Tried to log in to Mudcat as a member. The present version of Mudcat says "chuck," as opposed to "etta" or "brownie." For some reason "chuck" is reluctant to process my log-in. Given what "chuck" rhymes with, I have some exclamations about this, which I will keep to myself.

This post will submit some of the original Gaelic sentences in the biographical material. I detect the sort of wit at work which is beyond my poor ability to translate. So I will let everybody else have at it.

The writing and research team, Diarmuid Breathnach and Máire Ní Mhurchú, at ainm.ie open their article by commenting on bibliographical sources; and in one sentence they say where they found interviews:

"Tá taifid a rinne sí le Pádraic Ó Raghallaigh [other names follow] i gCartlann Raidió RTÉ."

"Tugann Ó Raghallaigh cuntas ar na deiseanna foghlama a bhí aici ansiúd:
bhí Eric MacFhinn, Tomás Ó Raghallaigh [Pádraic Ó Raghallaigh's father], Pádraig Ó Finneadha agus Máirtín Ó Flatharta, príomh bhunaitheoir an Chomhchaidrimh, ar an bhfoireann teagaisc."

And here, we move from the ainm.ie comments to direct quotes from Pádraic Ó Raghallaigh on the sleeve notes for Gael-Linn CEF 029, the vinyl LP issued in 1971.

"Ag na céilith chuile oíche bhí amhráin agus ceol le cloisteáil ó fhonnadóirí is ó cheoltóirí maithe -- leithéidí Cháit Nic Dhonncha[dha?], Phádraic Uí Chúláin, Liam Mhic Fhlanncha, Phádraic Learaí Uí Fhinneadha agus Sheosamh Uí Choisdeala, nach maireann, agus ó cheoltóirí eile ar nós Mháirtín Uí Fhatharta, Mhaidhc Ging, nó Mhaitiú Uí Chúláin gan ach cuid acu a luadh. Bhí Gaeilge bhlasta le n-aireachtáil freisin ag na hoícheanta áirneáin agus na 'cúirteanna bréige' ó Mháirtín Mór Ó Tuairisc, Pádraic Ó Donncha[dha?], Tomás Mac Diarmuda, Seán Mór Ó Cúaláin, Seán Ó Flatharta, Micheál Ó Céide agus Seán Ó Conghaile."