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Ceolchoirm Fhéile Mhic Dara

Lá Mhic Dara Image Name: Lá Mhic Dara Description: Boats heading for Cruach na Cara Island out from the Carna on La Mhic Dara, feast of Patron Saint Mac Dara
Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin Image Name: Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin Description: Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin

Inniu, cloisfimid coirm cheoil a bhí ar siúl i Ruisín na Mainíoch i gCarna i mí an Mheithimh le hairgead a bhailiú le tacú le Féile Mhic Dara.  Bhí ceol, amhráin agus filíocht mar chuid den ócáid.  Ar chuid acu sin a bhí páirteach, bhí an t-amhránaí Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin, an fonnadóir Josie Sheáin Jeaic, an file Josie Ó Guairim, Gerry Hanly ar an mbosca ceoil, Ann Droney Kirrane ar an gconsairtín agus ag amhránaíocht, an boscadóir Conor McCarthy agus a chairde, agus Ceoltóirí Óga Scoil Phobail Mhic Dara.  Ba é Seán Bán Breathnach a chuir i láthair an choirm.

Today, we’ll hear a concert held in Ruisín na Mainíoch in Carna in Connemara in June.  There was music, song and poetry as part of the concert, which was a fundraiser for the Féile Mhic Dara celebrations, held every year on 16 July.  Those who took part included singer songwriter Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin, sean-nós singer Josie Sheáin Jeaic, poet Josie Ó Guairim, Gerry Hanly on box, Ann Droney Kirrane on concertina and singing, box player Conor McCarthy and friends, and young musical group Ceoltóirí Óga Scoil Phobail Mhic Dara.  Seán Bán Breathnach presented the concert.