Malairt Poirt ó Fionntrá - Jimmí Ó Sé

I bPittsburgh Mheiriceá a saolaíodh Jimmí Ó Sé i 1916, ach d'fhill a mhuintir ar a bhfód dúchais i bhFionntrá nuair a bhí Jimmí ceithre bliana d'aois.  D'fhoghlaim sé a chéad phort, Séamaisín, ar an mbosca ceoil óna mháthair nuair a bhí sé hocht mbliana d'aois, agus tá sé ag seimint ag tionóil rince le breis is ceithre fichid bliain anois.  Fuair Jimmí dúchas na scéalaíochta óna dhaid, Pat Pheats Ó Sé, agus tá eachtraí, filíocht áitiúil agus scéalta grinn is púcaí le cloisteáil uaidh ar an dlúthdhiosca seo, mar aon le rogha ceoil damhsa, polcaí agus sleamhnáin san áireamh, le cóiríu agus tionlacan ó Stiofán Ó Cuanaigh.  Cé go bhfuil breis is 100 bliain ann ó tosnaíodh ar scéalta béaloidis a bhailiú i bhFionntrá, seo é an chéad uair gur féidir teacht ar a leithéid ar dlúthdhiosca.

Roibeard Ó Cathasaigh a chuir an saothar in eagar.

90-year-old Jimmí Ó Sé was born in Pittsburgh, USA, in 1916, but his family returned to their native Fionntrá when he was four years old.  His mother taught him his first tune on the melodeon, Séamaisín, when he was eight years old, and he has been playing music ever since and is still a regular fixture at sessions and dances in west Kerry.  Jimmí's father, Pat Pheats Ó Sé, was a wonderful storyteller and passed this gift on to his son.  Jimmí's oral lore, including historical, humorous and ghost stories, can be heard on the album together with a selection of music including slides and polkas, arranged and accompanied by Steve Cooney.  Although folklore has been collected in Fionntrá for over one hundred years, this is the first time such material can be found on CD.  

Roibeard Ó Cathasaigh edited this collection.