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Is this voice of Oscar Wilde? This is not recording from some spiritual medium, but from old cylinder.
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My favourate photos of Bodmin Gaol. I love this place ! If you are an unbeliever, a sceptic then this place could totally change your mind. http://www.bodminjail.org/ The most interesting and haunted place to visit in Cornwall in my opinion. Thanks to the http://www.mediaevalbaebes.com/ for the music
Kathleen MacInnes anc company singing a waulking song: Gaol lse gaol (She's my love)
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This film is of Kilmainham Prison from my trip to Ireland. It is followed by some various images of Dublin such as the Post office, O'Connell Street, statue of the labour leader Jim Larkin, Statue of Daniel O'Connell, and Arbour Hill Cemetery, church and prison. In the background plays the song James Connolly (Wolftones) and than Irish republican Jail song (Wolftones).
Heres a virtual movie of Oscar Wilde reading the first 10 stanzas of his much loved poem "The Ballad of Reading Gaol". The poem is read by the celebrated Irish actor T.P.Mckenna. Kind Regards Jim Clark All rights are reserved on this video recording copyright Jim Clark 2008 The Ballad of Reading Gaol.... HE did not wear his scarlet coat, For blood and wine are red, And blood and wine were on his hands When they found him with the dead, The poor dead woman whom he loved, And murdered in her bed. He walked amongst the Trial Men In a suit of shabby grey; A cricket cap was on his head, And his step seemed light and gay; But I never saw a man who looked So wistfully at the day. I never saw a man who looked With such a wistful eye Upon that little tent of blue Which prisoners call the sky, And at every drifting cloud that went With sails of silver by. I walked, with other souls in pain, Within another ring, And was wondering if the man had done A great or little thing, When a voice behind me whispered low, "That fellow's got to swing." Dear Christ! the very prison walls Suddenly seemed to reel, And the sky above my head became Like a casque of scorching steel; And, though I was a soul in pain, My pain I could not feel. I only knew what hunted thought Quickened his step, and why He looked upon the garish day With such a wistful eye; The man had killed the thing he loved And so he had to die. Yet each man kills the thing he loves By each let this be heard, Some do it with a bitter look, Some with a flattering word, The coward does it with a kiss, The brave man with a sword! Some kill their love when they are young, And some when they are old; Some strangle with the hands of Lust, Some with the hands of Gold: The kindest use a knife, because The dead so soon grow cold. Some love too little, some too long, Some sell, and others buy; Some do the deed with many tears, And some without a sigh: For each man kills the thing he loves, Yet each man does not die. He does not die a death of shame On a day of dark disgrace, Nor have a noose about his neck, Nor a cloth upon his face, Nor drop feet foremost through the floor Into an empty place
Heres a virtual movie of Oscar Wilde reading the final stanza from his much loved poem "The Ballad of Reading Gaol". The poem is read by the acclaimed Irish actor Niall Tobin and not Niall Quinn as I have erroniously credited the video. Kind Regards Jim Clark All rights are reserved on this video recording copyright Jim Clark 2008 In Reading gaol by Reading town There is a pit of shame, And in it lies a wretched man Eaten by teeth of flame, In a burning winding-sheet he lies, And his grave has got no name. And there, till Christ call forth the dead, In silence let him lie: No need to waste the foolish tear, Or heave the windy sigh: The man had killed the thing he loved, And so he had to die. And all men kill the thing they love, By all let this be heard, Some do it with a bitter look, Some with a flattering word, The coward does it with a kiss, The brave man with a sword!
Cormac Breatnach @ Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin More Info @ www.cormacbreatnach.com
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Kilmainham Jail in Dublin, Ireland. The song is called: "Grace", and tells the story of one of the inmates who was executed at the jail.
