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TG Lurgan is a musical project launched by Coláiste Lurgan, an independent summer school based in Connemara, a Gaeltacht, where the Irish language is the predominant spoken language. TG Lurgan releases interpretations as covers of many popular tunes with new lyrics in the Irish language .
Coláiste Lurgan is an independent summer school that runs three-week Irish-language immersion courses in the Connemara Gaeltacht village of Inverin in County Galway. [1]As part of their student-directed focus in language teaching, the school runs TG Lurgan, an initiative for helping students to acquire vocabulary by producing covers of popular music. [2]
An Dreoilín is a 1995 Irish language song by Sean Monaghan in the style of traditional Irish music. It won RTÉ 's Comórtas Amhránaíochta Raidió na Gaeltachta, an Irish songwriting competition. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
The band rose to prominence after meeting in Coláiste Lurgan in the Conamara Gaeltacht of County Galway, where they worked for years on establishing the TG Lurgan YouTube channel. Since the release of their 2013 cover video of Avicii's 'Wake Me Up' both the TG Lurgan channel and the newly formed Seo Linn started to make waves.
Óró, sé do bheatha abhaile or Óró, sé do bheatha 'bhaile ([ˈoːɾˠoː ʃeː d̪ˠə ˈvʲahə ˈwalʲə]) is a traditional Irish song that came to be known as a rebel song in the early twentieth century. Óró is a cheer, whilst sé do bheatha 'bhaile means "you are welcome home".
The cover ended up charting at No. 51 on the Billboard Hot 100 and reaching No. 1 on the publication's alternative songs chart, proving far more successful than the group likely expected.
He began his musical career working in Coláiste Lurgan as a musical director where he met current band members Daithí Ó Ruaidh, Keith Ó Briain and Kevin Shortall. After a series of successful summers translating and recording popular songs with TG Lurgan , Ó Fearail, Ó Ruaidh, Ó Briain and Shortall, along with previous members Cathal Ó ...
Connacht/Ulster Irish (raised in the Meath Gaeltacht, where Connacht Irish is spoken, but her father was an Irish-speaker from Donegal) Róisín Elsafty [3] Connacht Irish (Galway Gaeltacht) Aoife Ní Fhearraigh: Ulster Irish (Gweedore, Donegal Gaeltacht) Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh: Ulster Irish (Gweedore, Donegal Gaeltacht) Caitlín Maude (also a ...