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Úna Monaghan

Úna Monaghan ag fiosrú I Mo Chás Féin le Mick O’Brien.

Tradcheol den scoth roghnaithe ag Úna Monaghan, cláirseoir, cumadóir agus innealtóir as Béal Feirste. I ngach clár, cloistear mionsraith speisialta, I Mo Chás Féin, ina nochtaíonn ceoltóirí ár linne léi cad é go díreach a bhíonn á cheilt acu ina mboscaí ceoil rúnda, draíochtach sin…anocht seal píobaire clúiteach as Baile Átha Cliath, Mick O’Brien, agus scéal a phíb uilleann a rinneadh i 1921, a ceannaíodh i dteach gill i Nua Eabhrac, agus a landáil mar bhronntanas i mála plaisteach dó agus é ina leaid óg. Anocht, cluineann muid an dóigh ar éirigh le Mick uasgrádú a dhéanamh ar chás s’aige ó na málaí plaisteacha sin!

Great trad choices from Belfast harpist, composer and engineer Úna Monaghan. In each of her programmes, she hosts a special mini-series, I Mo Chás Féin (In My Own Case) in which musicians reveal what exactly it is that they hide in those mysterious, magical music boxes they carry around for their instruments! Tonight we hear of the curious case of Dublin piper, Mick O’Brien, how pipes which were made in 1921 and bought in a pawn shop in New York, were brought back to Ireland by a family friend who delivered them in a plastic bag to Mick’s family for him to play when was just a young lad. Tonight, Mick describes how he successfully upgraded his case from plastic bags!

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56 minutes

On radio

Thu 31 Jul 2025 20:04

Broadcast

  • Thu 31 Jul 2025 20:04