BS: Irish groups singing in Scots Gaelic

Subject: BS: Irish groups singing in Scots Gaelic
From: GUEST
Date: 16 Jan 05 - 06:29 PM

Hello folks,
I'm aware that Capercaillie have recorded songs in irish gaelic, due largly to one of their members being Irish. However I would be interested in knowing if any of the Irish groups like Clannad, or Altan have ever recorded in scots Gaelic? and yes I know that as "sure as God made little apples" what ever answer I get will not change the rotation of the planets, I would just like to know!

Many thanks.

Subject: RE: BS: Irish groups singing in Scots Gaelic
From: Malcolm Douglas
Date: 17 Jan 05 - 02:23 AM

The Bothy Band, for one.

Subject: RE: BS: Irish groups singing in Scots Gaelic
From: GUEST
Date: 17 Jan 05 - 08:19 AM

The connections, I think, are related to the people in those two bands beings Lunnys, and their people having roots in Donegal, which has very strong historic ties to Scotland.

Subject: RE: BS: Irish groups singing in Scots Gaelic
From: GUEST,kenny
Date: 17 Jan 05 - 12:12 PM

Not the Lunnys, I think. There is a much stronger connection between Scots and Irish Gaelic through the singing of Triona and Michael O'Dhomnaill, who I think are fluent in both forms of the language. Before the days of "The Bothy Band",Michael recorded an LP with Daithi Sproule as "Celtic Folkweave" - quite hard to come by these days - and I'm sure there were 1 or 2 Scots Gaelic songs on that.
One other instance, from only last year I think, was the singer Brian O'hEadhra, formerly of the group "Anam" who has been living in or around Inverness, who had recently written his first song in Scots Gaelic as opposed to Irish. A fine piece of work it was too.
Although Manus Lunny sings and writes in Irish Gaelic, I'm not sure that he's ever done either on Scots Gaelic, apart from the odd chorus with "Capercaillie".