Gaeilge

Traditional Irish Songs from Galway / Mayo

English

Beyond the Mearing Wall: among the top ten traditional releases of 2003
(The Irish Echo, New York)

Flash and fire are not the staples of Maigh Seola, a sextet who take a
delicate, utterly enchanting approach to several songs collected by
London-born, Tuam-resident Eibhlín Bean Mhic Choisdealbha between 1908
and 1913 in East Galway and Mayo. Those songs were published in a 1923
book, "Amhráin Mhuighe Seóla," and the group Maigh Seola makes those
pages sing.
Earle Hitchner, Irish Echo, New York
[Published on January 21, 2004, in the IRISH ECHO newspaper in New York
City. Copyright © Earle Hitchner. All rights reserved. Reprinted by
permission of author.]

Together they create one of the most delightful sounds this reviewer has heard for some time…vocal triumphs are supported by utterly gorgeous arrangements.
Geoff Wallis, froots Magazine, UK

Maigh Seola are well on the way to achieving what they set out to do - to return these songs to the people and revive their performance.
Ita Kelly, The Galway Advertiser

If you get an opportunity to hear this group live, go sell the pig and cow, a ghrá, if necessary!
Pat O'Hora, The Tuam Herald