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Folk Aduaidh

Meabh O'Hare

Dermot Lavery

Neil Martin

Folk Aduaidh: Episode 3

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Music: Folk

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Episode 3

BBC Two - Folk Aduaidh, Episode 3

Following the story of northern folk music from the 1990s and the rise of supergroups.

Documentary series examining the history of folk music in Ulster. This final part follows the story of northern folk music from the 1990s and the rise of supergroups.

Déanann Folk Aduaidh iniúchadh ar scéal an cheoil tíre i gCúige Uladh, scéal nár insíodh riamh, agus a amharcann ar an chúlra shóisialta, pholaitiúil agus chultúrtha as ar fáisceadh an ceol.

An clár deireanach de Folk Aduaidh, leanann sé scéal an cheoil tíre sa tuaisceart ó na 1990í, nuair a tháinig sárghrúpaí traidisiúnta an tuaiscirt chun cinn, leithéidí Altan, Déanta, Tamalin, Lá Lugh, At First Light agus Flook.

Le hathruithe ar cheadúnais na dtithe tábhairne i lár na 1990í, maraon le ré úr na síochana, bhain an ceol beo tíre agus traidisiúnta ardán úr marthanach amach dó fein i gCúige Uladh agus tá sé go fóill i mbarr a réime sa lá atá inniu ann.

Folk Aduaidh is a new music documentary series that examines the untold history of folk music in Ulster whilst looking at the social, political and cultural backdrop from which the music is set.

The final episode follows the story of northern folk music from the 1990s, which saw the rise of traditional northern supergroups such as Altan, Déanta, Tamalin, Lá Lugh, At First Light and Flook. 

With the changes in pub licences in the mid-90s, along with a new era of peace, live folk and traditional music established a new and lasting platform in Ulster to the present day.

The untold history of folk music in Ulster.

Three-part documentary series examining the untold history of folk music in Ulster against  the social, political and cultural backdrop of the time

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