I understand this was a commission from Telecom Éireann. Although I have a profile, of sorts, as an Irish musician with a fairly substantial catalogue of recordings, I hardly know anyone in Dónal Lunny’s band “Coolfin and Friends” ….except one of the singers: Aoife Carbin whom I used to teach. I don’t think Aoife was with them for very long and when she was in the studio singing this song I’m sure she didn’t know that her old art teacher was the original Dúlamán man!
I had met Dónal a couple of times because Gael-Linn had asked him to produce my first album, Slán agus Beannacht, but I went for another deal entirely and didn’t meet up with him again. This lively and highly entertaining take on my old song has Dónal’s fingerprints all over it. He is an excellent producer and arranger. Among the “Friends” here is the well-known sean-nós singer Tomás Mac Eoin who had also worked with the Waterboys.
Composed by Trad Arr Dónal Lunny
Composed: 1996
Musicians
Dónal Lunny, Coolfin & Friends,
Aoife Carbin, soloist.