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Paula McCarthy is on a trip to Cork Gaeltacht to find out more about her great-great-great-great-grandmother, Maire Bhuí Ní Laoghaire (1774-c.1848). Máire Bhuí was an Irish speaking poet from Ballingeary in West Cork. She was a poet of the oral tradition and her poems and songs were passed on by word of mouth for nearly a century till they were collected and published in 1931.
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February 17, 2025
<p>In this episode, Paula McCarthy comes to the end of her journey to find out<strong> </strong>more about her great-great-great-great-grandmother, Máire Bhuí Ní<strong> </strong>Laoghaire. <strong></strong></p><p><br /></p><p>Professor Tríona Ní Shíocháin talks to historian Seán Ó Súilleabháin<strong> </strong>and also to composer Peadar Ó Riada (son of Sean Ó Riada) about the<strong> </strong>influence “Cath Chéim an Fia” and other works of Máire Bhuí had on the War<strong> </strong>of Independence in the area. <strong></strong></p><p><br /></p><p>We also hear from Professor Emeritus Alan Titley<strong> </strong>from University College Cork about the importance of Máire Bhuí's work in the</p><p>great Gaelic tradition.<strong></strong></p><p></p><p>Finally the producer of the series, Paula McCarthy talks to Tríona Ni Shíocháin<strong> </strong>about what she has learned regarding her great-great-great-great-<strong> </strong>grandmother Máire Bhuí Ní Laoghaire over the course of making the series.<strong></strong></p><p></p><p>Featuring by Máire Bhuí Ní Laoghaire -<strong></strong></p><p></p><p>“Cath Chéim an Fia” sung by Péátí Taidhg Pheig</p>
February 17, 2025
<p><strong>In this episode, Professor Tríona Ní Shíocháin from Maynooth University talks to Áine Uí Cuíll, Eibhlís Uí Thuama, and Gobnait Ní Crualaoi, as Paula McCarthy continues on her journey in the Cork Gaeltacht to find out more about her great-great-great-great-grandmother, Máire Bhuí Ní Laoghaire, her poetry and songs. </strong></p><p><br /></p><p>We hear more about the connection the female singers from the Múscraí Gaeltacht in Cork still have with Máire Bhuí and her work.</p><p><br /></p><p>Featuring, by Máire Bhuí Ní Laoghaire -</p><p>'Maidean Álainn Gréine' sung by Áine Uí Cuíll,</p><p>'A Máire Ní Laoghaire' sung by Eibhlís Uí Thuama, and</p><p>'Cath Chéim an Fia' sung by Gobnait Ní Crualao</p>
February 17, 2025
<p><strong>In this program, Professor Tríona Ní Shíocháin from Maynooth University talks to singers Nell Ní Chróinín and Máire Ní Chéileachair from the Cork Gaeltacht about the connection they have with the songs and poems of Máire Bhuí and their own understanding of her work. </strong></p><p><br /></p><p>We find out how the women in the area sang and preserved Máire Buí's work and passed it on from generation to generation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Featuring, by Máire Bhuí Ní Laoghaire -</p><p>‘Maidin Mhoch ar Leabaidh Bhoig’ sung by Nell Ní Chróinín, </p><p>“A Bhúrcaigh Bhuí ón gCéim’ sung by Mháire Ní Chéileachair,</p><p>.. and recordings from the CD that accompanies Prof Tríona Ní Shíocháin’s book “Blath’s Craomh nUdar“</p>
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Paula McCarthy is on a trip to Cork Gaeltacht to find out more about her great-great-great-great-grandmother, Maire Bhuí Ní Laoghaire (1774-c.1848).
Máire Bhuí was an Irish speaking poet from Ballingeary in West Cork. She was a poet of the oral tradition and her poems and songs were passed on by word of mouth for nearly a century till they were collected and published in 1931.
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