wetlands group marching FOLLOWING our recent look at local mumming, we continue our examination of the ancient, enduring folk tradition, and some of the variations seen in local mummer groups and figures. Past Christmases witnessed a mumming pageantry of drama, music, dance, song and poetry with mummers’ musicians, instruments, dancers, songsters and storytellers adding to the jollity of their nightly forays. Whereas blowing hunting horns announced the mummers’ arrival, the Maguiresbridge Hogmanay men simply used a hairy ned, roped belt with attached empty syrup tin cans, pierced with holes and partly filled with pebbles. Monies scarce, the absence of musical instruments and a good musician was commonplace, so mummers created primitive sounds and rhythms such as ‘combing’ ¬– that is, by pressing lips onto brown paper, wrapped thinly around combs and blowing intensely.
» Owen Carron
There was widespread sadness in South Leitrim and beyond at the death of Vincent Kenny, Corduff, Aghavas. Vincie was a stalwart for Sinn Féin. He came from a Republican background and previous generations of Kennys had been active in the 1920’s in the Tan War and Civil War, Tom Kenny and John Kenny. One was a Sinn Féin Rural District Councillor and the other was interned in the Civil War.
Vincie had reached the age of 88 but in the last six months his health began to fail and he died in Sligo General Hospital on Friday 22
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