Edward Norman Hay Born 19.4.1889 Faversham Kent - Died 10.9. 1943 Belfast
The second of two sons1 of Joseph and Janet Hay. He Married in 19202 and had one son3
He studied with Brennan, Chaundy and Englefield Hull, graduating from Oxford. He spent most of his career in Northern Ireland. He was organist at Coleraine Church and later at Bangor Abbey.
Orchestra
'Dunluce'tone poem
Three tone pictures
'The Gilly of Christ' overture
Chamber
String Quartet in A major pub. by Stainer and Bell (Carnegie Award)
String Quartet in F major
Phantasy string Quartet on Irish folk tunes (Cobbett Prize)
Sonata for cello and piano
Choral
'Gilly of Christ' for soloists, chorus , organ and orchestra words by Joseph Campbell
'The Afterglow' six part madrigal pub. by Breitkopf and Hartel
'A Birthday', ladies trio or women's chorus pub. by Stainer and Bell
Comic Opera
'The Lady Voter's Dilema' Libretto by D MacLaughlin
1. Francis Edward Cecil Hay 1884-1885
2. Hessie Haughley 1898-1993
3. Norman Hay 1923-2007
What is a "Gilly"?
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I always though a gilly was a scottish gamekeeper?
That's a ghillie, whereas the gilly here apparently comes from a Gaelic name Giolla Criost (servant of Christ), but both words look as if they have the same origin.
Quote from: Wheesht on Thursday 28 January 2021, 13:41That's a ghillie, whereas the gilly here apparently comes from a Gaelic name Giolla Criost (servant of Christ), but both words look as if they have the same origin.
I am confused, Was Christ Scottish? Reminds me of John Brown servicing Queen Victoria...
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This is what I found in The Sacred Heart Review, Vol. 55, Number 2, 25 December 1915:
QuoteTHE GILLY OF CHRIST.
In this poem, "The Gilly of Christ," Joseph Campbell has woven a charming fancy round the old Gaelic name Giolla Criost (servant of Christ.) "It was the custom in Ireland to take dedicatory names such as the above," says Charlotte Dease— herself an Irish writer of note—in an appreciation of Campbell's work, which appears in The Month. Giolla Muire, servant of Mary, Giolla Phadraig, servant of Patrick, are other examples. So Campbell has imagined a " gilly " or servant of Christ still haunting the countryside, and though invisible to ordinary eyes, yet often leaving a blessing behind him. The poem follows:— I am the Gilly of Christ, The mate of Mary's son; I run the roads at seeding time, And when the harvest's done. No eye has ever seen me, But shepherds hear me pass, Singing at fall of even Along the shadowed grass. The seed I sow is lucky, The corn I reap is red, And whoso kneads the Gilly's barm Will never cry for bread.