The late Monsignor Pádraig Ó Fiannachta was not a man to shy away from a challenge. He initially worked on the idea with Cúil Aodha poet Dónal Ó Liatháin, whose death in 2008 appeared also to have sounded the death knell for Ó Riada’s project. He was my muse,” said Ó Riada. ”Ó Riada’s ultimate vision is to pull together Ireland’s myths in one epic, possibly over several days. What will be performed in Baile Mhúirne’s Ionad Cultúrtha is an appetiser,performed by the composer with Mick O’Brien, Steve Cooney, Aidan Connolly, Tommy Hayes, and Oisín Morrison, and preceded by a lecture on Mons Ó Fiannachta.

Source: Irish Examiner March 19, 2018 00:11 UTC