Kilmainham Gaol (Irish: Príosún Chill Mhaighneann) is a former prison, located in Kilmainham in Dublin, which is now a museum. It has been run since the mid-1980s by the Office of Public Works (O.P.W.), an Irish Government agency. Kilmainham Gaol has played an important part in Irish history, as many leaders of Irish rebellions were imprisoned and some executed in the jail. The jail has also been used as a set for several films. When it was first built in 1796, Kilmainham Gaol was called the 'New Gaol' to distinguish it from the old jail it was intended to replace - a noisome dungeon, just a few hundred metres from the present site. It was officially called the County of Dublin Gaol, and was originally run by the Grand Jury for County Dublin. Over the 140 years it served as a prison, its cells held many of the most famous people involved in the campaign for Irish independence. The leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising were held and executed here. Children were sometimes arrested for petty theft (as in the UK), the youngest said to be a seven year-old boy[citation needed], while many of the adult prisoners were deported to Australia. There was no segregation of prisoners; men, women and children were incarcerated up to 5 in each cell, with only a single candle for light and heat, most of their time was spent in the cold and the dark. Kilmainham Gaol was abandoned as a jail in 1924, by the government of the new Irish Free State. Following lengthy restoration, it now houses a museum on the history of Irish nationalism and offers guided tours of the building. An art gallery on the top floor exhibits paintings, sculptures and jewelry of prisoners incarcerated in jails all over contemporary Ireland. Victorian Optimism: The New East Wing. At Kilmainham the poor conditions in which women prisoners were kept provided the spur for the next stage of development. Remarkably, for an age that prided itself on a protective attitude for the 'weaker sex', the conditions for women prisinors were persistently worse than for men. As early as his 1809 report the Inspector had observed that male prisinors were supplied with iron bedsteads while females 'lay on straw on the flags in the cells and common halls.' Half a century later there was little improvement. The women's section, located in the west wing, remained overcrowded. Kilmainham Gaol's historic importance was assured by those heroic men and women who were held or died here for their nationalist ideals. The Gaol's history as a prison, the fate of the common man and women as convict, is a compelling story in its own right. Their story gives a unique insight into convict transportation and the Great Famine, two major events in the social history of modern Ireland. Kilmainham Gaol is one of the biggest unoccupied gaols in Europe. Now empty of prisoners, it is filled with history. It has aptly been described as the 'Irish Bastille'. When the Gaol was first built public hangings took place at the front of the Gaol. However, from the 1820s onward very few hangings, public or private, took place at Kilmainham. La prison de Kilmainham est située à Kilmainham, Dublin, Irlande. Bâtie sur le modèle du panoptique, la prison est à présent désaffectée et sert de musée. Elle sert également de décor dans le cadre du tournage d'un certain nombre de films. La prison de Kilmainham a tenu une place importante dans l'histoire de l'Irlande. Beaucoup de leaders de la rébellion irlandaise y ont été emprisonnés, et certains y furent même exécutés. Lorsqu'elle fut érigée, en 1796, elle fut appelée Nouvelle prison, pour la différencier de l'ancienne — située dans un donjon, pas très loin de là — qu'elle devait remplacer. Au cours des 140 ans où elle servit de prison, de nombreuses personnes ayant participé à l'indépendance de l'Irlande y furent enfermées. Les leaders de l'insurrection de Pâques 1916 y furent enfermés et exécutés. Le dernier prisonnier à y être enfermé fut Éamon de Valera. La prison fut désaffectée en 1924 par l'État libre d'Irlande. Abandonnée durant de longues années, elle fut restaurée et devint un musée de l'histoire du nationalisme irlandais. Des visites guidées y sont organisées. VALPARD FILMS http://valpardfilms.awardspace.com/
Heres a virtual movie of Oscar Wilde reading a stanza of his poem "The Ballad of Reading Gaol". The audio part of this virtual movie was supposedly recorded whilst Oscar Wilde was living in Paris at a stand dedicated to the inventions of the great Thomas Edison in the American paviliion at the International Exposition in Paris in 1900, though many experts consider this recording to be a forgery. despite the scepticism and debate surrounding this fascinating piece of audible historiana perhaps we can for a few moments suspend any disbelief and believe it to be the nearest we shall ever get to hearing the actual voice of this brilliant and much celebrated man. Kind Regards Jim Clark All rights are reserved on this video recording copyright Jim Clark 2008 In Reading gaol by Reading town There is a pit of shame, And in it lies a wretched man Eaten by teeth of flame, In burning winding-sheet he lies, And his grave has got no name.
