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Top Irish Singer for Feailley Ghaelgagh

One of Ireland's best traditional Gaelic singers, Lillis O Laoire, will be performing at this year's Manx Gaelic Festival. He will be performing at the Manx Museum on Friday 27th November at 8pm (admission free) and again on Saturday 28th November at a ceili at the Glen Helen 8pm (admission £4.00 - phone 834844 for tickets). Mr O Laoire will also be running a workshop on traditional singing on Saturday afternoon (contact Phil Gawne on 834844 for more details).

Lillis O Laoire was born in the Donegal Gaeltacht in 1961. He was educated there and subsequently completed his MA in Irish in 1985. He is now a lecturer in Irish in the Department of Languages and Cultural Studies at the University of Limerick.

He became interested in folklore and song from an early age, and he became more actively involved in the traditions of Donegal during his time in Galway. He has lectured, broadcast and performed at home and abroad and has also been engaged in collecting and publishing the song traditions of the north western region, particularly of Tory Island.

The topic of his Ph D dissertation concerns the dynamics of transmission and performance of song in Tory Island, an Irish-speaking community off the Donegal Coast. Twice winner of Corn Ui Riada, he is also director of Ionad na nAmhran, a centre for the study and performance of traditional song in Ireland, at the Irish World Music Centre, University of Limerick.

Lillis O Laoire ec Feailley Ghaelgagh

Ta Lillis O Laoire fer jeh ny arraneyderyn tradishoonagh share ayns Nerin, as hig eh myleeaney gys Feailley Ghaelgagh. Bee eh goaill arrane ec yn Thie Tashtee Jeheiney 27oo Mee Houney ec 8.00 sa (gyn cost) as ec ceili ec yn Ghlion Helen Jesarn 28oo ec 8.00 sa (tiggadyn £4.00 veih Phillie er 834844). Nee Lillis stiurey seshoon ynsee dauesyn ta geearree gynsaghey goaill arrane 'sy shenn aght fastyr Jesarn (tooilley fys veih Phil Gawne er 834844).

Va Lillis O Laoire ruggit ayns Gaeltaght Ghoon ny nGhoal ayns 1961. V'eh ynsit ayns shen as hooar eh yn Mainshter ny h-Ellynyn echey ayns Yernish ayns 1985. T'eh ny leaghteyr ayns Yernish nish ec Rheynn ny Chengaghyn as Studeyrys Culturoil ec Olloo-Scoill Limerick.

Ta anaase mooar er ve echey ayns beealeydys as arraneyn er dyn yn aegid echey, as haink eh dy ve ny smoo jeean er, as ghow eh tooilley ayrn ayns ny tradishoonyn Doon ny nGhoal choud's ve ayns y Ghalliu. T'eh er livrey leaghtyn, er ymskeaylley as er n'ghoaill arrane ayns Nerin as mygeayrt y cruinney, as ta ram arraneyn as tradishoonyn chymsit as clouit echey veih ard yn sheear hwoaie, Nerin - Ellan Thoree er lheh.

Ta bun yn studeyrys echey yn aght ta arraneyn goll er kiaulley as yn aght ta arraneyderyn cur da'n sleih ta geaishtagh nyn jaghteraght. Ta'n studeyrys echey goaill stiagh yn Ellan Thoree er-lheh, as shen Ellan raad ta Yernish goll er loayrt er slyst Doon ny nGhoal. T'eh er chosney yn Corn Ui Riada daa cheayrt nish, as t'eh ny stiureyder jeh Ionad na nAmhran (Unnid ny hArrane), shoh laare son studeyrys as kiaulley ny arraneyn tradishoonagh Nerin, ec Laare Kiaull yn Teihll Nerin, Olloo-Scoill Limerick.

Phil Gawne 834844