''An Dealg Óir'' (meaning 'The Golden Thorn') is the fifth
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PádraigÃn Nà Uallacháin
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Ulster
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Ireland
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. ''Éalaigh Liom / Elope With Me'' became one of Nà Uallacháin's most popular tracks since its broadcast on the
BBC
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PádraigÃn Nà Uallacháin
PádraigÃn Nà Uallacháin is an Irish singer, songwriter, and academic writer from Ireland.Liam O'Flynn
Liam O'Flynn, Óg Flynn (, 15 September 1945 – 14 March 2018) was an Irish people, Irish Uilleann pipes, uilleann piper and Folk music of Ireland, Irish traditional musician. In addition to a solo career and as a member of Planxty, O'Flynn re ...
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Laoise Kelly
Laoise Kelly is a traditional Irish music composer and harpist. She won the 2020 Musician of the Year Award.
Biography
Laoise Kelly is from Westport, County Mayo. Kelly learned music from her father and began learning the harp from when she wa ...
– Irish harp
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Liam Ó MaonlaÃ
Liam Ó Maonlaà (born 7 November 1964 in Monkstown, County Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish musician best known as a member of Hothouse Flowers. Ó Maonlaà formed the band in 1985 with his schoolmate Fiachna Ó Braonáin.
Biography
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*Ódhrán Ó Casaide - uilleann pipes, whistles
* Helen Davies – harp
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Máire Breatnach
Máire Breatnach () is an Irish fiddle, violin and viola player. She also sings in Irish on some of her albums. Since the early 1990s, she has recorded five solo albums, participated in many collaborations, and developed didactic material fo ...
– fiddle, viola
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Rónán Ó Snodaigh
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