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Oileán m’Aislingí is the title track of the recording. It is an Irish translation of a Percy French poem ‘In Exile’ written circa 1903. Percy French spent time in Achill between 1900-1910 and did several paintings of Achill and stayed in the Slievemore Hotel. The poem was written in London and describes him dreaming of being back in Achill the “Island of his Dreams”. The Irish translation version was done in 2019 and as far as we are aware it is the first translation to Irish of a Percy French poem.

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Tá spéartha Londain gruama, liath,
Is fearthainn nimhneach, fuar,
Ag greadadh m’fhuinneoige de shíor,
Nach mise féin ‘tá duairc.
Ach lig liom le mo bhrionglóidí,
Ar chladaí samhraidh suairc.

Tá leoithne ón Atlantach tréan
Ag beannú dom go caoin;
Ar Oileán Acla thiar i gcéin
Na Mionnáin ina suí.
Is néalta taibhseacha sa spéir
Ag damhsa is ag spraoi.

San imigéin tá cnoic faoi cheo,
Seal dealrach is seal dubhach;
An t-aiteann ann ar dhath an óir
Fraoch corcra ar gach cruach.
An t-airgead luachra faoi mo shrón,
‘s gleann na Cuime fuaim.

Nuair a scaipfidh cranna gréine
Ag Gob a’ Choire thíos,
Le hais gach sruthán gléineach
Na mílte cloigín fraoigh,
Beidh mé faoi réalt an tSléibhe Mhóir,
Is Cruachán romham sa t-slí

‘S mé faoi dhraíocht ag ailleachtaí,
Oileán Acla m’aislingí

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from Oile​á​n m'Aislingí / Island of my Dreams, released October 24, 2022
* Produced by Steve Cooney

Des Cafferkey - Whistle
Steve Cooney - Guitars
Stephen Doherty - Keyboard

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John Twin McNamara

John 'Twin' McNamara is one of Achill’s most important historians, folklorists and collector of songs, poetry and stories associated with Achill and its connections to significant aspects of our local and national cultural heritage. His life has been dedicated to the promotion of Achill and in particular its language, music, and culture. He was the driving force behind the revival of Scoil Acla, ... more

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