Monthly Archives: May 2013

An Braon Báistí  (The drop of rain) (1:57) It was still raining when I got to put this one together.   The week before we recorded, I would put a tune a day together in order that we had something to work on.  Martin and Caoimhín are really talented and learn or pick up tunes in […]

Ceantar Glas Mhuscraí (5:27) This air was born to fulfil a promise to Morgan Fisher in Japan who had this idea of asking 60 people to provide 60 seconds of music to mark the turning of the last Millenium in the year 2000 (Miniatures 2).   I was honoured to be asked and I thank him.   […]

Margaret Batt ( 2:26 ) Margaret Bat was one of those rare things, a person with a beautiful soul.  She was shy and gentle and kind and warmhearted but also had the artists ‘súil eile’.   She took up painting later in life. Her work was evocative being, usually, a montage of scenes depicting a story associated […]

Maith thú Muiris. ( 3:13 ) Muiris Ó Rócháin was one of my pals.   He was a noble man. He died in 2011 and we all mourned him.  We three dedicated this album to his memory.  He was from Corca Dhuibhne (Dingle Peninsula).  A teacher and collector of folklore, he also was part of many organizations […]