The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #159615   Message #3784895
Posted By: keberoxu
12-Apr-16 - 12:08 PM
Thread Name: De Barra family ancestry (harps)
Subject: RE: De Barra family ancestry (harps)
A little more information about the close family ties amongst the performers on "An Caitín Bán."

Three families are singled out for attention in the album's liner notes, using the Gaelic term Muintir. They are:

Muintir de Barra, consisting of the seven de Barra siblings identified in the previous post.

Muintir Chuill: this is the family of the man mentioned about eight posts back in this thread. He was Dónall Ó Cuill, son of Micheál. Róisín Uí Thuama, maiden name Róisín Ní Sheaghdha, had nine children, five sons and four daughters; one of the daughters was also named Róisín. It is this latter who married Dónall Ó Cuill, and with his death she is Róisín Uí Chuill, his widow. She is also part of

Muintir Thuama, which consists of four siblings identified in the previous post.

This is all for the purpose of identifying singers and musicians on "An Caitín Bán", not speaking of all of THEIR spouses and children.