An Dara Craiceann: Beneath The Surface Explained

An Dara Craiceann
Type:	Album
Artist:	Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin
Cover:	An Dara Craiceann.jpg
Released:	1995
Recorded:	1995
Genre:	Traditional Irish Folk Celtic
Length:	50:43
Label:	Gael Linn (1995–2022) Ceoltaí Éireann (2023–)
Prev Title:	A Stór Is A Stóirín
Prev Year:	1994
Next Title:	When I Was Young
Next Year:	1995

An Dara Craiceann (or An Dara Craiceann: Beneath The Surface 1995) is the second studio album by Irish singer Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin. The tracks on the album include 5 original airs composed by Ní Uallacháin and are a mixture of accompanied and unaccompanied songs, and one set of lyrics by Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill's poems.^[1]

Track listing

1. "Ná tar ach san oíche" (Come only at night) (Composed P.Ní Uallacháin)
2. "Éireoidh mé amárach" (I will rise tomorrow)
3. "A Óganaigh Óig" (Young man) (Composed P.Ní Uallacháin)
4. "Nach aoibhinn don éanlaith" (How pleasant for the birds)
5. "Éirigh, a Shinéid" (Rise up Jane)
6. "Úirchill a' Chreagáin" (Creggan graveyard)
7. "An bád sí" (The fairy boat) (composed P.Ní Uallacháin
8. "Tá an oíche seo dorcha" (This night is dark)
9. "A bhean údaí thall" (Oh yonder woman)
10. "Tá daoine a' rá" (Some people say) (Composed P.Ní Uallachain)
11. "A Mhuire 's a Rí" (If I had fingers)
12. "An bhean chaointe" (The keening woman)
13. "Coillte glas a' Triúcha" (The green woods of Trugh)
14. "Tá sé in am domsa éirí" (It is time to rise)
15. "A chara dhílis" (My beloved friend) (Composed P. Ní Uallachain)

Personnel

• Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin – Vocals, arranger, Liner Notes, Translation
• Jackie Daly – Accordion
• Jimmy Faulkner – Guitar
• Manus McGuire – Fiddle
• Seamus McGuire – Fiddle
• Martin Murray – Engineer, Mandolin
• Garry Ó Briain – Arranger, Guitar, Keyboards, Mandocello, Mandolin
• Adele O'Dwyer – Cello
• Frances Lambe – Artwork

External links

• An Dara Craiceann – official website

Notes and References

1. http://www.irishsong.com/music/an-dara-craiceann/ An Dara Craiceann