Brian and Ciaran Warfield's Rambling Irish Balladeers Podcast

This episode opens with The Banks of The Ohio a song about murder and a great river in the USA - we talk about the song and other songs that were Wolfetone B Sides along with the Puck Fair, The Galway Races, The Wild Atlantic Way and the GAA championship. We especially remember young Rocco Travers who sadly passed away this week and play out with the Big Strong Man in remembrance of the battle he put up against the evil of cancer.

After 2 weeks away we are back with an episode named after the 5th track on the 1966 Wolfetones Album Up The Rebels - we talk about Banna Strand, Roger Casement, trip to Spain, GAA, Euros, and plenty of ramblings too.

The episode title this week comes from The 1966 Up The Rebels Album. It is a song the was written by the blind Dublin street poet and balladeer named Michael Moran otherwise known as Zozimus. We talk about the song, about Zozimus about the Woletones part in the Theatre pplay about Zozimus called Zoz which was performed in The Olympia Theatre in Dublin. We talk of Golf, The Euros, GAA and Stonehenge myths and legends. So come join us on our ramble

This week we focus on the song The Dying Rebel from the 1966 Wolfetones Album Up The Rebels - we talk about the song, Ciaran doing a live gig online, Newgrange and Knowth, Brexit, The Euro's. The closing out music is The Wolfetones Song The Crossing about the Holocaust and Catalpa's Bloodied Crimson Field about Bloody Sunday in Croke Park.

Episode 17. Tri Coloured Ribbon song number 2 off The Wolfetones 1967 Album Up The Rebels. The Song was adapted by Peader Kearney and Brian talks about the 50th Anniversary Easter Rising commemoration and meeting Eamonn De Valera. We talk about Glasnevin. Famine Villages and the Euros. The music this week is The Tri Coloured Ribbon, The Lough Sheelin Eviction. We also have a new song that Ciaran wrote along with Thomas Goulding which is a rough recording to provide a sample for an upcoming charity gig. We play out with the great Rebel County of Cork song Skibereen.

This week we start a new series of podcasts for The Wolfetone's album from 1966 called Up The Rebels. This weeks featured song is The Man From Mullingar. We talk about the song about the lockdown issues surrounding Dublin's city centre about favourite live gigs ever. We also feature a song from Catalpa's first album Breaking the Mould and a song called The Hot Asphalt - we play out with the song Brian wrote for the 1916 Centenary called The Road To The Rising and this was recorded Live in The City West Hotel with The Celtic Symphony Orchestra.