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Oscar-nominated, Los Angeles born, American actor Ryan O’Neal, who starred in such well known films as “Love Story”, and “Paper Moon”, sadly passed away yesterday, Friday, December 8th, 2023, at the age of 82 years.
The eldest son of actress Patricia Ruth Olga (née O’Callaghan; 1907–2003) and novelist and screenwriter Charles O’Neal.
Note: as their names suggest; his father was of both Irish and English descent, while his mother was of paternal Irish and maternal Ashkenazi* Jewish ancestry.
[*Ashkenazim, through the ages, made significant contributions to Europe’s philosophy, scholarship, literature, art, music, and science.]
The Tipperary Connection.
He starred in the late Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999) directed movie ‘Barry Lyndon‘, much of which was filmed here in South Tipperary, using location such as Cahir Castle; The Vee and Castlegrace in Clogheen and Moorstown Castle near Clonmel. The film based on the 1844 novel ‘The Luck of Barry Lyndon’, written by William Makepeace Thackeray, winning four Oscars in production categories and is today regarded as one of the late Mr Kubrick’s finest films ever made.
Mr O’Neal had initially trained as an amateur (Golden Gloves) boxer, before beginning a career in acting, as an extra; a film stand-in, and stunt man back in 1960, before making his first television appearance, guest starring on ‘The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis’ episode “The Hunger Strike” in the 1960’s.
The Hollywood star gained much popularity after his role in the American prime-time soap opera drama entitled ‘Peyton Place’ and later international claim after his Oscar-nominated performance as ‘Oliver’ in the 1970’s romantic film ‘Love Story’, latter one of the highest-grossing films of all time, when adjusted for inflation. His co-star American actress and activist Ms Ali MacGraw, was latter selected by ‘People Magazine’ as one of its “50 Most Beautiful People” in the world.
In ár gcroíthe go deo.
  
This One’s For You.
Lyrics: Accordion player with the Furey Brothers, Terry Bradford, composed this song as a tribute to the late Paul Furey who was once a member of the Furey Brothers and Davie Arthur group.
Vocals: The Furey Brothers And Davie Arthur.
This One’s For You.
Ah you turn the pages of your life,
See friend’s that come and go,
But that sir you are just a man,
That everyone should know.
From perfect stock, the kind of rock,
That made this island’s name,
But though the sun shone bright for you,
You left us just the same.
This one’s for you buddy, where ever you may be,
I never really told you what your friendship meant to me.
A glass or two buddy, are to stir the memory,
And though my eyes can’t see you, in my heart you’ll always be.
With so many treasured moments, I just don’t know where to start,
‘Cause Paul you played the kind of way that walked right through my heart,
And with a pint and a spoof, you were living proof of how to play the game,
And with so much left to give the world, you left us just the same.
This one’s for you brother, where ever you may be.
I never really told you what your music meant to me.
A glass or two brother, are to stir the memory,
And though my eyes can’t see you, in my heart you’ll always be.
A real old fashioned lady, with goodness through and through,
Ma you were the greatest woman that I ever knew.
You handed me the gift of life and helped me stake my claim.
I never thought you’d go away, but you left us just the same.
This one’s for you mammy, where ever you may be.
I never really told you what your loving meant to me.
A glass or two mammy, are to stir the memory,
And though my eyes can’t see you, in my heart you’ll always be.
(Repeat last verse)
END
Schooldays Over.
“Good God! to think upon a child, that has no childish days,
No careless play, no frolics wild, no words of prayer and praise!
Man from the cradle, ’tis too soon to earn their daily bread,
And heap the heat and toil of noon, upon an infant’s head.
O, England! though thy tribute waves, proclaim thee great and free,
While those small children pine like slaves, there is a curse on thee!”
Extract from a poem by Letitia Elizabeth Landon entitled “The Factory”,
Read her poem in full here.
Child labour, as we are aware, is the exploitation of children through any form of work that deprives them of their childhood; interferes with their ability to attend regular education, or is mentally, physically, socially and morally harmful to their being. Poverty and lack of schools are considered the primary cause of child labour.
Child labour has existed to varying extents throughout world history and as late as 2017, four African nations (Mali, Benin, Chad and Guinea-Bissau) witnessed over 50% of children, latter aged between the ages of 5-14, working, the largest employers of child labour.
