Na Mooneys

Na Mooneys
Origin Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland
Genres Traditional Irish
Folk
Celtic
Years active 2013 (2013) – present
Associated acts Altan
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
Website www.facebook.com/NaMooneys
Members Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
Gearóid Ó Maonaigh
Anna Ní Mhaonaigh
Ciarán Ó Maonaigh

Na Mooneys are an Irish folk music band from County Donegal, formed in late 2013 / early 2014 by the musical Ó Maonaigh/Mooney family from Cois Cláidí in Gaoth Dobhair, Ireland. The band is led by Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, the well-known fiddler and lead vocalist for the Irish folk music band Altan.[1]

History

Na Mooneys was formed in late 2013 / early 2014 by Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (from Irish folk music band Altan) and her siblings Anna Ní Mhaonaigh and Gearóid Ó Maonaigh along with Ciarán Ó Maonaigh (Gearóid's son[1] and Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh's nephew), on the occasion of the very last Frankie Kennedy Winter School[nb 1] where they performed their first ever show.

As Irish News' critic Robert McMillen wrote on 28 October 2016: «the group's roots are to be found in the rural Donegal Gaeltacht and go back several generations. [Indeed], the musical DNA from Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh's [grandparents]—Róise Bheag Róise Móire, her melodeon-playing grandmother who died very soon after [Mairéad's] parents married in 1954 [and] her grandfather Francie—would have passed through to Mairéad's father, Francie Mooney, the man who wrote "Gleanntáin Ghlas' Ghaoth Dobhair" and much more.»[2]

On their Facebook page (created on 7 January 2016), the band describe themselves as «a family of musicians & singers from the Donegal Gaeltacht» playing Irish traditional music.[3]

The band Na Mooneys recorded their debut (eponymous) album Na Mooneys in early 2016[4][5][6] in Manus Lunny's studios in Co. Donegal, Ireland. The album was released on 6 October 2016. It features songs and tunes, both new and old.[1]

Band members

Live shows

Past shows

Upcoming shows

Discography

Notes

  1. ↑ The last Frankie Kennedy Winter School occurred in late December 2013 / early January 2014.
  2. ↑ On the radio show which occurred in RnaG studios, Na Mooneys talked about their debut album and performed live exclusive versions from it,[1] including a (short) one: the (2 marches) medley "Suffering Ducks / The Cavanman's Daughter" (2:21), track 14 on the album.[11]
  3. ↑ First Na Mooneys' album supporting show on 8 October 2016 at the Glenties Fiddle concert in Highlands Hotel, Glenties, County Donegal, Ireland at 9pm – €12. Among other tracks from their debut album, Na Mooneys performed live the 2 songs "A Óganaigh Óig" and "Máire Mhór".

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Na Mooneys to launch CD today". Donegal Democrat. 6 October 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  2. ↑ McMillen, Robert (28 October 2016), "New album from Altan's Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh a family affair", irishnews.com, retrieved 29 October 2016
  3. ↑ "About Na Mooneys". Facebook. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Na Mooneys sa studio.". Facebook. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "Na Mooneys ar Facebook anois.". Facebook. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  6. ↑ "Mairéad is in the studio with her siblings Na Mooneys, to start off the New Year!". Facebook. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  7. ↑ "Dónal na Gealaí". Facebook. 19 September 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  8. ↑ "Na Mooneys by Na Mooneys". bandcamp.com. September 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  9. ↑ "I'm delighted to announce that my family and I made our very first recording as a unit...". Facebook. 20 September 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  10. ↑ "Welcome to Cairdeas na bhFidiléirí – Donegal Fiddle Music 2016 – Concert 2016". donegalfiddlemusic.ie. September 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  11. ↑ "Seo píosa goirid as seoladh CD Na Mooneys ar chlár Rónán ar R na G. This is a short excerpt from the launch of Na Mooneys CD on Raidió na Gaeltachta (Oifigiúil) on the 6th of October last.". Facebook. 14 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  12. ↑ "Scléip na hoíche aréir!!! (Fun last night!!!) – a (31:08) video taken by Síle Friel at the Glenties concert". Facebook. 9 October 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  13. ↑ "Na Mooneys – Na Mooneys joined Miriam in studio this morning". RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta. 16 October 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
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