Irish Tradition : Skara Brae - Ardai Cuain

Daithi Sproule sings the lead vocal in this Gaelige song from Ulster, by John McCambridge. Thanks to Maureen Hegarty for 'The Quiet Land of Erin' and to RedHairedMary1 for the photographic inspiration. The first four photos are from Uist, the rest from other islands. Photos from Ireland start at 1:54 The last two are from the Isle of Man. The name of the band, "Skara Brae" was chosen apparently at founder-member Mícheál' Ui Domhnaill's suggestion. Skara Brae is an archaeological site in the Orkney Islands in Scotland This song also appears on Micheal's album 'Portland' (with Kevin Burke) as 'Aird Ui Chumhaing.'

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[fucheduck]

so where is this Skara Brae, ireland or scotland?

[UISTMAN59]

@fucheduck Skara Brae is an archaeological site in the Orkney Islands in Scotland

[fucheduck]

@UISTMAN59 thanks, I thought it was a village.

those photos are striking, the farmland in America(Oklahoma where I'm from) only looks like that after a long rain.(and we hardly ever get that!)

[UISTMAN59]

@fucheduck We get plenty of long periods of rain - unfortunately we can't export it to you :-(

[KiboL4]

Is it not the finest album with traditional Irish music?

[UISTMAN59]

@UISTSUNSET4 Thanks for that. I'll channge the notes a bit. Did you see my post of "Irish Tradition : Kevin Burke & Micheal Ui Domhnaill"?

[UISTSUNSET4]

@UISTMAN59 Of course it's 'Skara Brae' - I should have realised! However it is actually Daithi Sproule who did the vocals on this one. His voice is quite different, and not as powerful as Micheal's. Though the CD is amazing - I tend to watch the 2005 concert from Dhun na nGall (Donegal) more - for the visuals, the chat, and the more mature sound. When I mentioned another version - I was of course referring to the album 'Portland' - a wonderful and truly original production! - Buiochas!

[UISTMAN59]

@UISTSUNSET4 Much as I dislike disagreeing with one who has such a great channel name I can tell you that this is definitely by Skara Brae, from the album "Skara Brae " and I have never read anywhere that Daithi Sproule did the lead vocals on any of the tracks. If , as you say , he did a version with Kevin Burke could you please supply more details, as I would love to hear that. :-)

[UISTSUNSET4]

Some really nice pictures of traditional, or traditional style homes from Celtic country! However, I have to tell you that the singer is certainly NOT the late Micheal O Domhnaill, though he did do a version of that song, in the early 80's, with Kevin Burke...

[UISTMAN59]

Thanks again for your kind notes Lindsay - you are fairly going through my posts (thanks for that too!) :-)