the region is Gaelic.

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An Bhoireann - (The Burren)
(Irish Gaelic language)

Flease de speartha liath (cuir - bainfear mas cuirfear)
brat baisti ró fhuar (cuir - bainfear mas cuirfear)
susa chré bhocht tanaí fós - fós tháinig siad - ag treabh
is le toil bua.

D'eitrigh carraig crua (cuir - bainfear mas cuirfear)
i bhfoscadh faoi chlocha (cuir - bainfear mas cuirfear)
chuir an chre scainte fós - fós thainig siad - le hór
is duil sa tiarnas.

Caught 'tween the heaven and the sea
you must dance to the piper and the tune.
On, on you watch as each holds sway
and they dance on the sad face of the moon

Caoineadh na bpaisti (cuir - bainfear mas cuirfear)
fuil is dúnmharú (cuir - bainfear mas cuirfear)
do chuir sibh na hocrai fós - fós thainig siad - le claiomh
is caointe cráite.

Caught 'tween the heaven and the sea
you must dance to the piper and the tune.
On, on you watch as each holds sway
and they dance on the sad face of the moon

(English Translation)

A garland of grey skies (sow - they will reap all they sow)
a mantle of too cold rain (sow - they will reap all they sow)
a blanket of poor thin soil still - still they came ploughing
with the will to win.

Furrowed the hard rock (sow - they will reap all they sow)
sheltered under stones (sow - they will reap all they sow)
planted the scanty soil still - still they came - with gold
and the will to rule.

The crying of the children (sow - they will reap all they sow)
the blood and the murder (sow - they will reap all they sow)
you buried the hungry still - still they came - with swords
and desolate crying.

credits

from In the Home of my Ancestors, released September 17, 1997
Gavin O'Loghlen : Electric guitars, drums, percussion, Prophet, Arp and Roland keyboards, whistles, vocals
Angelee Theodoros : Lead vocals
Jacqui Yeo : Vocals
Anne Dormer : Fretless bass

Music and words written by Gavin O'Loghlen
Gaelic translations by Cáit Wallace

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Cotters Bequest is a seven piece progressive Celtic band playing 28 instruments including Highland, Uilleann, Northumbrian and Scottish smallpipes, Irish whistles, violin, cello and accordion wrapped in layers of acoustic and electric guitars, vintage keyboards and rich vocal harmonies.

In the style of "a Celtic King Crimson..a Pink Floyd with bagpipes.. with a sprinkling of Peter Gabriel."
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