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Singer Bláithín Mhic Cana speaks to four young traditional singers.

Singer Bláithín Mhic Cana speaks to four young traditional singers from all corners of Ireland about their musical journey and those who have influenced them.

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Domhnall Ó Braonáin

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Pléann Domhnall Ó Braonáin oidhreacht sean-nóis s’aige le Bláithín Mhic Cana. 

Pléann amhránaí Domhnall Ó Braonáin a chuid sean-nóis féin agus oidhreacht cheoil a theaghlaigh le Bláithín Mhic Cana. 

Sa tsraith úr seo, labhraíonn an t-amhránaí Bláithín Mhic Cana le ceathrar amhránaithe óga ó cheann ceann na tíre faoina dturas amhránaíochta agus faoi na daoine a d’imir tionchar orthu. San eagrán seo, labhraíonn sí le Domhnall Ó Braonáin, fear de bhunadh Chonamara a thug leis Corn na bhFear ag Oireachtas na Samhna 2022. Cluineann muid faoina óige ag fás aníos ar chósta thiar na hÉireann, faoina oidhreacht shaibhir cheoil a tháinig anuas na glúnta óna athair mór, Máirtín Pheaits Ó Cualáin, agus a mháthair Caitlín Ní Chualáin, a bhain Corn Uí Riada.

In this new series, singer Bláithín Mhic Cana speaks to four young traditional singers from all corners of Ireland about their musical journey. In this episode, she speaks to Domhnall Ó Braonáin, a Connemara man who won the prestigious Corn na bhFear at Oireachtas na Samhna 2022. We hear about his youth growing up on the west coast of Ireland, about his rich musical heritage which has been handed down through the generations from his grandfather Máirtín Pheaits Ó Cualáin and his mother Caitlín Ní Chualáin, who won Corn Uí Riada.


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