Minutes: Friday, May 10 2024

Friday, May 10 2024. The Friary Centre, Cook Street.

We sang 21 songs, declared that is was Bb night, pondered the possibility of a Sacred Harp rap feud (in the manner of Kendrick Lamar and Drake), posited the theory that De Quervain tenosynovitis is caused by French-style four and/or beating time (Sacred Harp wrist, like tennis elbow), and debated whether Sacred Harp is a form of improv jazz (it is as we sing it, oho).

Niamh Madigan: 131b Invocation
Desmond O’Flynn: 35 Saints Bound For Heaven
Claire O’Flynn: 30b Prospect
Dermot Murray: 84 Amsterdam
Dermot Peel: 102 Fulfillment
Niamh Madigan: 82t Bound For Canaan
Desmond O’Flynn: 73t Cusseta
Claire O’Flynn: 72b Bellevue
Dermot Murray: 162 Plenary
Dermot Peel: 163t Morning
Niamh Madigan: 187 Protection
Desmond O’Flynn: 155 Northfield
Rosalind Woods: 276 Bridgewater – Not 377!
Claire O’Flynn: 354b Happy Land
Annie Flynn: 142 Stratfield – In the Dermot Key Peel.
Dermot Murray: 163b China
Dermot Peel: 299 New Jerusalem
Niamh Madigan: 436 Morning Sun
Tara Walsh: 171 Exhortation
Desmond O’Flynn: 183 Greenwich
Rosalind Woods: 146 Hallelujah – In honour of fainting.

Minutes: Friday, May 03 2024

Friday, May 03 2024. The Friary Centre, Cook Street.

We sang 26 songs, learned many interesting geographical facts about British Columbia (limited sheep! Wine regions!), and embraced our inner Paddington Bear and enjoyed marmalade sandwiches.

Dermot Peel: 89 The Church’s Desolation
Niamh Madigan: 111b To Die No More
Desmond O’Flynn: 168 Cowper
Penelope: 59 Holy Manna
Ewa Lichnerowicz: 474 Mount Desert
Claire O’Flynn: 350 Nativity – For Tom and Linda, on the birth of thei great-grandchild Yelena.
Dermot Murray: 535 Shawmut
Mariana: 146 Hallelujah
Patrick: 81t Beach Spring
Dermot Peel: 388 The Happy Sailor
Niamh Madigan: 542 I’ll Seek His Blessings
Penelope: 47b Idumea
Desmond O’Flynn: 496 The Rock That is Higher Than I – Verses, like road signs, are mere suggestions.
Ewa Lichnerowicz: 454 The Better Land – a Bb Major song appreciated by Ewa.
Claire O’Flynn: 101t Canaan’s Land
Annie Flynn: 86 Poland
Dermot Murray: 547 Granville
Mariana: 274t The Golden Harp
Patrick: 282 I’m Going Home
Sean: 300 Calvary
Dermot Peel: 344 Rainbow
Dalibor: 99 Gospel Trumpet
Niamh Madigan: 348b Fleeting Days – Abraham Lincoln’s handwriting practice song.
Penelope: 186 Sherburne – With bonus Rudolf.
Desmond O’Flynn: 148 Jefferson – Books dropped thanks to “rock” slap: 0, just about.
Ewa Lichnerowicz: 236 Easter Anthem – The Lord, like Claire’s bread, was risen indeed.

2024 Dublin All-Day Sacred Harp Singing

Come and sing with us on the Saturday before the first Sunday in July!

Beginners very welcome, no experience necessary and loaner books will be available. Join for part or all of the day.

Full details on our 2024 All-Day page.

2024 All-Day

Minutes: Friday April 26, 2024

We sang 24 songs, felt very E minor, and were presented with ample amounts of baked goods and items of business.

Niamh Madigan: 102 Fulfillment*
Ailish McMahon: 42 Clamanda*
Desmond O’Flynn: 217 Ballstown
Dermot Murray: 547 Granville*
Annie Flynn: 163b China
Claire O’Flynn: 29t Fairfield
Andrew: 117 Babylon Is Fallen* – Fallen down the (W.E.) Chute.
Dermot Peel: 445 Passing Away – In honour of jury duty, “must I be to judgement brought..?”
Sultan: 209 Evening Shade*
Niamh Madigan: 332 Sons of Sorrow* – Verse 3 by popular demand.
Ailish McMahon: 89 The Church’s Desolation
Ewa Lichnerowicz: 500 Living Hope* – In honour of a principal who finally made up his mind. All agreed that people with ethics are very shady.
Desmond O’Flynn: 161 Sweet Home
Anna: 334 Oh Come Away
Dermot Murray: 495 The Midnight Cry
Annie Flynn: 159 Wondrous Love
Desmond O’Flynn: 276 Bridgewater
Andrew: 47b Idumea
Dermot Peel: 153 Resurrected
Sultan: 430 Arbacoochee
Niamh Madigan: 227 Ode on Life’s Journey
Tara Walsh: 180 Vermont*
Ailish McMahon: 127 Green Fields
Ewa Lichnerowicz: 183 Greenwich*

*E minor songs = 9

Minutes: Friday April 19, 2024

Friday April 19, 2024. The Friary Centre, Cook Street.

