Geantraí

Irish TV series or program

Geantraí
Country of origin	Republic of Ireland
Original language	Irish
Production
Production locations	Baile na hAbhann, Galway
Original release
Network	TG4
Release	1996 (1996) – present

Geantraí (Irish pronunciation: [ˈɟan̪ˠt̪ˠɾˠiː]) is an Irish television programme, presenting Irish traditional music.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

The name derives from Geantraí, one of the three types of Irish music enumerated in the "three noble strains"; geantraí (joy music), suantraí (lullaby) and goltraí (sorrow music).^[6] In Old Irish, they were spelled geantraige, suantraige, goltraige.^[7]^[8]^[9]

References

^ Spillane, John (1 September 2016). Will We Be Brilliant or What?: Songs & Stories. Gill & Macmillan Ltd. ISBN 9781848896093 – via Google Books.
^ "Pádraigín sings on TG4's flagship Geantraí programme". 1 March 2013.
^ "Newspaper Archive". www.irishtimes.com. Retrieved 5 June 2021.(subscription required)
^ Muiri, Pol O. "'Quality home output' is new TG4 priority". The Irish Times.
^ "Hosting TG4's Geantraí programme". order in the sound. 2 March 2011.
^ "Geantraí, Goltraí, Suantraí". The Journal of Music: News, Reviews & Opinion | Music Jobs & Opportunities.
^ "Geantraighe, Goltraighe & Suantraighe - Love, Exciting sorrow, Soothing". www.earlygaelicharp.info.
^ hÉireann, Stair na (10 December 2017). "Celtic Mythology: The Three Noble Strains". Stair na hÉireann/History of Ireland.
^ "New Series of Geantraí Starts on TG4". The Journal of Music: News, Reviews & Opinion | Music Jobs & Opportunities.