Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh

Girseachaí an Phointe / Port Chití Rua

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Recorded by: Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
Written by: Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
Two tunes which I composed on the hardanger fiddle. The first tune is for my daughter Nia and her wee friends and neighbours Gráinne and Róise Ní Dhomhnaill, as they insisted on dancing while I composed it. The second jig is for my mother Kitty…..where we learned all the dances!

Dhá phort a chum me ar m’fhideal hardanger. Is do Nia agus a cuid cairde Gráinne agus Róise Ní Dhomhnaill a chum mé an chead phort mar go raibh fonn damhsa orthu agus mé a chumadh. Is do mo mháthair, Cití Rua a chum me an dara ceann….bean an damhsa!

Mairéad – Hardanger Fiddle
Manus – Bouzouki / Guitar
Dónal Lunny - Bodhrán