We sang 22 songs, paid tribute to Taylor Swift’s new album and made great use of The Hot 62 list.

Dermot Peel: 39t Detroit
Niamh Madigan: 155 Northfield – Fly (Taylor) Swift around.
Desmond O’Flynn: 59 Holy Manna – Taylor’s raking in the money, like manna.
Claire O’Flynn: 348t Ainslie – For Taylor, time is Swiftly rolling on.
Dermot Murray: 268 David’s Lamentation
Sultan: 89 The Church’s Desolation
Alex: 496 The Rock That is Higher Than I
Anna: 47b Idumea
Andrew: 457 Wayfaring Stranger
Ewa Lichnerowicz: 521 Parting Friends – Part of the parting series.
Annie Flynn: 188 Spring
Dermot Murray: 101t Canaan’s Land – Congratulations to Rachel Peel who passed her driving test and therefore is ready to “steer through life’s tempestuous sea”.
Niamh Madigan: 460 Sardis – For Mike Morrisroe’s aunt Eilish.
Tara Walsh: 180 Vermont
Annie Flynn: 181 Exit
Desmond O’Flynn: 99 Gospel Trumpet
Ewa Lichnerowicz: 414 Parting Friend – Just one friend!
Claire O’Flynn: 313b Cobb
Dermot Murray: 37b Liverpool
Rosalind Woods: 91 Assurance
Alex: 425 Golden Streets
Anna: 448b The Grieved Soul
Andrew: 168 Cowper
Sultan: 30t Love Divine
Dermot Peel: 474 Mount Desert

COVID-19 Further Update

On October 9^th 2020 we held a meeting to discuss how we would organise singing going forward, taking into account Resilience and Recovery 2020-2021: Plan for Living with COVID-19 published by the government in September 2020. The recording of that meeting is available – please get in touch here or email sacredharpdublin@gmail.com if you would like to view it.

We have published two new documents on our WordPress site:

• Singing Safely Checklist: sets out a list of activities we will carry out before, during and after singings
• COVID-19 Singing Attendance Form: to be completed by anyone attending a singing

Our future singings will be run in line with these documents.

The health and safety of our singers is extremely important to us, and we thank you for your co-operation and understanding.

COVID-19 Update

From 29 July Ireland will enter Phase 3 of easing COVID-19 restrictions. Singing is permitted subject to specific guidance published by the government: https://www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://assets.gov.ie/77452/39d51b02-5633-4e2f-a070-4551a3521081.pdf#page=7 We are keen to ensure the health and safety of our members and the general public and will follow these guidelines.

We will not be resuming our regular Friday night singings during Phase 3 as our venue has been used for other, very worthy, causes and it is not currently available to us. During Phase 2, some of our regular members have been trialing outdoor gatherings of fewer than 15 people, maintaining distance and wearing face masks. Our experience with this is that we can sing successfully and safely but due to weather and other people in the area we are not able to guarantee that singings will go ahead. For that reason, we will not publish times and dates of planned singings. If you are interested in attending, please get in touch with me or one of the other singers and we can discuss when and how we can sing together. As always, we are delighted to welcome beginners and newcomers (and old friends!).

Sacred Harp Singers of Dublin

All Day Cancellation

Friends, we are sorry to cancel our All-Day singing on 4th July due to COVID-19 and associated safety restrictions. However, we look forward to singing with you all again in the future.

Suspended Singing

Our regular Friday singings will also be suspended during April, and until further notice.

Please keep an eye on the Facebook, Meetup or WordPress sites for when we will resume.

Keep well, and thanks.

 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/sacredharpdublin/

 

Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/SacredHarpDublin/

 

WordPress: https://sacredharpdublin.wordpress.com/

Pause in singing for March 2020

Hi everyone, we will not be holding our regular Friday singing during the month of March. Please keep an eye on the Facebook, Meetup or WordPress sites for further updates.

Thanks.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/sacredharpdublin/
Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/SacredHarpDublin/
Wordpress: https://sacredharpdublin.wordpress.com/