Na Mooneys

Na Mooneys
Origin Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland
Genres Traditional Irish
Folk
Celtic
Years active 2013 (2013) – present
Associated acts Altan
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
Website www.facebook.com/NaMooneys
Members Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
Gearóid Ó Maonaigh
Anna Ní Mhaonaigh
Ciarán Ó Maonaigh

Na Mooneys are an Irish folk music band from County Donegal, formed in late 2013 / early 2014 by Altan's Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and her family.

History

Na Mooneys was formed in late 2013 / early 2014 by Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (from Irish folk music band Altan) and her siblings Anna Ní Mhaonaigh and Gearóid Ó Maonaigh along with Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh's nephew, Ciarán Ó Maonaigh, on the occasion of the very last Frankie Kennedy Winter School which occurred in Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland[nb 1] where they performed their first ever show.

On their Facebook page (created on 7 January 2016), the band describe themselves as «a family of musicians & singers from the Donegal Gaeltacht» playing Irish traditional music.[1]

The band Na Mooneys recorded their debut (eponymous) album Na Mooneys in early 2016[2][3][4] in Manus Lunny's studios in Co. Donegal, Ireland. The album was released on 6 October 2016.

Band members

  • Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh – fiddle and song
  • Gearóid Ó Maonaigh – guitar
  • Anna Ní Mhaonaigh – whistle and song
  • Ciarán Ó Maonaigh – fiddle and octave fiddle

Discography

Albums

Singles

Notes

  1. ↑ The last Frankie Kennedy Winter School occurred in late December 2013 / early January 2014.

References

  1. ↑ "About Na Mooneys". Facebook. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Na Mooneys sa studio". Facebook. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Na Mooneys ar Facebook anois". Facebook. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Mairéad is in the studio with her siblings Na Mooneys, to start off the New Year!". Facebook. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "Soilse na Nollag". bandcamp.com. January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
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