The New Strung Harp
Maire Ni Chathasaigh
Irish
Temple Records
Released: 1997
Catalogue Number: COMD2019
Barcode: 096045001928
Running Time: 38 mins
You can listen to short samples from some of the tracks on this album using the player below.
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Originally released on Vinyl in 1985. Extracts from the LP sleeve notes:
Maire Ni Chathasaigh has an international reputation as an exponent of traditional Irish music on the harp.Brought up bilingually, in a musical family, Maire began to play the Irish harp at the age of twelve. She was already proficient in a
variety of instruments,notably piano,violin
and whistle. She has won the harp competitions at the Fleadh Cheoil na h-Eireann and at the Kilarney Pan-Celtic
Festival,on several occasions. She also holds an honours degree in Celtic Studies.
1) Charles O'Conor - Father Hanly.
2) O Ho Nighean, E Ho Nighean.
3) Madam Maxwell.
4) The Pullet - The Volunteer.
5) An Speic Seoigheach.
6) The Humours of Ballyloughlin.
7) Hindero Horo.
8) The Bantry Girls' Lament.
9) The Gander in the Pratie Hole - The Queen of the Rushes.
10) Carolan's Farewell to Music.
11) The Fisherman's Hornpipe - The Cuckoo's Nest.
12) The Boys of Malin - The Old Oak Tree.
13) Planxty Sudley.
Originally released on Vinyl in 1985. Extracts from the LP sleeve notes:
Maire Ni Chathasaigh has an international reputation as an exponent of traditional Irish music on the harp.Brought up bilingually, in a musical family, Maire began to play the Irish harp at the age of twelve. She was already proficient in a
variety of instruments,notably piano,violin
and whistle. She has won the harp competitions at the Fleadh Cheoil na h-Eireann and at the Kilarney Pan-Celtic
Festival,on several occasions. She also holds an honours degree in Celtic Studies.
Lineup
Maire Ni Chathasaigh - Harp,Synthesiser,
lead & harmony Vocals
Nollaig Casey - Fiddle,Vocal
Mairéad Ni Chathasaigh - Whistle,Vocal