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Folk that Rock - Ceol Roc Ceilteach

Iain Spanish MacKay explores favourite Celtic Rock records. An neach-ci霉il Iain Sp脿inneach MacAoidh a鈥� coinneachadh ri luchd-ci霉il nan cl脿ran Roc Ceilteach as fhe脿rr leis.

Rock musician Iain Spanish MacKay grew up on the Isle of Lewis listening to Celtic Rock. In this documentary, he embarks on a journey to meet some of the musicians behind his favourite records.

In Scotland, he visits Runrig鈥檚 Calum MacDonald, Big Country鈥檚 Bruce Watson, Tide Lines鈥� frontman Robert Robertson, and Simple Minds鈥� Mick MacNeil. Then it's on to Ireland to catch up with Horslips, The Saw Doctors, In Tua Nua and Thin Lizzy鈥檚 original guitarist Eric Bell - who demonstrates how the ultimate Celtic Rock classic 鈥淲hiskey in the Jar鈥� was written.

Dh鈥檉h脿s an neach-ci霉il, Iain Sp脿inneach MacAoidh, suas ann an Eilean Le貌dhais ag 猫isteachd ri Roc Ceilteach, agus san aithriseachd seo tha e a鈥� dol air turas a choinneachadh ri cuid de luchd-ci霉il nan cl脿ran as fhe脿rr leis. Ann an Alba, tha e a鈥� tadhal air Calum D貌mhnallach aig Runrig, Bruce Watson bho Big Country, Robert Robertson, fear-aghaidh Tide Lines, Mick MacNeill aig Simple Minds, agus an uair sin air adhart a dh鈥櫭坕rinn a thadhal air Horslips, The Saw Doctors, In Tua Nua agus tha Eric Bell, an cluicheadair giot脿r t霉sail aig Thin Lizzy, a鈥� taisbeanadh mar a chaidh an fh矛or chlasaig Roc Ceilteach 鈥淲hiskey in the Jar鈥� a sgr矛obhadh.

In Gaelic with English subtitles

58 minutes

Last on

Fri 18 Sep 2026 21:00

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Iain Mackay
Executive Producer Margaret Cameron
Director David Martin
Producer Nick Low

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