Busker Mick McLoughlin sings a most powerful version of The Auld Triangle in Mountjoy Prison celebrating the song and its fascinating origins as part of Aistear an Amhráin.
The series opens with a two-part special exploring the remarkable story behind one of Ireland's most iconic songs, The Auld Triangle. Sung and celebrated around the world for more than seventy years, the song is widely associated with Brendan Behan, yet Behan himself never claimed to have written it. Through access to the Behan and Shannon families, contributions from musicians and historians, and a powerful performance beside the original triangle in Mountjoy Prison, Sinéad Ní Churnáin uncovers the fascinating journey of a song that became part of Ireland’s cultural DNA while asking a compelling question: who really wrote The Auld Triangle?
Ach níor áitigh Behan féin riamh go mba leis féin é. Tá scéal gan insint go fóill faoi cheann de na hamhráin is mó iomrá i measc an phobail mar nach minic a chuirtear an cheist an eol dúinn go cruinn ainm an té a scríobh an t-amhrán? Déanann Cláracha Gaeilge RTÉ ceiliúradh ar an amhrán agus ar an bhfear a tharraing cáil air, agus cuirtear an cheist, cé a scríobh an t-amhrán The Auld Triangle?
Tá scéal gan insint go fóill faoi cheann de na hamhráin is mó iomrá i measc an phobail mar nach minic a chuirtear an cheist an eol dúinn go cruinn ainm an té a scríobh an t-amhrán? Déanann Cláracha Gaeilge RTÉ ceiliúradh ar an amhrán agus ar an bhfear a tharraing cáil air, agus cuirtear an cheist, cé a scríobh an t-amhrán The Auld Triangle?
Part Two delves deeper into the origins of The Auld Triangle. We discover that Brendan Behan never said he wrote it, so who did? And of all the wonderful versions, Dublin busker Mick McLoughlin's viral version on the empty streets of Dublin during covid is one of the most memorable. We bring Mick into Mountjoy Prison to perform the song beside the original triangle, in one of the most moving versions you will ever see.
Féach siar/ You can watch Part One of Aistear an Amhráin, The Auld Triangle here.
Part two airs this Saturday, 26 September at 8.25pm on RTÉ ONE
