Geantraí

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Geantraí

Irish TV series or program

Geantraí (Irish pronunciation: [ˈɟan̪ˠt̪ˠɾˠiː]) is an Irish television programme, presenting Irish traditional music.[1][2][3][4][5]

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The name derives from Geantraí, one of the three types of Irish music enumerated in the "three noble strains"; geantraí (joy music), suantraí (lullaby) and goltraí (sorrow music).[6] In Old Irish, they were spelled geantraige, suantraige, goltraige.[7][8][9]

References

  1. [1]
    Spillane, John (1 September 2016). Will We Be Brilliant or What?: Songs & Stories. Gill & Macmillan Ltd. ISBN 9781848896093 – via Google Books.
  2. [2]
    "Pádraigín sings on TG4's flagship Geantraí programme". 1 March 2013.
  3. [3]
    "Newspaper Archive". www.irishtimes.com. Retrieved 5 June 2021.(subscription required)
  4. [4]
    Muiri, Pol O. "'Quality home output' is new TG4 priority". The Irish Times.
  5. [5]
    "Hosting TG4's Geantraí programme". order in the sound. 2 March 2011.
  6. [6]
    "Geantraí, Goltraí, Suantraí". The Journal of Music: News, Reviews & Opinion | Music Jobs & Opportunities.
  7. [7]
    "Geantraighe, Goltraighe & Suantraighe - Love, Exciting sorrow, Soothing". www.earlygaelicharp.info.
  8. [8]
    hÉireann, Stair na (10 December 2017). "Celtic Mythology: The Three Noble Strains". Stair na hÉireann/History of Ireland.
  9. [9]
    "New Series of Geantraí Starts on TG4". The Journal of Music: News, Reviews & Opinion | Music Jobs & Opportunities.
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