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Ceol Muintire leis na Mulcahys!

The Mulcahys of Abbeyfeale, County Limerick, are the most talented musical family in Ireland. 
       Don Meade, Irish Voice

Notes from the Heart atá ar an albam nua ó Mick Mulcahy, agus óna dhá iníon, Louise agus Michelle, as Mainistir na Féile, Co. Luimnigh, atá foilsithe ar lipéad Chló Iar-Chonnachta.  Ceol corraitheach atá ar an dlúthdhiosca seo, a chuirfidh go mór le clú mhuintir Mulcahy mar shárcheoltóirí le tuiscint as cuimse ar an gceol. 

Tugann Peadar Ó Riada le fios sna nótaí don albam gurb é an binneas lena seinneann siad i dteannta a chéile is mó atá le tabhairt faoi deara anseo, agus tá an ceart aige.  Is ceol croíúil teolaí atá ar Notes from the Heart, seinnte i stíl Shliabh Luachra agus iarthar Luimnigh, ach go mór faoi thionchar Chontae an Chláir.  Seinneann muintir Mulcahy raon leathan uirlisí ar an albam.  Seinneann Mick an bosca ceoil agus an mileoidean, seinneann Louise an feadóg mhór agus na píoba uilleann agus seinneann Michelle an fhidil, an consairtín, an chláirseach agus an pianó.  Tá 17 traic ar an dlúthdhiosca, agus san áireamh ansin tá ríl a chum Michelle, An Bóthar go dtí an Chríoch (The Road to Cree), ríl a chum Peadar Ó Riada, Ag Fosaíocht Caorach (Gathering Sheep) agus ríl a chum Mike Rafferty, An Smólach sa Stoirm (The Thrush in the Storm).  Tá tionlacan ar an albam ó Cyril O’Donoghue ar an mbasúcaí agus ar an ngiotár, agus ó Tommy Hayes ar an mbodhrán. 

Seo an dara halbam ó mhuintir Mulcahy.  Foilsíodh The Mulcahy Family ar lipéad Shanachie i 2000, agus fuair sé ardmholadh ó léirmheastóirí.

Rugadh Mick i mBrosnach i dtuaisceart Chiarraí, agus tá cónaí air i Mainistir na Féile in iarthar Luimnigh.  Tá sé ag seinm an bhosca ceoil le fada an lá, agus an-mheas air mar cheoltóir.  Tá dhá albam aonair eisithe aige ar lipéad Ghael Linn, Mick Mulcahy (1977) agus Mick Mulcahy agus Cairde (1990).  Tá Michelle 20 bliain d’aois, agus chríochnaigh sí céim sa cheol i UCC le déanaí.  Tá Louise 22 bliain d’aois agus is múinteoir bunscoile í i mBaile Átha Troim, Co. na Mí. 

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Traditional Irish Music is a Family Affair!

The Mulcahys of Abbeyfeale, County Limerick, are the most talented musical family in Ireland. 
       Don Meade, Irish Voice

Notes from the Heart is the new album from Mick Mulcahy and his two daughters, Louise and Michelle, from Abbeyfeale, Co. Limerick, released on the CIC label.  It is an album of soulful traditional music, and will do much to confirm the family’s reputation as great players with a particularly keen understanding of traditional Irish music.

Peadar Ó Riada remarks in the notes for this album that it is the sweetness and the tunefulness of the family’s ensemble playing that is most striking, and he is right.  Their music is full of melody and warmth, and is firmly rooted in the west Limerick and Sliabh Luachra styles, but also has a Clare influence.  The Mulcahys play a dazzling array of instruments on the album; Mick plays accordion and melodeon, Louise plays concert flute and uilleann pipes and Michelle plays fiddle, concertina, harp and piano.  The 17 tracks on the album include a reel composed by Michelle, The Road to Cree, as well as a reel by Peadar Ó Riada, Gathering Sheep, and another by the great Mike Rafferty, The Thrush in the Storm.  Accompaniment is provided by Cyril O’Donoghue on bouzouki and guitar, and by Tommy Hayes on bodhrán. 

This is the second album from the family; their first, The Mulcahy Family, was released on the Shanachie label in 2000, and was lauded by the critics, who described it as ‘a sparkling display of musical togetherness and individual expertise’, and ‘purely magical’. 

Mick Mulcahy was born in Brosna in north Kerry, and lives in Abbeyfeale in west Limerick.  His button accordion is his long-time companion and has won him many fans and friends.  He has released two solo albums on the Gael Linn label, Mick Mulcahy (1977) and Mick Mulcahy agus Cairde (1990).  Michelle is 20 years of age, and has recently completed her BA in music in UCC; Louise is 22 and is a primary-school teacher in Trim, Co. Meath.