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G-Seal Gan Ghruaim Compact Disc: A Time Without Gloom Tracks: An Bánaí Drabhlásach Cearc agus Coileach An Bhanaltra Tá mé ‘mo Shuí Úna Uí Chonchubhair Bháin Siobhán Ní Dhuibhir Geaftaí Bhaile Buí Éirí ‘s cuir ort do chuid Éadaigh An Droighneán Donn Jinny Dheas a Dheigh-Bhean Ainnir Dheas na gCiabhfholt Donn An Seanduine Dóite Review “Heart and soul, the two words that run through me as I listen? To Hugh MacRuairí singing a mixture of ancient songs and a few songs from Clan Mac Grianna from his home area, Rann na Feirste. It puts a new seal on the music – and a chance for us to spend ‘Seal Gan Ghruaim’ listening to them. -Marrett Ní Mhaonaigh, Altan Biography Although I was born in Glasgow City in 1966, I was fortunate that my family made the decision to reach Rann na Feirste before I was six years old. It was then that the music began to impress me as I listened to my great-grandmother humming and wailing around the house. What impressed me most during those years was a great deal. In fact I’m almost certain that I and my contemporaries were the last generation to get a little taste of the old days. I got a chance to listen to the town’s well-known singers and storytellers and that’s probably why I fell in love with the rhythmic poetic style of Irish that was spoken at the time. It was also in Rann na Feirste that I saw the emergence of a new era of music in the form of Clannad, although I did not know that at the time. I remember, back in the seventies, giving me half a gene to see in St. Brigid’s College. If they hadn’t played any musical notes that night I would have gotten my money’s worth because I saw the biggest fiddle I’ve ever seen (a bass order) and wondered what kind of man was playing in weeding this acre. But when Ciarán Ó Braonáin took the acre, he made two things clear to me and that is, that it is not played like a normal fiddle and the second thing is that the hair stands on the back of your neck when it is played. It was at that moment that I realized that there was something magically spiritually intriguing about music, that I had not landed until then. Some of George Doherty’s music was to play the same trick on me during those years as well and I was lucky enough to work with him many years later. Among the other tracks left to me musically I am indebted to Clan O’Donnell and Hughie Padaí Hiúdaí in particular. Anyway, that was the beginning and not the end. In the meantime I hope you enjoy my little effort, ‘Seal without Gloom’.
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G-Seal Gan Ghruaim Dlúth Dhiosca : Seal Gan Ghruaim Rianta: An Bánaí Drabhlásach Cearc agus Coileach An Bhanaltra Tá mé ‘mo Shuí Úna Uí Chonchubhair Bháin Siobhán Ní Dhuibhir Geaftaí Bhaile Buí Éirí ‘s cuir ort do chuid Éadaigh An Droighneán Donn Jinny Dheas a Dheigh-Bhean Ainnir Dheas na gCiabhfholt Donn An Seanduine Dóite Léirmheas “Croí agus anam, an dá fhocal a ritheann liom agus mé ag éisteacht le hAodh Mac Ruairí a’ rá meascán d’amhráin ársa agus cúpla amhrán ó Chlann Mhic Grianna óna cheantar dúchais, Rann na Feirste. Cuireann sé séala úr ar na ceoltaí agus deis dúinne ‘Seal Gan Ghruaim’ a chaitheamh ag éisteacht leo.” -Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, Altan Beathaisnéis Cé gur i gCathair Ghlaschú in 1966 a tháinig mé ar a’ tsaol, bhí sé de d’ádh orm go ndearna mo theaghlach an cinneadh Rann na Feirste a bhaint amach sula raibh mé sé bliana slánaithe. Ba ansin a thosaigh an ceol ag gabháil i bhfeidhm orm agus mé ag éisteacht le mo mháthair mhór ag drandán ceoil agus í ag timireacht fán teach. Is mó go mór na rudaí a chuaigh i bhfeidhm orm le linn na mblianta sin. Déanta na fírinne tá mé beagnach cinnte go raibh mé féin agus lucht mo chomhaimsire ar an ghlúin dheireanach a fuair blaiseadh beag den seansaol mar a bhíodh. Fuair mé deis éisteacht le fonnadóirí agus scéalaithe aitheanta an bhaile agus is cinnte gur mar gheall ar sin go dtug mé grá don stíl filiúnta rithimeach Gaeilge a bhítí a labhairt ag am. Ba i Rann na Feirste chomh maith a chonaic mé teacht chun cinn ré úr an cheoil i bhfoirm Clannad, cé nach raibh a fhios agam sin san am. Is cuimhneach liom, anonn sna seachtóidí ag tabhairt leathghiní uaim lena bhfeiceáil i gColáiste Bhríde. Mura mbeadh siad gan nóta ceoil ar bith a sheinm ar an oíche sin bhí luach mo chuid airgid faighte agamsa ar an ábhar go bhfaca mé an fhidil a ba mhó a chonaic mé riamh (olldord) agus iontas orm cén cineál fear a bhí ag gabháil i mbun coraíochta leis an acra seo. Ach nuair a thóg Ciarán Ó Braonáin an t-acra, thug sé dhá rud chun soiléireachta dom agus is iad sin, nach seinntear í mar ghnáth fhidil agus an dara rud ná go seasann an ghruaig ar chúl do mhuiníl nuair a sheinntear í. Ba ag an bhomaite sin a tuigeadh dom go raibh rud inteacht draíochtúil spioradálta bainteach leis an cheol, nach dtáinig i dtír orm go dtí sin. Bhí cuid ceoil Sheoirse Uí Dhochartaigh leis an cleas céanna a imirt orm le linn na mblianta sin chomh maith agus bhí sé de ádh orm oibriú leis blianta fada ina dhiaidh sin. Ar na loirg eile a fágadh orm ó thaobh an cheoil de tá mé go mór faoi chomaoin Chlann Uí Dhomhnaill agus Hughie Phadaí Hiúdaí go háirithe. Ar scor ar bith ba é sin a thús agus ná tagadh a dheireadh go ceann tamailt. Idir an dá linn tá súil agam go mbainfidh tú taitneamh beag as mo chuid iarrachtaí, ‘Seal gan Ghruaim’.