Brian and Ciaran Warfield's Rambling Irish Balladeers Podcast

This weeks episode features the Wolfetones Song Down By The Liffeyside a song about Ireland in the 1920'swhose words were written by Peader Kearney who also wrote the Irish National Anthem. We talk about the art of song writing and of Wolfetones Songs featured in Hollywood Movies. We talk of the GAA, The Olympics and Celtic FC. So come and join us on our ramble.

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.

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.

This week we feature the song Roisin Dubh the 15th and final Song on The Wolfetones First Album The Foggy Dew - we also feature a song from Catalpa's very first album Breaking The Mould and a song sung by Phil King and Ciarán and is a cover of a Damian Rice's song called Lonely Soldier. We talk about song contests in Tralee and session playing at the Rose of Tralee. We look back over the album and we talk about lock down whats next for The Wolfetones and what our next step will be for the podcast.

This weeks show is song number 14 from the 1965 Wolfetone's album The Foggy Dew. A song called The Boys of Wexford. On this weeks show we are joined by Bernard and Neil Warfield. Bernard has performed with a few bands over the years - The Round Towers, Hatch and he is currently a member of Paddy's Dream. Bernard gives us his background on his musical career including working with a Heritage Group based in The Liberties including a project about the Lock Out in 1913.We also chat about his gigs at Italia 1990 and we introduce three songs from Paddy's Dream - The Beggin Ass (Written by Bernard) The Boys of Barr Ná Sraide and we play out with an original song called The Corkman's Ramble.Apologies for the background noise - its the first time we have had 4 guests and a few errors were made on my part (Ciaran)