Some of Ireland's finest female musicians who are members of Macalla perform a selection of reels.
The all female traditional music group Macalla formed in 1984. This ensemble features fiddles, flutes, singers, concertina, piano, harp and bodhrán from ten of the thirty two counties on the island of Ireland. Many of the instrumentalists also sing.
Presenter of 'The Mountain Lark' Seosaimhín Ní Bheaglaoich is also a member of Macalla, and introduces the band to viewers as,
Probably the best female band you’re ever likely to hear.
This episode of ‘The Mountain Lark’ was broadcast on 20 May 1985. The presenter is Seosaimhín Ní Bheaglaoich.
‘The Mountain Lark’ was a series of traditional music, song and dance presented by Seosaimhín Ní Bheaglaoich from Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann in Monkstown, County Dublin. First broadcast on 29 April 1985, it ran for four series.
