Na Mooneys (album)
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| Studio album by Na Mooneys | ||||
| Released | 6 October 2016(Ireland) | |||
| Recorded | January–February 2016 | |||
| Studio | Manus Lunny's Stiúidió na Mara ("Seafront Studio"), An Bhráid, Tír Chonaill, Na Rosa (The Rosses), Co. Donegal, Ireland | |||
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| Length | ~50:13 | |||
| Label | Na Mooneys | |||
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Na Mooneys is the debut (eponymous) self-produced album from Irish folk music band Na Mooneys, released in October 2016.
Na Mooneys was formed in late 2013 / early 2014 by Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (from Irish folk music band Altan) and her siblings Anna Ní Mhaonaigh and Gearóid Ó Maonaigh along with Ciarán Ó Maonaigh (Gearóid's son and Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh's nephew), on the occasion of the very last Frankie Kennedy Winter School where they performed their first ever show.
As Irish News' critic Robert McMillen wrote on 28 October 2016: "the group's roots are to be found in the rural Donegal Gaeltacht and go back several generations. [Indeed], the musical DNA from Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh's [grandparents]—Róise Bheag Róise Móire, her melodeon-playing grandmother who died very soon after [Mairéad's] parents married in 1954 [and] her grandfather Francie—would have passed through to Mairéad's father, Francie Mooney, the man who wrote "Gleanntáin Ghlas' Ghaoth Dobhair" and much more."
On their Facebook page (created on 7 January 2016), the band describe themselves as "a family of musicians & singers from the Donegal Gaeltacht" playing Irish traditional music.
The band Na Mooneys recorded their debut family album Na Mooneys in early 2016 in Manus Lunny's studios in Co. Donegal, Ireland.
About the recording and the choice of the album track listing, Mairéad explained in an October 2016 interview by Irish News' critic Robert McMillen: "We took a few tunes that my father played a lot as well. It was very important to show the repertoire that we played regularly as a family in session. Some are well known, but we played them to honour the family sessions so we decided not to overproduce the album and most of the tunes are played live."
Na Mooneys was officially launched on 6 October 2016 on Rónán Beo, RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta. On the radio show which occurred in RnaG studios, Na Mooneys talked about their debut album and performed live exclusive versions from it, including a (short) one: the (2 marches) medley "Suffering Ducks / The Cavanman's Daughter" (2:21), track 14 on the album.
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