A rare recording of The Gaol Song (or The Treadmill Song) performed by Luke Kelly & The Dubliners. Note on The Gaol Song from The Penguin Book of English Folk Songs edited by Ralph Vaughan and A.L. Lloyd English tradition includes many crime songs but relatively few dealing with life in prison. The broadside ballads of Bellevue, Wakefield, and Kirkdale gaols, published by Bebbington of Manchester and Harkness of Preston, all derive from the same 'original', issued several times in London by the Catnach Press and it's successors as The County Gaol. A different ballad, called Durham Gaol, said to be the work of the pitman-balladeer Thomas Armstrong, was current on Tyneside till recently (see A.L. Lloyd: Come All Ye Bold Miners). Each of these bears some relation to our Gaol Song, of which two versions, with separate melodies, were collected by H. E. D. Hammond in Beaminster, Dorset in June 1906. The Gaol Song Lyrics "Step in young man, I know your face It's nothing in your favour A little time I'll give to you Six months unto hard labour" To my hip fol the day, hip fol the day To my hip fol the day, for the digee oh At six o'clock our turnkey comes in With a bunch of keys all in his hand "Come, come, my lads, step up and grind Tread the wheel till breakfast time" At eight o'clock our skilly comes in Sometimes thick and sometimes thin But devil a word we must not say It's bread and water all next day At half past eight the bell doth ring Into the chapel we must swing Down on our bended knees to fall "The Lord have mercy on us all" At nine o'clock the jangle rings All on the trap, boys, we must spring "Come, come, my lads, step up in time The wheel to tread and the corn to grind" Now Saturday's come, I'm sorry to say Sunday is our starvation day Our hobnail boots and tin mugs too They are not shined nor they will not do Now six long months are over and past I will return to my bonny, bonny lass I'll leave the turnkeys all behind The wheel to tread and the corn to grind
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Matilda, cassie and sal visit ric in gaol aired on the 20/2/07. Music is by Evenscence off there new album, the open door
Music Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me Frequently Asked Questions Why is it Gaol and not Jail? the spelling 'gaol' was in common usage when the Gaol was built in 1841, and consequently applied to Adelaide Gaol. How many people have been hanged in South Australia? 66, comprising 16 in country areas, 50 in Adelaide including 45 at Adelaide Gaol. Who was the last person hanged in South Australia? Glen Sabre Valance on 24 November 1964. What was the greatest number of prisoners held at one time? 440, during the 1960s when prisoners were housed with up to three per cell. What was the average sentence for a prisoner? between one to three months, many of these were for public drunkenness. What was the average age of prisoners? prior to the 1960s the average age was approximately 22 years. During the 1970s this dropped to between 18 and 20 years of age. What age was the oldest person to be imprisoned? a 91 year old who was reputedly sentenced for vagrancy. How long were prisoners kept at the Adelaide Gaol? generally only short term prisoners were held at Adelaide Gaol, however if they had a trade such as boiler attendant or cook they often served their sentence for some years at Adelaide. What sort of punishments were applied in the Gaol? besides hanging, sentences could include whipping with a cat-o-nine tails for adults, or birching or caning for those under 18 years of age. Prisoners were expected to work in the gardens, kitchens or laundry. Sentences of hard labour could include breaking rocks, burying night soil or collecting and processing olives. Women could be given tasks including needlework, cooking or picking oakum [unravelling ropes]. http://www.adelaidegaol.org.au/
My favorites of all time. Paul Levin's Memorial Concert April 5 2008. Hammered dulcimer and fiddle by Ken Kolodner and Elke Baker. "Thug mi gaol do'n ghille ruadh" ("I fell in love with the red-haired boy" by Elke Baker) and "Caspian Lake" (by Ken Kolodner) performed at the Paul Levin Memorial concert by their composers. Thug mi gaol do'n ghille ruadh was written for Elke's husband. Ken Kolodner's wife is from Vermont (where Caspian Lake is) so you might say these are both love songs. :) CD's can be found at their websites: this set is on Glenelg, by Elke Baker. http://www.elkebaker.com "Caspian Lake" can be found on the award-winning album Walking Stones, by Ken Kolodner http://www.kenkolodner.com. Enjoy!
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Finally! Here it is, not quite as epic as I hoped it would be, but time restraints (laziness) and a lack of footage does that to ya. Still pretty happy with how it came out, and hopefully now I can do some even better stuff in the future.
