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Jenny Black's Hill

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Jenny Black's Hill is an original song about a witch from Dónal's home town, Warrenpoint in County Down.

In the 1990s, Jenny Black was rumoured to live at the top of the hill Dónal grew up on. When he went to school, teachers would refer to his neck of the woods as "Jenny Black's Hill".

For years, he was too scared to walk the hundred yards to the top of the hill, but eventually he took the reckless decision to do so at the bold age of six.

In local folklore, Jenny Black was known to roam through the old hillside forests of Warrenpoint. Sometimes she would disappear and a white hare would bounce from where she had last been glimpsed. Sometimes, when you look out over Carlingford Lough, as the moon frames the silhouette of the Cooley mountains - sometimes, a human figure can be seen soaring through the sky in the glassy reflection of the Lough. But on glancing upward to catch her with the naked eye, she disappears again...

Dónal never spoke to anyone about what he saw at the top of that hill. Not his brothers, not his parents. Until now.

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Gentle mist rolls out the bay
velvet grey
Jenny sets her sights
by the spotlight of the moon

Hunted like a witch from Hell,
she cast a spell
Clapped her palms and screamed
Until the curse was cast on
Jenny Black's Hill

Upon the Lough, a silhouette
Upon the Lough, so still and wet
And so they talk, "We'll get her yet."
And so they talk.

To this day, she roams the fields
Away she steals
That name still lingers on our ears
Despite the passing of the years.

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released July 3, 2020
Written and performed by TRÚ

Produced by Michael Mormecha

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The trú was a mythological trio of poet-musicians in ancient Ulster. They were revered throughout Ireland, some believing their songs and stories came to them from the future. Others maintained that the trú were possessed by spirits during performance. As such, they were considered gatekeepers to the Otherworld.

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