Where is the auld triangle

The shirt came back from the laundry with a note pinned to the tail that said "less shite here". There's often other "business" going on - the guard making comments about the singer's noise, etc.

I got interested in the "proper" accent to use. The song is written in standard English. The book gives no info on the accent to be used or social class of the singer.

Well, other than his current situation. I tried to get hold of an original recording. To save on salaries, the singer is never seen.

He sings from his cell only and is, in fact, a tape recording of Behan, himself. The tape was stored with play paraphernalia and ultimately just disappeared.

Seems that's pretty definitive. I'm told. A shame. There is no credit or disclaimer in the book as to authorship. The Royal Canal is simply the Royal Canal. He played on its banks and learned to swim in its waters. It was important to him. And to his brother Dominic, whose ashes were scattered in the Royal Canal.

Mountjoy Prison is also on the Canal's banks and would have been visible from inside. The sight of it stretching away in the distance would,for Behan, have been a particularly poignant sight. The Quare Fellow was inspired by the execution of the real life Barney Kirwan on 2 June while Behan was inside for the murder of his brother in a dispute over the inheritance of the family farm.

He then skinned the body and buried it in a bog. Behan thought him "bloody gentle", but also, "a complete nut". I've heard that verse sung with the words "Then me old triangle If you want to sing the song with an accent other than your own then the appropriate accent is obviously a Dublin accent, since the song is set here in Dublin and Behan, being a Dub, would have sung it that way too.

Behan had an excellent singing voice and could probably have made it as a vocalist in a ballad group. The number of songs, and fragments of songs, many self-written, that he scatters throughout his various works, shows that, had he put his mind to it, and stayed off alcohol, he could probably also have achieved major success as a songwriter.

After all, he did have an excellent songwriting example within the family, his uncle Peadar Kearney, who wrote the Irish national anthem. Liam sang it then. Donleavy tells this tale about Behan coming to see him in London, with a story about an American magazine that wants him to write something, so can he borrow JPD's typewriter?

Donleavy says no, you just want to pawn it to go boozing. Behan cheerfully admits that is indeed the case, and they sit down together friendly as puppies. Sounds a difficult chap to sustain a friendship with, supposing he'd got the typewriter He wrote a lovely song to go with his play 'The Quare Fellow', and called it The Old Triangle, after the metal triangle that used to be rung to call the prisoners to their tasks. Kathleen Behan, Mother of all the Behans She seems to be certain her beloved son wrote it.

There is imo a subtle sexual imagery in the song. I don't see how anyone who couldn't "get out more" would not be affected in such a way. The hungry feeling of the lag dreaming of his girl Sal surely refers to sexual appetite as well as the usual one.

I didn't see when I was there a couple of years ago, will do next time. In case anyone is searching, it's Kilmainham. Brendan probably nicked it to use in his play or Dominic may have written it specially for the Quare fellow. Singer Alan Musgrove notes that "the tune is English".

Cheers, Joy. I think Martin Ryan pointed that out. Re Dominic as the composer; possible but unlikely. Maybe it was a missprint on the record! What date was that recording vectis? There was a dood deal of sibling rivalry between the Behan brothers; for example, Brian claimed to have originated 'McAlpine's Fusiliers'. It would be interesting to know in what year 'Old Triangle' was inserted into the play, which Brendan began writing while in Mountjoy in , when Dom was still very young.

During rehearsal, Behan asked the director if he could make a sign for the set the play is set in a whorehouse which would say "bless this house" in Irish. He explained to the director that every house in Ireland would have one of these on the wall, even a house of ill repute, so the director agreed to this nice little touch of authenticity.

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