A pal gave a friend and I a present of a surf lesson in Lahinch. Each time we tried to use the voucher something went wrong; the weather, an appointment, a …. Eventually it was ‘use it or lose it’ as I had to come home to Kildare so a date was set in stone. The class happened on the day Hurricane Ivan hit Liscannor Bay.
And so I wrote a song 'Surfing Hurricane Ivan in Liscannor Bay.' It described the surf lesson, pro surfers flooding in to surf Ailean’s under the Cliffs of Mohar, Aill Na Searrach, (Leap of the Foals), the journey from Naas to Clare, pit stops at Obama Plaza, Blakes Corner, Ennistymon, Clare, and, maybe one day succeeding at surfing.
I sang it
one night in Ennis at a singing session in the Copper Jug. Afterwards another singer asked me “Did you
write that song?” “Yes” “Will you write a positive surfing song? I’m a surfer and I’d love a positive song
about surfing.”
And so I wrote ’Surf’s My Love’, set to the beautiful melody, Sì Beag, Sì Moʻr by Turlough O Carolan, and Erica
Nicholas, the singer and surfer sang it at another session in Cnoc Na Gaoithe
in Tulla. It got 20K hits on FB. I recorded her singing ‘Surf’s My Love’ in
the Corner Stone in Lahinch, with Eoin O Neill playing bouzouki. It was released and I joined IMRO which led
to a song writing workshop with Buddy Mondlock and more….
Isn’t life is full of unexpected twists and turns?
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