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Song & Story: A Pair of Irish​-​Themed Tunes from the Cardinal State

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An Ohioan Sings of the Miracle of Éire & the Real Críoch Fuinidh 04:04
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My life, in part, is branded by harp & cross & ring by the darkness of the Troubles & the calling of the sea Though the marshes of my homeland are not her moors of green I belong, in part, to Erin & she belongs to me Ireland the world adores you there's a magic in your roots in your luck & dance & fightin' in your mysteries & truth So let's raise a glass to Patrick Brigid & Brendan too to the saints who shaped a nation & to Christ who saw them through Here's to Swift & Yeats & Lewis the wordsmiths of the isle seeking justice, beauty, wisdom with an ancient Irish guile But as pretty as I imagine the Emerald Isle to be as beautiful the country I someday hope to see She's a shadow of my true home where the final doorway leads where I'll sing an ageless chorus to the one & only King
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Origin of the Patron Saint of Éirinn in D 04:07
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Stolen away from Britain ‘cross the Eastern Sea made to be a shepherd, met with suffering stripped of all his comforts just before sixteen then the Rock of Ages whispered in his dreams Laborin’ as a farmhand, he began to know, hidden in the belly of a beast, just how all that he’d rejected as a Roman lad was the only Savior he would ever have In a pair of visions that he knew were true time had come for freedom from this servitude thus, he managed rivers & the mountains Slieve finally to board a ship that was stayed to save Like the wanderin’ Hebrews in the desert’s heat they went near a month upon the foam & deep there, what had sustained him through his darkest days, held him like a Father as they made their way Even as he settled back at home again Victoricus dropped letters by the freed man’s bed “The Voice o’ the Irish” was the letters’ name thus, compelled, he knew he must return to them “Holy Boy” they mocked him, still he spoke in love brought the Gospel’s goodness to the land of Lugh through his patient practice, Erin came to see that the Sun of Righteousness arose to free

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Here’s my humble contribution to the vast collection of Irish songs that folks usually play once-a-year during St. Patrick's Day—the day we use as our excuse to pinch people who forget to wear green, claim a distant Irish relative, pretend to like Guinness & share a pair of small ones. Admittedly, I enjoy “the black stuff” & green happens to be a good color on me; but I have always disliked the idea that the holiday most popularly associated with a part of my heritage is tied to such strange & foolhardy traditions (e.g. green beer). Thus, after some pondering & tinkering, I did what any quasi-Irishman would do—I wrote a song about it! Or two, to be exact. The first is a tribute to the Emerald Isle & the many people & things—great & notorious—that came from her shores; the second is a musical rendition of Patrick’s life, for which I relied on Philip Freeman’s highly informative & entertaining book St. Patrick of Ireland: A Biography. Sláinte!


All proceeds from the sales of this album will be donated to Center for Hope (victorycoh.org)

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released March 17, 2021

“An Ohioan Sings of the Miracle of Éire & the Real Críoch Fuinidh”

Kirk Kauffman – piano
Oliver MacCaughey – additional percussion
James Murray – mandolin
Holly Setal – additional vocals
Shawn Tegtmeier – celesta & harp

“Origin of the Patron Saint of Éirinn in D”

Jason Gilliland – march percussion
Kirk Kauffman – piano, organ
Annabelle MacCaughey – additional vocals
Edmund MacCaughey – additional vocals
Ivy MacCaughey – additional vocals
Oliver MacCaughey – additional percussion
Kristina MacCaughey - tap shoes
Chase Montana – acoustic w/ fx
James Murray – mandolin, additional vocals
Holly Setal – additional vocals
Shawn Tegtmeier – orchestral percussion & strings

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