Inis Oirr

On Saturday September 19th last, Inis Oirr were featured on ‘The Dear Green Place’, an Irish and Celtic music radio show hosted by Cindy Funk. The show, broadcast by WYSO in Ohio, U.S.A., features a mixture of live and recorded Irish and Celtic music.

“I heard about you from a friend of mine”, Cindy said, “and plan to play some of your music on my radio show tomorrow, spotlighting your unusual location. It proves that Celtic music is EVERYWHERE!”

Apparently, Cindy found out about the band from a mutual friend and featured their music when doing a story about Celtic music around the world. Other bands were featured from Switzerland, Spain and Poland but the United Arab Emirates got her vote for the most unusual location for Irish Music.

Two of Inis Oirr’s selections were featured – a song called Bridget Donoghue and a set of reels called The Green Mountain Set.

Here is a recording of the radio show featuring Inis Oirr.

Inis Oirr will play in The Club, Abu Dhabi on the following dates over the next 4 months:

• 15th October
• 5th November
• 10th December
• 7th January

All the gigs will be in The Club Bar at will start at 8.30pm. Keep an eye on The Club Website for more details about the gigs.

Register on the ‘Upcoming Gigs’ page if and you aren’t a member of The Club and you want to come to one of these gigs.

Here is the next in the series of recordings of Inis Oirr . It was recorded live at the Irish Village during their St Patrick’s Festival 2009. This is a song called Bridget Donoghue. The lyrics were written by Johnnie Patterson who lived in America. Alan Burke, a great singer and musician, wrote the music for the song.

All Inis Oirr’s recordings can be found on their music page but you can click on the link below for Bridget Donoghue

Music Clip