Clann Mhic Ruairí to celebrate Donegal tradition on TG4

Musical group Clann Mhic Ruairí from west Donegal will headline the next episode of the new TG4 series Féile Ealaíne an Earagail.

The renowned musical family from Rann na Feirste are on the main stage at An Grianán Theatre in Letterkenny in this week’s episode 6 which was filmed during last year’s Earagail Arts Festival. 

Siblings Tony (singer), Aodh (singer/guitar), Sean (singer), Dónall (singer/percussion) and Tony’s daughter Megan (piano and singer) were raised on the Gaelic songs and stories of the Rann na Feirste Gaeltacht in Donegal.

Hearing their music gives the listener an insight into this rich culture which they continue to preserve. This corner of Ireland is the birthplace of internationally-acclaimed artists who have moulded the Irish traditional music scene since the 1970s. 

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Clannad, Skara Brae, Altan, Manus and Dónall Lunny, to name but a few, have all blossomed in this area and Clann Mhic Ruairí has now taken up the torch in the hope of conserving and promoting this rich musical culture which lies at the core of their being.

In Teach na nAmhrán, the episode also features the recent recipient of TG4’s amhránaí na bliana, Niall Hanna, joined by Stephen Loughran and Rachel McGarrity, while Glenties fiddler Tara Connaghan is in Ionad Cois Locha, Dún Lúiche. Piper Méabh O’Donnell is this week’s young musician.

Féile Ealaíne an Earagail on TG4 this Sunday, February 19 at 9.30pm. 

To watch back the whole series to date, all episodes can be viewed worldwide on the TG4 Player at www.tg4.ie.