Seosaimhín Ní Bheaglaoich accompanied by harper Janet Harbison gives a performance of the slow air 'De Bharr na gCnoc'.
Traditional singer Seosaimhín Ní Bheaglaoich accompanied by harp playerJanet Harbison perform the slow air known as ‘De Bharr na gCnoc’ (‘Over The Hills’). The air is to a song by Cork poet Seán Clárach Mac Domhnaill.
And being a Jacobite song it is both a love and a patriotic song from the 18th century.
Hailing from the west Kerry Gaeltacht, Seosaimhín Ní Bheaglaoich is an RTÉ and Radio na Gaeltachta broadcaster. She is a founding member of the all female band Macalla.
Janet Harbison from Dublin was the first harpist to tour the world with Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann. In 1986 she was appointed Curator of Music at the Ulster Folk Museum.
‘The Mountain Lark’ is a series featuring traditional music and song filmed at the Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann headquarters in Monkstown, County Dublin. The series aims to showcase the best of traditional Irish music, song and dance from around the country. First broadcast on 29 April 1985 it ran for four series.
This episode of ‘The Mountain Lark’ was broadcast on 9 December 1986. The presenter is Seosaimhín Ní Bheaglaioch.
