''Ceol Aduaidh'' (

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for "''Music from the North''") is the first studio album by

Frankie Kennedy Frankie Kennedy (30 September 1955 – 19 September 1994) was a flute and tin whistle player born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He was also the co-founder of the band Altan, formed with his wife Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh. The popular ''Frankie Ken ...

and

Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (; born 26 July 1959) is an Irish fiddler and the lead vocalist for the Irish folk music band Altan, which she co-founded with her late husband Frankie Kennedy in 1987. Today, Mairéad is recognised as a leading exponent ...

(who would go on to found the

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band Altan), originally released in

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on the

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label. It was reissued in 1994 by

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and a remastered edition was issued in 2009 by Gael-Linn.

Critical reception

In the January–February 2010 issue of (French magazine) Trad' Mag, on the occasion of the album re-release by the Gael-Linn label, folk critic Philippe Cousin awarded ''Ceol Aduaidh'' full marks (giving the album a "Bravo!!!" award), calling it a «recording that is a historical milestone in the early 1980s presaging the beginnings of Altan» and stating: «On fully remastered ''Ceol Aduaidh'', fiddler and singer Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and flutist Frankie Kennedy perform some of the typical Donegal dances such as Mazurkas ("Shoe the Donkey"), Highlands and Germans along with the inevitable Jigs and Reels. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh put her superb soprano voice on four songs from the North such as "An Spealadóir" which evokes the hard seasonal work in Scotland to whom the Donegal people were compelled.»

Track listing

# "Rílleanna" – 1:59

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# "Mazurkas Phroinsias Uí Mhaonaigh" – 2:12 azurkas # "Iníon a' Bhaoghailligh" – 3:29 ong/Amhran#1# "Poirt: Con Ó Casaide, Pilleadh Wellington" – 2:06 une/Jig# "Méiltí Cheann Dubhrann (Fonn Mall) low air/ Cloch na Ceithre Mhíle (Ril)"

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– 4:15 # "Thíos i dTeach a' Tórraimh" – 3:02 ong/Amhran#2# "An Cruach fraoch, Ríl Sheáin Mhosaí" – 1:48

# "Poirt: An Peata sa Chistineach, Poirt: An Fathach Éireannach, Poirt: Atholl Highlanders" – 4:08 # "Germans" – 3:59 ermans # "An Spealadóir" – 1:52 ong/Amhran#3 # "Ríleanna Tommy Peoples" – 2:14

# "Shoe the Donkey" – 1:46 azurka # "An Clár Bog Déil" – 3:42 ong/Amhran#4 # "The Brown-Sailed Boat (Strathspey) / The Maids of Tullyknockbrine (Ril)"

– 1:39 All tracks are traditionals arranged by

and

Personnel

Personnel per Discogs. *

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and arrangements *

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and arrangements *Gearóid Ó Maonaigh (Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh's brother) –

Guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

*Ciarán Curran – Cittern *Fintan McManus –

Bouzouki The bouzouki (, also ; el, μπουζούκι ; alt. pl. ''bouzoukia'', from Greek ), also spelled buzuki or buzuci, is a musical instrument popular in Greece. It is a member of the long-necked lute family, with a round body with a flat top and ...

* Eithne Ní Bhraonáin –

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(Prophet 5) *Nicky Ryan – producer *Brian Masterson – engineer *Michael Ellis – mastering *Bill Doyle – photography

References

{{Authority control Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh albums Frankie Kennedy albums 1983 albums