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Skara Brae were an Irish traditional music group from Kells, County Meath with origins in Ranafast (Rann na Feirste), County Donegal. The group consisted of three siblings, Mícheál Ó Domhnaill , Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill , and Maighread Ní Dhomhnaill , with Dáithí Sproule from Derry .
Skara Brae is an album of Irish traditional music by the group Skara Brae.Released by Gael Linn Records in 1971, the self-titled album contains "beautifully performed Gaelic songs" [1] and is considered one of the most important albums in its genre, notable as the first recording to include vocal harmonization in Irish language songs.
The Irish traditional music group Skara Brae took their name from the settlement. Their only album Skara Brae was released in 1971 and reissued on CD in 1998. A stone was unveiled in Skara Brae on 12 April 2008 marking the anniversary of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becoming the first man to orbit the Earth in 1961. [61] [62]
Their music effectively combined "original acoustic chamber music with an Irish feel mixing jazz, classical, folk and new age idioms." [1] Their original music made full use of the Ó Domhnaill's folk background, the folk/jazz combinations of Skara Brae, Brian Dunning's jazz background, and Bill Oskay's classical influences. [1]
Skara Brae is a Neolithic settlement in Orkney, Scotland. Skara Brae may also refer to: Skara Brae (band), a traditional Irish music group from the 1970s Skara Brae (album), 1971; Skara Brae, a town in the Ultima computer role-playing game series; Skara Brae, the main settlement in The Bard's Tale computer role-playing game series
With Skara Brae. Skara Brae (1971) With Clannad. Clannad 2 (1975) With The Bothy Band. The Bothy Band (1975) Old Hag You Have Killed Me (1976) Out of the Wind (1977) After Hours (Live in Paris) (1979) Best of the Bothy Band (1983) The Bothy Band – Live in Concert (1995) With Touchstone. The New Land (1982) Jealousy (1984) With Relativity ...
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Maighréad Ní Dhomhnaill (Irish pronunciation: [ˈmˠəiɾʲəd̪ˠ n̠ʲiː ˈɣoːnˠəl̠ʲ]; born 1955) is an Irish traditional singer from Kells, County Meath.She is known for her work with the short-lived, but very highly regarded Skara Brae and her collaborations with her sister Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill, as well as other traditional musicians.