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Fire Draw Near

Ian Lynch
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    The Old Man from Lee

    10/08/2026 | 46 mins.
    This episode looks at the ballad The Old Man from Lee aka the Old Man from Over the Sea aka The Young Lass Contra Old Man aka The Carle He Came o'er the Croft aka The Auld Carle aka the Dottered Auld Carle aka I'll Not Have Him aka The Old Man from Over the Sea aka His Old Grey Beard Kept Waggin' aka Overshoes and Leggin's aka Old Gum Boots and Leggin's aka The Old Black Booger aka The Old Man aka The Baillie of Berwick aka Old Grey Beard.

    Artwork by Stag and Serpent

    Tracklist

    Uncle Eck Dunford – Old Shoes & Leggins
    Otis High – Old Gray Beard A-Flappin'
    Betty Garland – Old Gum Boots and Leggings
    Lawrence Older – Old Shoes and Leggings
    Jeannie Robertson – The Dottered Auld Carle
    Pipe Major Bill Hepburn - Leaving Port Askaig
    Frankie Armstrong – The Old Man from over the Sea
    Jane Turiff – Wi His Grey Baird Newly Shaven
    Avice Clarke – Head a Nodding
    Gordon Hall – Old Grey Noddle
    Grace Notes – Old Man from Lee
    Jon Wilks – There was an Old Man Came Over the Sea

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    LXVI

    08/06/2026 | 1h 6 mins.
    Episode LXVI concentrates on iterations of the traditional within a modern context. At some times it is a soft embrace, at others a collision. There are songs and tunes from many parts of the world. It is a journey. Don't be scared.

    Caitlin Finley and Will Woodson – The Plains of Boyle - Lawson's
    Doireann Glackin & Sarah Flynn – Mrs Galvin's Hornpipe - Grace's Favourite
    Barren – Sonny's Mazurka
    Aoife Nic Diarmada – Liam Ó Raghallaigh
    Teppana Jänis & Arja Kastinen – Vanha Valssi
    Kapela Kotra – Zialony Haj - Зялёны Гай
    Jim Ghedi – The Hungry Child
    Sam Grassie – Return to Fingal
    Macdara Yeates – De May Bush
    The Standing Stones featuring Iona Zajac and Daragh Lynch – Twa Sisters
    Nuovo Canzoniere Partigiano – The Partisan
    Caitlin Finley & Will Woodson – Willie Taylor's March - The Harp That Once Through Tara's Hall

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    The Dark Eyed Sailor

    26/05/2026 | 1h 3 mins.
    This episode looks at the ballad The Dark Eyed Sailor aka Fair Phoebe and Her Dark Eyed Sailor

    Tracklist

    Phil Tanner – Fair Phoebe and Her Dark Eyed Sailor
    Fred Jordan – The Dark Eyed Sailor
    Walter Pardon – The Dark Eyed Sailor
    Lou Killen – The Dark Eyed Sailor
    Steeleye Span – The Dark Eyed Sailor
    Kate Doherty (Denery) – Dark Eyed Sailor
    Christy Moore – The Dark Eyed Sailor
    Luke Kelly – The Dark Eyed Sailor
    Michael Barden – The Dark Eyed Sailor
    Andrew King and Brown Sierra – The Dark Eyed Sailor
    The Norman Luboff Choir – The Dark Eyed Sailor

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    FDN LXV

    27/03/2026 | 1h 10 mins.
    Episode LXV (and not LXX!!!) has songs and tunes, old ones and new ones, drink and meat, hares and pigs, parties and funerals, sacrifices and tributes.

    Tracklist

    Bryan O'Leary – I’ll meet you on a day that never ends / The Ballinahulla Butterfly / Tranquility in Tureencahill
    Tim Lyons and Fintan Vallely - The Price of the Pig
    Vidd – Stor sak om världen hatar mig
    Sarah Makem – I Courted a Wee Girl
    Cormac Cannon, Lamond Gillespie and John Blake – Bunker Hill / The Hare's Paw
    Nellie Weldon – My Love is a Well
    Seamus Heaney and Liam O’Flynn – The Given Note / Port na bPúcaí
    Jimmy Crowley – Johnny Jump Up
    Shove The Pig’s Foot A Little Further Into The Fire / Juliann Johnson
    Patrick Boyle – Clasped To The Pig
    Topette – Bal Limousines - A Bastien / Les Maries
    Nimf – Solar Excess Sacrificial Ecstasies

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    FDN LXIV

    20/12/2025 | 1h 18 mins.
    This one features more gems from my recently unearthed music collection, songs of protest, songs of love, songs of dark magic, as well as more proggy folk rock than you've ever heard in one single episode. It is respectfully dedicated to the memory of Margaretta D'Arcy who sadly passed away last month. Rest in Power. X

    https://www.mickmoloneyfilm.com/

    Tracklist

    Margaretta D'Arcy - The Great Gas Giveaway
    Jimmy O’Brien Moran – Slip Jigs / Kiss In The Shelter / Jig Polltog / Cuma Liom
    Barry Gleeson – Love's Old Sweet Song
    Arbete Och Fritid – Ganglat Efter Lejsme Per Larsson, Malung
    Folk Och Rackare – Bältet
    Emma Capponi – Small Birds Whistle
    Dorothy Carter – The King of Glory
    The Johnsons – The Dublin Jack Of All Trades
    Mick Moloney – McNally's Row Of Flats
    Mick Moloney & Joe McKenna – Sean Reid's Favourite / Toss the Feathers
    Donal Finn – The Ballad of Pat the Chief
    Clod – Scrumping and Rumping
    Mardi Gras Indians – Red White and Blue Got the Golden Band
    The Trojans – Gaelic Ska
    Jimmy O’Brien Moran – All The Way To Galway / Jenny Put The Kettle On
    Cití Seáin Ní Chuinneagáin – Bá Phroclaise
    Aoife Nic Dhomhnaill & Liam Lonergan – Báthadh Bhroclaise / Sliabh Mis / Whiskey-O-Roudelum-Row
    Barry Gleeson – The Girls Along The Road

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Fire Draw Near is a monthly podcast and radio show which investigates Irish traditional music and song in all of its myriad forms. https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear
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