Bonny Portmore (Trad. Irish) Jon Pickard, Harp Guitar

My instrumental version of the beautiful Irish song. Taken from my 2018 album "Metamorphia" available for download and on CD at https://www.jonpickard.co.uk/harp-guitar

According to Wikipedia: "Bonny Portmore" is an Irish traditional folk song which laments the demise of Ireland's old oak forests, specifically the Great Oak of Portmore or the Portmore Ornament Tree, which fell in a windstorm in 1760 and was subsequently used for shipbuilding and other purposes. In 1664 an extensive castle was erected at Portmore, near Portmore Lough, County Antrim by Lord Conway, on the site of a more ancient fortress. The old oak is believed to have stood on the estate of Portmore Castle.

The melody of this song was first published 1840 in Edward Bunting's Ancient Music of Ireland and was collected from the playing of Ulster harper Daniel Black in 1796.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonny_Portmore

23 string Harp Guitar built by Stuart Mewburn, with finishing by Alan Miller

Видео Bonny Portmore (Trad. Irish) Jon Pickard, Harp Guitar канала Jon Pickard