The Hammered Dulcimer in Ireland

[jenny4dulc]

Could that be 3rd - after Rick and me?
Jenny4dulc

[Dick Glasgow]

Here's an indication of just how really interested Irish musicians are, in Hammered Dulcimers.

You just have to check to see how many visits we've had from different countries over the last year. ....see below

You'll see that Ireland ranks 21 in terms of number of visits, behind countries like Nigeria, Japan, India & even Belgium ...... & with only one visit more than Singapore & Chile!

I wonder what John Rea would have to say about that!

Cheers
Dick

RESULTS of CLUSTRMAP @ 25/12/08:

Current Country Totals
From 26 Dec 2007 to 1 Dec 2008

United States (US) 2,006
United Kingdom (GB) 1,862
Switzerland (CH) 341
Australia (AU) 81
Germany (DE) 76
France (FR) 66
Canada (CA) 53
Greece (GR) 38
Nigeria (NG) 31
Portugal (PT) 30
Israel (IL) 25
Japan (JP) 25
Sweden (SE) 21
China (CN) 21
Netherlands (NL) 21
Italy (IT) 20
Spain (ES) 19
Denmark (DK) 18
India (IN) 15
Belgium (BE) 15
Ireland (IE) 14
Singapore (SG) 13
Chile (CL) 13
Romania (RO) 10
Hungary (HU) 8
Norway (NO) 8
Iran, Islamic Republic of (IR) 8
Taiwan (TW) 7
Brazil (BR) 7
Pakistan (PK) 7
Poland (PL) 6
Colombia (CO) 5
Thailand (TH) 5
Cote D'Ivoire (CI) 5
Turkey (TR) 5
Finland (FI) 5
Czech Republic (CZ) 5
Mexico (MX) 4
New Zealand (NZ) 4
Austria (AT) 3
Ghana (GH) 3
South Africa (ZA) 3
Philippines (PH) 3
Estonia (EE) 3
Ukraine (UA) 2
Togo (TG) 2
United Arab Emirates (AE) 2
Russian Federation (RU) 2
Bulgaria (BG) 2
Argentina (AR) 1
Oman (OM) 1
Iceland (IS) 1
Dominican Republic (DO) 1
Antigua and Barbuda (AG) 1
Egypt (EG) 1
Sri Lanka (LK) 1
Moldova, Republic of (MD) 1
Venezuela (VE) 1
Slovakia (SK) 1
Lithuania (LT) 1

Cheers
Dick

[dulcimike]

Dec 26, 2008 11:38:58 GMT 1 Dick Glasgow said:

I wonder what John Rea would have to say about that!

Well, I'm not sure we'd want to know what John would have thought of it, from what I've gathered. (Notice that both of us used the with regard to this statement. ) I'll bet, though, that John would have had something to say about it, and that it would have been, shall I say, entertaining. In fact, it's entertaining just to ponder it.

[Dick Glasgow]

Many thanks to Paul Gifford for the following fascinating information.

"Dick, there was John Dowling, active in Dublin by 1761. He’s mentioned in my book. I have quite a few more historical references than when I did when I wrote the book. The Ulster King of Arms (or some office like that) even maintained a dulcimer player at official expense from the 1770s to 1790s or so. I don’t have the reference handy at the moment, but there are lots of references in northern Ireland from that period. Archibald Williamson (whose name sounds Scottish), the “Irish Jew,” advertised “the Jews music” at the Sign of the Fiddle and Dulcimer in Dublin in 1738 and 1744. So it’s safe to say it was known by then.

I came across a manuscript in the U.S. where the author wrote about his grandfather, born in 1836, who had a dulcimer that he said came over from Ireland in the 18th century with his immigrant ancestor. The name was Conley. True or not, who knows, but it’s possible. Then there’s a very old one in the New Brunswick Museum brought over in the early 19th century by an immigrant from Derry."

Paul Gifford: The Hammered Dulcimer ... A History

Cheers
Dick

[jack]

Paul's research really is amazing. His book is a must for anyone with an interest in the history of the dulcimer.