With the onset of the Industrial Revolution in the late 18th century, there was a rapid increase in the industrial exploitation of labour, including child labour. The Victorian era in particular became notorious for the conditions under which children were employed.
Children as young as four years old were employed in factories and mines, working long hours in dangerous, often fatal, working conditions. In coal mines, children would crawl through tunnels, latter too narrow for adults to fit.
Children were also employed as errand boys, shoe blacks, or selling matches, flowers and other cheap goods. Some children undertook work as apprentices to respectable trades, such as building or as domestic servants. Their Working hours were long: builders worked an average of 64 hours a week during summer months and 52 hours during winter months, while servants indoors worked an 80-hour week.
Child wages were low; as little as 10–20% of an adult male’s wage.
With the later growth of trade unions these issues began to change. German-born philosopher, economist, political theorist, historian, sociologist, journalist and revolutionary socialist, Karl Marx (1818-1883) was an outspoken opponent of child labour, stating that British industries “could but live by sucking blood, and children’s blood too”, and that U.S. capital was financed by the “capitalized blood of children”.
The English poet and novelist, better known by her initials Letitia Elizabeth Landon [L.E.L.] (1802–1838) castigated child labour in her 1835 poem “The Factory”, portions of which she pointedly included in her 18th Birthday Tribute to the Princess Victoria in 1837.
Thankfully, in this case our world has changed considerably for the better.
Schooldays Over.
Lyrics: The late, great British folk singer, songwriter, folk song collector, labour activist and actor, James Henry Miller, better known by the stage name of Ewan MacColl.
Vocals: Irish singer, folk musician and Dublin actor, the late, great Luke Kelly.
Schooldays Over.
Schooldays over, come on then John, time to be getting your pit boots on.
On with your sark* and the moleskin trousers*, it’s time you were on your way,
Time you were learning the pitman’s job and earning the pitman’s pay.
Come on then Jim, it’s time to go, time you were working down below.
Time to be handling a pick and shovel, you start at the pits today,
Time you were learning the collier’s job and earning the collier’s pay,
Come on then Dai, it’s almost light, time you were off to the anthracite.
The morning mist is on the vallеy it’s time you were on your way,
Time you were learning the miner’s job and earning the miner’s pay.
Schooldays over, come on then John, time to be getting your pit boots on.
On with your sark and the moleskin trousers, it’s time you were on your way,
Time you were learning the pitman’s job and earning the pitman’s pay.
End
[* sark: Any long, shirtlike garment worn next to the skin, as a chemise, nightshirt].
[* moleskin trousers: Working menswear, woven of carded cotton yarn in a dense weft-faced satin weave, similar to today’s jeans in terms of cut and construction and still commonly used to make trousers today].
We Are The World
Back in 1985 Lionel Richie wrote “We Are the World” together with pop icon, the late Michael Jackson. Their aim was to raise money for African famine relief. The “We Are The World” single and album, combined with other promotional activities, raised more than €55,113,000.00 ($60 million) for humanitarian aid [same is equivalent to more than €119,411,500.00 ($130 million today)]. The song received a Grammy for “song of the year”, while the estimated global sales of the song were said to be over 20 million.
It was so easy to donate a few spare Euro to a just cause and then simply turn our backs in a somewhat sanctimonious fashion. I say this noting that 38 years later “the world has not come together” as the song recommends. With 101,070 Ukraine refugees residing in Ireland [Per data supplied on 20/11/2023], having fled for their lives from a war torn land. Let us ask ourselves, have we failed “to stand together as one and to heed that certain call when people need that helping hand”.
Lyrics: Lionel Richie / Michael Jackson.
Main Vocals less Chorus: Lionel Richie, Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, Kenny Rogers, James Ingram Tina Turner, Billy Joel, Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, Dionne Warwick, Willie Nelson, Al Jarreau, Bruce Springsteen, Kenny Loggins, Steve Perry, Daryl Hall, Huey Lewis, Cyndi Lauper, Kim Carnes, Bob Dylan and Ray Charles.
We Are The World
There comes a time,
When we heed a certain call,
When the world must come together as one.
There are people dying,
Oh, and it’s time to lend a hand to life,
The greatest gift of all.
We can’t go on,
Pretending day-by-day,
That someone, somewhere soon make a change.
We’re all a part of God’s great big family,
And the truth, you know, love is all we need.
