An Fear Ceoil - Séamus Ennis

A new Irish language series opens a window on the musical life of rural Ireland in the early 1940s. Ríonach Uí Ógáin introduces readings from the diary kept by Seamus Ennis when he travelled widely as a music collector for the Irish Folklore Commission in the 1940s. We hear singers and musicians from many gaeltacht areas as well as  Ennis' own piping and singing. The diary offers a unique perspective on tradition life in the west and the working life of a folkmusic collector more than 60 years ago.

Tugann dialann Shéamuis Mhic Aonghusa deis dúinn bláiseadh de shaol na gaeltachta trí scór bliain ó shin nuair a bhí an fear ceoil seo ag bailiú don Choimisiúin Bélaoideasa. Beidh Ríonach Uí Ógain ár dtreorú tríd an dialann le cuidiú ó amhránaithe agus ceoltóirí na linne sin. Antaine Ó Faracháin a léann na sliochtanna ón dialann.

Léiritheoir: Cathal Póirtéir

Cartlann: An Fear Ceoil - Séamus Ennis

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