{"id":49,"date":"2012-01-23T18:57:23","date_gmt":"2012-01-23T18:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eriuharps.com\/?page_id=49"},"modified":"2015-05-27T19:51:15","modified_gmt":"2015-05-27T19:51:15","slug":"clairseach","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/eriuharps.com\/index.php\/instruments\/clairseach\/","title":{"rendered":"Cl\u00e1irseach &#8211; Early Irish and Wirestrung Harps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This kind of harp is the oldest harp in Ireland. Its beautiful<a title=\"Sound samples\" href=\"http:\/\/eriuharps.com\/index.php\/sound-samples\/\" target=\"_blank\"> bell-like sound <\/a>was pleasing Gaelic chieftains&#8217; ears since early Middle Ages upto the end of the 18th century, when alas the chieftains were finally replaced by foreign landlords and the noble instrument got replaced by a harp, the prototype of which came to Ireland from the continent.<\/p>\n<p>Most of \u00c9ri\u00fa Harps wire strung models are based on extant instruments kept in the museums of Ireland and Scotland. They all are made out of native Irish timbers, locally sourced when possible and strung with hand drawn strings.<\/p>\n<p>Please click thumbnails for harps&#8217; details<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-49 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/eriuharps.com\/index.php\/instruments\/clairseach\/left-side-web\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/eriuharps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/left-side-web-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-196\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-196'>\n\t\t\t\tDecorated professional Jerpoint\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/eriuharps.com\/index.php\/instruments\/clairseach\/imgp3378\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/eriuharps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMGP3378-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-198\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-198'>\n\t\t\t\tRegular Jerpoint\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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Its beautiful bell-like sound was pleasing Gaelic chieftains&#8217; ears since early Middle Ages upto the end of the 18th century, when alas the chieftains were finally replaced by foreign landlords &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/eriuharps.com\/index.php\/instruments\/clairseach\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":29,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/eriuharps.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/eriuharps.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/eriuharps.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eriuharps.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eriuharps.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"http:\/\/eriuharps.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51,"href":"http:\/\/eriuharps.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49\/revisions\/51"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eriuharps.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/eriuharps.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}