We are the world,
We are the children,
We are the ones who make a brighter day, so let’s start giving.
There’s a choice we’re making,
We’re saving our own lives,
It’s true we’ll make a better day, just you and me.
Oh, send them your heart,
So they know that someone cares,
And their lives will be stronger and free.
As God has shown us by turning stones to bread,
And so we all must lend a helping hand.
We are the world,
We are the children,
We are the ones who make a brighter day, so let’s start giving.
Oh, there’s a choice we’re making,
We’re saving our own lives,
It’s true we’ll make a better day, just you and me.
When you’re down and out, there seems no hope at all,
But if you just believe there’s no way we can fall,
Well, well, well, well let us realize,
Oh, that a change can only come.
When we stand together as one, yeah, yeah, yeah,
We are the world,
We are the children,
We are the ones who make a brighter day, so let’s start giving.
There’s a choice we’re making,
We’re saving our own lives,
It’s true we’ll make a better day, just you and me.
We are the world,
We are the children,
We are the ones who make a brighter day, so let’s start giving.
There’s a choice we’re making,
We’re saving our own lives,
It’s true we’ll make a better day, just you and me.
We are the world (are the world),
We are the children (are the children),
We are the ones who’ll make a brighter day, so let’s start giving (so let’s start giving).
There is a choice we’re making,
We’re saving our own lives,
It’s true we’ll make a better day, just you and me.
Oh, let me hear you!
We are the world (we are the world),
We are the children (said we are the children),
We are the ones who’ll make a brighter day so let start giving (so let’s start giving).
There’s a choice we’re making,
We’re saving our own lives,
It’s true we’ll make a better day, just you and me, come on now, let me hear you.
We are the world (we are the world),
We are the children (we are the children),
We are the ones who’ll make a brighter day so let’s start giving (so let’s start giving).
There’s a choice we’re making,
We’re saving our own lives,
It’s true we’ll make a better day, just you and me, yeah.
We are the world (we are the world),
We are the children (we are the children),
We are the ones who’ll make a brighter day so let’s start giving (so let’s start giving).
There’s a choice we’re making,
And we’re saving our own lives,
It’s true we’ll make a better day, just you and me.
We are the world (are the world),
We are the children (are the children),
We are the ones who’ll make a brighter day so let’s start giving (so let’s start giving).
There’s a choice we’re making,
We’re saving our own lives,
It’s true we’ll make a better day, just you and me.
We are the world, we are the world (are the world),
We are the children, yes sir (are the children),
We are the ones that make a brighter day so let’s start giving (so let’s start giving).
There’s a choice we’re making,
We’re saving our own lives,
It’s true we’ll make a better day, just you and me, ooh-hoo!
We are the world (dear God) (are the world),
We are the children (are the children),
We are the ones that make a brighter day so let’s start giving. (all right, can you hear what I’m saying?)
There’s a choice we’re making, we’re saving our own lives.
It’s true we’ll make a better day, just you and me.
END
Winter Song.
“A good friend can make up for all those missing hours of sunlight, so this song and lyrics, hereunder, pay homage to a close winter friendship, rather than like in summer, when the rules of friendship are more free and moderate.”
Vocals: Ingrid Michaelson and Sara Bareilles
Lyrics: American singer-songwriter, and pianist Sara Beth Bareilles and American singer-songwriter and actress Ingrid Michaelson.
Winter Song.
(Also known as the “TWinter Song”)
This is my winter song to you.
The storm is coming soon,
It rolls in from the sea
My voice; a beacon in the night.
My words will be your light,
To carry you to me.
Is love alive?
Is love alive?
Is love
They say that things just cannot grow
Beneath the winter snow,
Or so I have been told.
They say were buried far,
Just like a distant star
I simply cannot hold.
Is love alive?
Is love alive?
Is love alive?
This is my winter song.
December never felt so wrong,
‘Cause you’re not where you belong;
Inside my arms.
I still believe in summer days.
The seasons always change
And life will find a way.
I’ll be your harvester of light
And send it out tonight
So we can start again.
Is love alive?
Is love alive?
Is love alive?
This is my winter song.
December never felt so wrong,
‘Cause you’re not where you belong;
Inside my arms.
This is my winter song to you.
The storm is coming soon
It rolls in from the sea.
My love a beacon in the night.
My words will be your light
To carry you to me.
Is love alive?
END
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