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"Óige" means "youth" in Irish as Cara, Ruadhrai and Murrough were in their teens when the band was founded (Cara was 15, Ruadhrai was 14, Murrough was 13, and Paul was just marginally older than the other band members). Ruadhrai and Cara attended fiddle classes together, while Cara and Murrough attended flute and whistle classes together, and Cara was even at these very early stages an amazing singer already the all-Ireland champion, following in her sister Mary's footsteps, as well as a talented multi-instrumentalist, playing fiddle, tin whistle, flute and bodhrán. (Ruadhrai and Murrough are both sons of the bodhrán player and maker Seamus O'Kane.) Paul came from the neighbouring town of Limavady, before moving to Dungiven. Paul had heavy influences in blues guitar playing, which added a vibrant new sound to the band and had began playing with the band using DADGAD tuning at this time, which was pioneering in traditional Irish music when the band Óige were founded, but has now come to be a popular choice for guitarists.
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