Futa Fata, Ceol le Tadhg Mac Dhonnag‡in (Futa Fata - Indreabh‡n, Co. na Gaillimhe) [Click here to return to list of exercises]
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Word Bank: amhr‡n, ceoil, chun, cloiste‡il, dŽanta, dh‡theangacha, Žagsœla, fead—ige, leithŽid’, lipŽad, leor, maith, measc, scŽal, scoil.
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Tadhg Mac Dhonnag‡in Ñ CŽ hŽ fhŽin?

Is as Achadh M—r, Contae Mhaigh Eo, in iarthar na hƒireann do Thadhg. Eis’odh a chŽad albam, Solas Gorm i 1988. î shin i leith t‡ sŽ tar Žis taifeadadh, n— casadh go poibl’, n— cumadh i gcomhar le cuid de mh—rcheolt—ir’ na hƒireann. Ina sin, t‡ an cumad—ir Eleanor McEvoy agus Mike Scott, iarbhall an ghrœpa The Waterboys. T‡ cuid mh—r taifeadta le Garvan Gallagher ag Tadhg, ceolt—ir ar fearr an aithne le blianta beaga anuas air d‡ chuid oibre le Mary Black agus Luka Bloom. T‡ an st‡itse tugtha ag Tadhg air fhŽin chomh maith i gcuideachta go de mh—rcheolt—ir’ traidisiœnta na hƒireann Ñ- an fonnad—ir sean-n—is Tom‡s Mac Eoin, draoi an chonsairt’n Noel Hill, fear na Vinnie Kilduff, (a shu’odh tr‡th taobh le Tadhg is iad ar le chŽile i gCoillte Mach) agus m‡isitr an bhainse—, Gerry O'Connor Thiobraid çrainn.

T‡ suim ar leith ag Tadhg sa bhfil’ocht, rud a thug air oibriœ ag amanna leis an m—rfhile Gaeilge, Michael Davitt (t‡ an bheirt acu le ag gabh‡il do **Positively Sr‡id Fhearchair** ar Solas Gorm). Ar an albam Raifteir’ san Underground, baineann Tadhg casadh as dœchas fil’ochta a cheantair fhŽin leis an leagan comhaimsearthach aige de deora’ochta an fhile Raifteir’. Anuraidh, chuir sŽ fhŽin agus an s‡rfhile Louis de Paor seit fil’ochta agus i dtoll a chŽile.

Is Ž ina athair ar bheirt ph‡ist’ , t‡ suim mh—r ag Tadhg i gceol do ph‡ist’ chomh . î tharla gur mar sin at‡, n’ raibh ann ach ceist ama n— go dtiocfadh alter ego Mhic Dhonnag‡in chun cinn: Feargal î FŽas—g, (racamhr‡na’ TeicsRœiseach a bhfuil c—na’ anois i gConamara air). Fear Ž î FŽas—g a bhfuil sŽ d'aidhm aige nuachumad—ireacht Ghaeilge do ph‡ist’ —ga (agus do sheanph‡ist’) a chur cinn. Is Ž an chŽad rockstar mor Ž le halbam d‡ chuid a bheith eisithe ar an œrnua seo Futa Fata Ñ Bliain na nAmhr‡n, an chŽad opus Gaeilge — Fheargal î FŽas—g.



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