Sounds of the O'Briain Low Whistle

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I’m regularly asked how people might hear the O’Briain Low whistle, before buying. Here’s a couple of new ways…

  1. Buy the new album ‘The Long Grazing Acre’ by Paddy Keenan and Tommy O’Sullivan, and listen to Paddy play the O’Briain Low whistle on tracks 5 and 9.

  2. Follow the link to my ‘more sounds’ page, where you you can download short extracts from both tracks.

http://www.shannaquay.com/generic.html?pid=2

Steve

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StevePower, thanks for the URLs - I will check them out as I am interested in the wshitle. BTW - how do you pronounce (in English) Mr. Ó Briain’s first name, Cillian?

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On 2002-02-26 12:50, garycrosby wrote:
BTW - how do you pronounce (in English) Mr. Ó Briain’s first name, Cillian?

Many Irish names or words being with ‘C’ have a ‘hard’ ‘C’ sound. So, Cillian is Kill-ee-an. Cipin, as another example,(which is a word sometimes used for a Bodhran beater - and refers to a small piece of firewood) is pronounced Kip-in.

Take care

Steve

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Oh, and I forget the most obvious example (and often misprounced - at least in in Ireland) use of the hard C. In Ireland, ‘Celtic’ becomes Kell-tick, not sell-tick.

Mind you, I’ve always referred to the Glasgow football team as ‘Sell-tick’, but I’m not sure why!

Steve

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Thank-you Steve!