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Cuireann Marcas 脫 Murch煤, fli煤tad贸ir, iarmh煤inteoir, iarchraolt贸ir ar Raidi贸 Uladh agus athair le R贸ise N铆 Mhurch煤, amhr谩na铆, fidl茅ir agus seinnteoir fead贸ige st谩in, ceol a chuaigh i bhfeidhm orthu beirt go pearsanta agus ar phobal s鈥檃cu thar na gl煤nta in谩r l谩thair agus 麻豆社 Raidi贸 Uladh ag ceili煤rach caoga bliain ar an fh贸d.
D铆r铆onn Marcas agus R贸ise sa chl谩r deireanach seo ar cheolt贸ir铆 a bhfuil, n贸 a raibh baint acu, leis an Oireachtas.
Cuimhn铆onn Marcas ar laethanta a 贸ige ag d茅anamh cairdis le ceolt贸ir铆 a bh铆 lonnaithe sa Ghaeltacht, go d铆reach mar at谩 R贸ise ag d茅anamh anois! Cluineann muid sc茅al iontach faoi eachtra铆ocht athair Mharcais, Alf 脫 Murch煤, seanathair R贸ise, nuair a land谩il s茅 f茅in agus comhluadar Feirsteach Chluain 脕rd i mB脕C don Oireachtas i 1961 agus faoin d贸igh ar bhain s茅 bonn 贸ir d鈥檃mhr谩n a chas s茅 i gcom贸rtas do mhuintir na Gaeltachta mar gur sh铆l siad gur cainteoir d煤chais a bh铆 ann!
Marcas 脫 Murch煤, flute player, former teacher and former broadcaster on 麻豆社 Radio Ulster and father to singer, fiddler and whistle player, R贸ise N铆 Mhurch煤, bring us music which influenced them both personally and their musical community across the generations, as 麻豆社 Radio Ulster celebrates fifty years on air. They focus their final episode on musicians who had or who have a connection with Oireachtas na Gaeilge.
Marcas remembers his youth, how he befriended other musicians from the Gaeltacht and often taught around the various Gaeltachta铆, a tradition that R贸ise is keeping up!
We hear a wonderful family story from Marcas about how his father, Alf 脫 Murch煤, R贸ise鈥檚 grandfather, unintentionally passed himself off as a native Irish speaker from the Gaeltacht and in the process brought back a winning gold medal to Belfast for one of his songs at the 1961 Oireachtas.