Hello everyone, I’ve been really busy composing music for An GrianĂĄn Theatre, Letterkenny, Co Donegal. This will be part of this year’s Letterkenny Trad Week 2021. I love composing new music and this time I have also composed a song for the suite. RĂ© an tSolais means the Time of Light and I am optimistic…

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IMG_0178 A chairde, friends, BuĂ­ochas Ăł chroĂ­ ar son bhur gcomhluadar agus tacaĂ­ocht i mbliana, chuidigh sibh uilig go mĂłr liom frĂ­d an dianghlasĂș.   How can I thank you for helping me during this year on this new venture of fiddle classes. You do not know how it helped me through this strange time,…

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Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh le fidil

A Chairde, FĂĄilte roimhe na fidlĂ©irĂ­ Ășra! Welcome all the new fiddlers! Looking for some guidance for my next recording of lessons which I hope to record soon. What tunes, that I might  know, would you like to learn? Should I put some pointers up about tone/bowing etc? I really want to make these lessons…

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Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, Manus Lunny and Nia Ní Bheirn at Cork Folk Festival

It has been a strange time. Altan were supposed to play last Friday September 25th in Áislann Chill Chartha but because the Covid 19 numbers were going up and Dublin and Donegal having the highest incidence of cases we and the committee decided to postpone this concert until it is safer to have it. Next…

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Altan Live - Áislann Chill Chartha

I have been kindly invited to teach two master-classes this Saturday, September 12th, for the wonderful Philadelphia Ceili Group Festival. I’ll be teaching songs in the Irish language, phonetically and also teaching a fiddle master-class. You can find more information or register at philadelphiaceiligroup.org. Please let your friends know! I’m also so excited that Altan…

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SíFiddlers - Donegal fiddle music

I’ve been busy busy busy with my family band. Na Mooneys’ new pieces for the Earagail Arts Festival 2020 premiered last Sunday July 19th on their An SruthĂĄin (Small streams) channel on Youtube. The compositions include a new song, SiĂșl i Suain (Walk in Slumber), written by my brother GearĂłid and sister Anna. The rest…

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