Name: Michéal Darby & John Óg Connolly
Start: 2023-08-05T20:30:00+01:00
Location: Aras Eanna Arts Centre

Michéal Darby & John Óg Connolly

Is an  tIonad Ealaíon is faide siar san Eoraip é Á﻿ras Éanna.  Is é an buntáiste is mó a bhaineann le hÁras Eanna mar ionad Ealaíon ná go bhfuil sé suite ar Inis Oírr, oileán a bhfuil cáil air mar gheall ar stair, oidhreacht agus áilleacht agus ina bhfuil pobal láidir Gaeltachta a chuireann fáilte roimh ealaíontóirí ó gach foirm ealaíne.Áras Éanna is Europe's  most westerly Arts centre.  The greatest advantage of Áras Eanna as an Arts centre is undoubtedly that it is located on Inis Oírr, an island renowned for its history, heritage and beauty and featuring a strong Gaeltacht community that welcomes artists from all artforms.

Ionad Ealaíon Áras Éanna

Beirt de na ceoltóirí traidisiúnta is fearr i gConamara ag teacht le chéile in Áras Éanna.  Two of the best trad musicians in Connemara.

Aras Eanna Arts Centre

Is ceoltóir agus cumadóir traidisiúnta aitheanta ó Ghaeltacht Chonamara é Johnny Óg Connolly. Seinneann sé bosca ceoil agus mileoidean. Bhuaigh a chéad albam aonair ‘Aisling Yoshua ’ Albam Tíre na bliana 2011. Ina shaothar cumadóireachta bíonn baint mhór aige le filíocht na Gaeilge agus tá dhá shraith amhrán cumtha aige, ceann acu bunaithe ar fhilíocht Mháirtín Ó Direáin le Liam Ó Maonlaí ag gabháil fhoinn. Is as Indreabhán i gConamara é Mícheál Darby. Tá sé aitheanta mar dhuine de mháistirí an ‘bhosca bhig’ nó an mileoidean. Tá dhá dhlúthdhiosca eisithe ag Mícheál, Bosca Bideach (2000) agus An Rithim Réidh (2017). Is iad taifeadtaí PJ Hernon, boscadóir mór Charna, a spreag a chuid suime sa mhileoidean agus é óg agus rinne sé an oiread iontais den fhuaim dhifriúil, chroíúil a bhí ag an mboiscín beag. Ina dhiaidh sin, d’éirigh leis teacht ar cheol mileoidin Bhobby Gardiner as Co. an Chláir agus mheall sé sin tuilleadh é.Johnny Óg Connolly is a renowned traditional musician and composer from the Conamara Gaeltacht. He plays accordion and melodeon. His first solo album 'Aisling Yoshua ' won Folk album of the year in 2011. In his compositional work he engages a lot with Irish language poetry and has composed two song cycles, one of them based on the poetry of Mairtin Ó Direáin with Liam Ó Maonlaí on vocals. His latest commision was to write a music series based on the life of his father, renowned melodeon player Johnny Connolly. An Cosan Draiochta (The Enchanted Path) has just completed a nationwide tour to great acclaim in late 2022. Johnny Og is currently researching the music of Conamara. Mícheál Darby is from Indreabhán in Connemara. He is recognized as a master of the 'small box' or the melodeon. It was the recordings of PJ Hernon, the great box player from Carna, that inspired his interest in the melodeon at a young age and he was so amazed by the different, hearty sound of that little box. After that, he managed to find the melodic music of Bobby Gardiner from Co. Clare and that attracted him even more.

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