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Songs, stories and memories of Magilligan, Co Derry
Hugh Shields ; edited by Lisa Shields
This illustrated record of the life and songs of Eddie Butcher (1900–1980), an outstanding singer from Magilligan, Co Derry, brings back a vanished way of rural life and verbal entertainment. Hugh Shields (1929–2008) was teaching in Coleraine when he first met Eddie in Magilligan in 1953. Their musical friendship continued until Eddie’s death. During this period Hugh recorded and published a large repertory of songs from Eddie. The words and notated music of 67 unpublished songs, together with stories and recollections, were published in a book and three CD collection by ITMA in 2011, a publication which is now out of print.
ITMA are delighted to make the book and the accompanying CDs freely available, and would like to thank the Shields Family for their permission to do so.
We are pleased to make available to ITMA users a searchable and downloadable digital version of the original 2011 book.
You can download a copy of the book here.
