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Cuireann Marcas Ó Murchú, fliútadóir, iarmhúinteoir, iarchraoltóir agus athair le Róise Ní Mhurchú, amhránaí, fidléir agus seinnteoir feadóige stáin, ceithre sheachtain de cheol iontach inár láthair, ceol a chuaigh i bhfeidhm orthu beirt go pearsanta agus ar phobal s’acu thar na glúnta. Cuireann Róise síos ar an sásamh a bhain sí as tochailt a dhéanamh ar bhailiúchán a athar agus í ag ullmhú don mhionsraith seo ar Blas Ceoil. Cuireann Marcas síos ar a thógáil féin in iarthar Bhéal Feirste, na luathlaethanta ceoil s’aige, roinnt de na daoine ar mhúin sé ceol dóibh, ar nós na Friel Sisters agus roinneann sé cuimhní speisialta ó Fhleá Cheoil Ard Eoin i mBéal Feirste sna 1970í fosta, le cuimhne faoi leith aige ar an uair a dhíoladh Seán Mac Aindreasa ó Ghaeltacht Bhóthar Seoighe ceirníní de cheol traidisiúnta, ceann acu le Tommy Peoples ó Thír Chonaill agus Paul Brady ó Thír Eoghain a cheannaigh sé féin agus a chuaigh i bhfeidhm go mór air siar sa lá agus a chluineann muid sa chéad eagrán seo. Cluineann muid fosta faoin scéal taobh thiar d’fhoilsiúchán fíorthábhachtach de cheol ó na 1850í a tharla mar gheall ar chaptain le póilíní Siceagó Mheiriceá ag an am…neart scéalta mar sin le hais scéalta ó ghlúin Mharcais go glúin Róise le cloisteáil ar an chéad chlár as mionsraith ceithre chlár leis an fhoireann d’athair agus iníon seo ar Blas Ceoil. Is léiriú de chuid ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Gaeilge é seo.

Marcas Ó Murchú, flute player, former teacher and broadcaster and father to singer, fiddler and whistle player, Róise Ní Mhurchú, bring us four weeks of great traditional Irish music, music which influenced them both personally and their musical community across the generations. Róise describes the satisfaction she had how she ransacked her father’s CD collection for this series and Marcas describes some of his upbringing in west Belfast, when he was starting out playing music in the 1970s, describing the many connections with musicians, many of whom he taught, amongst them the Friel Sisters back in the day.
Marcas shares special musical memories he has from the 1970s, the Ardoyne Fleadh Cheoil in Belfast, and also when Seán Mac Aindreasa from Belfast’s Bóthar Seoighe Gaeltacht used to sell LPs of traditional Irish music, one of those being an LP of musician Tommy Peoples from Donegal and Paul Brady from Tyrone which made a big impression on Marcas at the time and which we hear in this first episode. We also hear how it came to be that a captain in the Chicago police force paid for the publication of a significant body of Irish melodies from the 1850s back in the late 19th century. Father and daughter team, Marcas and Róise, share musical highlights and stories from their own generations in this first uplifting episode of this mini-series of Blas Ceoil. This is a ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Gaeilge production.