It has been edifying to research the career of this mezzo-soprano and to discover that the vinyl LP of her singing, released when she was still alive (1971), is incomplete in a sense. Not all of her recordings are there. With twelve songs on one side, and nine on another, it is possible that the long-playing disc was filled to capacity. In fact there are several Gaelic titles, and two in English, recorded by Máire Ní Scolaí which were omitted from the Gael-Linn anthology that bears her name. Perhaps at some future date, now that compact-disc sound recordings exist and there are now digital forms of archiving music, a project will be undertaken to complete and reunite every song she recorded in the studios. As Reg Hall's book revealed, she recorded a single with "My Bonny Irish Boy" on one side and "Aghadoe" by Todhunter on the other, the only English-language songs that my searches have uncovered in her repertoire. Then there are: Mo Chaillachean Fionn Jimmy Mo Mhile Stor Ag Raibh Tu Ar An gCarraigh Luibin O Lu Dun do Shuile and it is possible that this list is also incomplete.
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