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Marcas & Róise 21/08/25

Marcas Ó Murchú agus Róise Ní Mhurchú, athair agus iníon le ceol ó ghlúin go glúin s’acu.

San eagrán seo, díríonn Marcas agus Róise ar cheoltóirí áitiúla agus clanna ceolmhara ar nós Clann McSherry, Clann O’Connor, Clann McKenna.

Téann Marcas siar ar bhóithrín na smaointe á rá le Róise nach raibh aon chlár i nGaeilge, gan trácht ar shraith le ceol traidisiúnta i nGaeilge, ar an ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½. Cuireann sé síos ar thionchar chlann McPeake air féin leis an scoil cheoil s’acu a d’éirigh leis freastal air agus é ag fás aníos. Déanann sé ceiliúradh ar an fhás agus ar an fhorbairt i saol an cheoil thraidisiúnta sa lá atá inniu ann, leis na féilte ceoil agus ceoltóirí óga le Gaeilge - ar nós Róise í féin - ag bláthú de réir a chéile. Roinnt de na ceoltóirí a mhúin sé féin, chuaigh siad ar aghaidh le scoileanna ceoil dá gcuid féin a bhunú ach éist leis an eagrán seo le fáil amach cé go díreach a chuir Marcas i dtreo na feadóige.

This episode focusses on local musicians and musical clans such as the McSherrys, O’Connors and McKennas.

Marcas describes his childhood, telling Róise that there were no Irish language programmes - much less traditional music series in Irish - on the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ in Irish when he was a child. He describes how he was greatly influenced by the McPeake family’s music school and how since his childhood, the increase in traditional Irish music festivals and young musicians with Irish has been huge, with some well-known musicians he taught going to set up their own traditional Irish music schools. Listen to this episode to find out who it was that inspired Marcas to take up the flute in the first place!

56 minutes

Last on

Thu 21 Aug 2025 20:04

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  • Thu 21 Aug 2025 20:04