That's nice, glad you put it there, Nationalist cut chunks out of it, main thing is we recorded his passing through and out. On 24 September 2013 11:18, Turtle Bunbury (History) < turtlehistory@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Mick, well done with your lovely tribute to Michael Smyth. I met him a > few times in the Hillview also. In fact, the first time I saw him was when > I heard piano music playing out of the main room of the nursing home and I > thought wow, that's pretty good playing .... walked around the corner and > there was Michael holding court in the centre of the room with everyone > swaying and clapping hands and singing along around him. It was wonderful > to see. I took the liberty of posting your eulogy with some photographs of > Smyth's pub to the Vanishing Ireland facebook page at > https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=560623987320539&set=a.170667076316234.36166.110498185666457&type=1&theaterfor those who are interested. All best for now, Turtle > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >
Well done Mick. We included Michael Smyth in the Carlow video tape that we made in 1994. We have a lot of film of his piano playing on the Rushes of the Carlow footage. Keep up the good work. Ronnie Sent from my iPad On 24 Sep 2013, at 13:24, Michael Purcell <carlowmike@gmail.com> wrote: > That's nice, glad you put it there, Nationalist cut chunks out of it, main > thing is we recorded his passing through and out. > > > On 24 September 2013 11:18, Turtle Bunbury (History) < > turtlehistory@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Mick, well done with your lovely tribute to Michael Smyth. I met him a >> few times in the Hillview also. In fact, the first time I saw him was when >> I heard piano music playing out of the main room of the nursing home and I >> thought wow, that's pretty good playing .... walked around the corner and >> there was Michael holding court in the centre of the room with everyone >> swaying and clapping hands and singing along around him. It was wonderful >> to see. I took the liberty of posting your eulogy with some photographs of >> Smyth's pub to the Vanishing Ireland facebook page at >> https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=560623987320539&set=a.170667076316234.36166.110498185666457&type=1&theaterfor those who are interested. All best for now, Turtle >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message