Song of a Gael
Irish cultural wanderings by a fearless fiddle player, bilingual singer & sea swimmer.
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Curlew Song feat. Ríoghnach Connolly (opens the original)
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Conas tá sibh go léir? Ceol nua inniú mo chairde - tá áthas orm é seo a roinnt libh! (How are ye, new music today, I’m very happy to share it!)Curlew Song featuring the mighty Ríoghnach Connolly is yours to have and to hold today. Méabh Ní Dhoibhlin has made the most beautiful video with her nieces to accompany the song. It’s the polar opposite of what we are generally consuming online today... click bait videos, 10 second reels, quick sound bites… it makes me grateful for platforms like Substac
Wendell Berry, Curlew Song, Home (opens the original)
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Conas tá sibh uilig? I’m not sure where the summer has gone a chairde…does anyone feel the same? Mine ended in Electric Picnic muck with good friends last weekend (yes, still recovering!) and it was the perfect end to an extremely busy, very hot, and beyond heart-lifting summer. The last few weeks saw us welcome and celebrate a hugely successful Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann i mBéal Feirste, where we got to take over a big park in North Belfast and run my Waterwork’s Station Sessions project, which
Alps, An Fhrainc, The Fleadh (opens the original)
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Cen chaoi a bhfuil sibh a chairde?Not every morning I’d be having the morning coffee looking out at the French Alps. They are galánta (incroyable en francais, outstanding as béarla!) I’m about 1540m or so above sea level, way up there. Ireland’s own Carrauntoohill is only 1038m! It’s fresh up here and to be honest, sort of weird too haha. A lot of the v… Read more
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