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Title: SRUTH NA MAOILE

Reference number: 14426

Date: 1999

Production company: Hummingbird Productions

Sound: sound

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 29.00 minsc

Description: The series of programmes featuring singers from Scotland and Ireland looks at political songs. Introduced by Seán Ó hÉanaigh and Mary Ann Kennedy. Tha Màiri Anna NicUalraig is Sean O Heanaigh a' cruinneachadh luchd-ciùil bho da thaobh Sruth na Maoile. [Source - Radio Times]

[Subtitled] Programme 6

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Shotlist: Le cuan farsaing eadar Èirinn is Alba is docha ancheil e na chuis iongnaidh gu bheil Màiri Anna Nic Ualraig agus Sean O Heanaigh a' lorg nach beag an ire gu bheil buaidh is cumhachd na fairge aig bun iomadach òran an Gàidhlig agus Gaelige. Cruinn còmhla ann an Caisteal Oranmor tha Treasa Ni Mhiolláin, Alyth NicCarmaig, Triona Ní Dhomhnaill, Peadar Ó Ceannabháin agus Maeve NicFhionghain.
The sea may separate Scotland and Ireland, but as Mary Anne Kennedy and Sean O Heanaigh discover, a common seafaring tradition also provides the inspiration for songs in Irish and Gaelic. Filmed in Oranmore Castle, the home of musician Alec Finn and featuring the singing of Treasa Ni Mhiolláin from Inis Mór, Alyth MacCormack, Triona Ní Dhomhnaill, Peadar Ó Ceannabháin and Maeve MacKinnon. [Source - BBC Alba]