Re: what part of meath is micheal odomhnall from??????
They were brought up in Meath but their grandfather was from Rann na Feirste in the Donegal gaeltacht — hence the source for many ot the songs. They used to spend summers up there.
Re: what part of meath is micheal odomhnall from??????
What county is famously known for its pipers? Y'no how some county has a particular reputation for some instruments, like for instance, cork is reperatable for its fiddle players and guitarists.
Apparently Donegal (my home county) has a strong piping community.
Re: what part of meath is micheal odomhnall from??????
That explains their accents. I went to see the Ni Domhnaill sisters perform in London a few years ago, and was wondering why they didn't speak with anything I recognised as an Ulster accent.
Scrappy - Is that uillean piping or 'bagpiping' (Great Highland Pipes, piob mor, 'war pipes')? Donegal is usually associated more with fiddling.
Uillean pipers always seem to have been few and far between - there are probably more now than there have ever been in history. Many of them were travellers, so not associated with any particular county. Of local piping traditions, the one which has best retained its links with the past is that of West Clare. Dublin has also had an active piping scene for several generations - although many of its members may have their ancestry elsewhere in Ireland.
Re: what part of meath is micheal odomhnall from??????
Donegal has had a few notable piob mor players. The book the Northern Fiddler had a family tree of the Doherty family, including its most famous musicianer, John(ny); haven't seen the book in a long time but if I recall correctly his grandfather played the big pipes and his great-grandDa played both big and Union pipes. A few relatives also played the Union/uilleann pipes as well, Tarlach McSweeny was the best known of these - he is profiled in Francis O'Neill's Irish Minstrels and Musicians. He also played the big pipes. The Doherties had various piping tunes under their belt. Dunno if they're persisting in playing the big pipes in Donegal, aside from pipe bands and all that. Various Union/uilleann pipers around the country play tunes from the Donegal fiddle repetoire - Robbie Hannon, Ronan Browne, Sean Potts, Joe McLaughlin.
what part of meath is micheal odomhnall from??????
what part of meath is micheal odomhnall from??????
as you probably guess by my loggin name..'meathman' , i am just that, i just read in someones message that he! is a meathman, of donegal parents.
and would he had any connections with the johnstons?
# Posted on July 10th 2006 by bearded folk head
Re: what part of meath is micheal odomhnall from??????
According to RTE, he was brought up near Kells. I had always assumed he (and the sisters) was from Donegal.
# Posted on July 10th 2006 by frozenstiff
Re: what part of meath is micheal odomhnall from??????
They were brought up in Meath but their grandfather was from Rann na Feirste in the Donegal gaeltacht — hence the source for many ot the songs. They used to spend summers up there.
# Posted on July 11th 2006 by amhrán
Mícheál Ó Domhnaill's wake
Does anyone know whereabouts in Dundrum the wake is being held?
# Posted on July 11th 2006 by amhrán
Re: what part of meath is micheal odomhnall from??????
What county is famously known for its pipers? Y'no how some county has a particular reputation for some instruments, like for instance, cork is reperatable for its fiddle players and guitarists.
Apparently Donegal (my home county) has a strong piping community.
# Posted on July 11th 2006 by Scrappy the Godo
Re: what part of meath is micheal odomhnall from??????
That explains their accents. I went to see the Ni Domhnaill sisters perform in London a few years ago, and was wondering why they didn't speak with anything I recognised as an Ulster accent.
Scrappy - Is that uillean piping or 'bagpiping' (Great Highland Pipes, piob mor, 'war pipes')? Donegal is usually associated more with fiddling.
Uillean pipers always seem to have been few and far between - there are probably more now than there have ever been in history. Many of them were travellers, so not associated with any particular county. Of local piping traditions, the one which has best retained its links with the past is that of West Clare. Dublin has also had an active piping scene for several generations - although many of its members may have their ancestry elsewhere in Ireland.
# Posted on July 11th 2006 by CreadurMawnOrganig
Re: what part of meath is micheal odomhnall from??????
Donegal has had a few notable piob mor players. The book the Northern Fiddler had a family tree of the Doherty family, including its most famous musicianer, John(ny); haven't seen the book in a long time but if I recall correctly his grandfather played the big pipes and his great-grandDa played both big and Union pipes. A few relatives also played the Union/uilleann pipes as well, Tarlach McSweeny was the best known of these - he is profiled in Francis O'Neill's Irish Minstrels and Musicians. He also played the big pipes. The Doherties had various piping tunes under their belt. Dunno if they're persisting in playing the big pipes in Donegal, aside from pipe bands and all that. Various Union/uilleann pipers around the country play tunes from the Donegal fiddle repetoire - Robbie Hannon, Ronan Browne, Sean Potts, Joe McLaughlin.
# Posted on July 12th 2006 by KLR