''Áilleacht'' (or ''Áilleacht: Beauty'') is the sixth studio album from

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Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin Pádraigín Máire Ní Uallacháin () is an Irish singer-songwriter, academic, and former newsreader

, the fifth to be released on the Gael Linn label. The album's central theme is love, with songs mainly written by Ní Uallacháin. ''Áilleacht'' was recorded in Teelin,

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Track listing

Reception

''Áilleacht'' received positive reviews in The Journal of Music,

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. Writing in The Journal of Music, poet Louis de Paor stated, "''this is a deceptively sophisticated composition in which a profound emotional disturbance is articulated apparently without artifice, impressing itself on the listener as though it were actual and direct speech. It is a fitting conclusion to a substantial and deeply satisfying piece of work.''"Cead Cainte : Louis de Paor
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Personnel

Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin Pádraigín Máire Ní Uallacháin () is an Irish singer-songwriter, academic, and former newsreader

– vocals *Brian Dunning - flute * Iarla Ó Lionáird - vocals *Steve Cooney - guitars *

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– Irish harp *

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- trumpet * Helen Davies – harp

References

External links

Áilleacht
- official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Ailleacht 2005 albums Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin albums