Back again.... with a few close friends!

The 2001 Festival of Song grew to include over 50 people enjoying the
music, scenery, people and culture of South Armagh and the surrounding
areas. Below are a few photos and mementos of the event.

*A few mementos* Mike Casey sings Sun on the
Strand by Jim Gillespie MP3 (1
meg). Jim wrote this poem during
the 2000 Songfest and Mike set
Photos from Molly -- The Mill | it to music.
A Story

Mourne Magic by Jim Gillespie
Photos from Bill:
-- Tommy Sands - 1 & 2
-- Tommy Makem's 50th Ann.
Concert 1 & 2 Gullion Gazing by Connie Jeffrey
-- The four poets
-- Kate and Sean goofing around

www.jimmaginn.fsnet.co.uk

Photos from Kate: [1] Jim is a fine professional
* Local history tour, first day photographer whose hobby is to
- Dolmen photograph well known
- Art McCooey's grave, Creggan traditional musicians. He took
the photo of Tommy Makem that
- Hugh sharing a wealth of appears in the upper left corner
history and folklore about of the collage on his home page
South Armagh during the 2001 Songfest on the
slope of Navan Fort. He was with
- The house of the Bard of us for most of the festival --
Armagh click on Tommy's photo for more
great pictures of the Fest.
* In the pub

* Banquet at Slieve Gullion
Courtyard

* Sean and the main dish

* Friday tour with the Sands'
- Erin in the foreground,
Rostrevor behind
- It's just a goat...
- We're not in Minnesota any
more, Toto
- Mrs. Sands gives a visual
tour

- Tommy Sands and avid
listeners

- Cooley Mountains with no
sheep (post-FMD)
- The Rule ladies (The Ladies
Rule?)
- Jim and Kate with windy
hairdos
* Summer Solstice on Mullyard
- What a place for a concert

- Mary McEvoy near Immigration
Stone
* Tommy Makem's Jubilee concert
- Sometimes tangents are just
fine

- Kevin Byrne

- The Makem Brothers and Spain
Brothers

- Tommy, Kevin and Eugene

* Near the end
- Adi & Caitlin sing.... Ed
looks on
- A final session on the stairs
- Sacked out

* On the bus

*See songfest.net [2] for more information *

*Here's last year's scrapbook*

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Kate Akers, kakers@chivalry.com

[3] Chivalry Music & Internet Publishing [4]
All photos on these pages were
taken by Kate Akers and Jim Gillespie, ©2000.
Reprinting or republication without permission is prohibited.

1: http://www.jimmaginn.fsnet.co.uk/
2: http://songfest.net
3: mailto:kakers@chivalry.com
4: http://www.chivalry.com