An Irish Music Trilogy
(2012 – 2014)
“Utterly beguiling from beginning to end . . .”
Ross Whitaker – Stranger than Fiction Documentary Festival on Aisling Gheal
Three Acclaimed Contemporary Music Documentaries that journey to the heart of the tradition with the musicians, the women singers and the men singers of the West County Cork Gaeltacht (Irish speaking region) of Múscraí, including:
2012 – 3TRIÚR (In Search of Musical Form)
2013 – AISLING GHEAL (Bright Vision)
2014 – Ó CHÚIL AODHA gO hOILEÁN Í (From Coolea to Iona)
‘A work of great creative synergy and intimacy (with) a meditative aura’
Matt Micucci, Cinecola
3TRIÚR (In Search of Musical Form)
Ireland | 2012 | 55 mins | PAL | Colour + B&W | 16:9
3TRIÚR follows the ongoing collaboration between three of Ireland’s most distinguished traditional musicians, Peadar Ó Riada, Martin Hayes & Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, in a swirling exploration of the creative process.
AISLING GHEAL (Bright Vision)
Ireland | 2013 | 79 mins | PAL | Colour + B&W | 16:9
AISLING GHEAL follows the women singers on a journey to the heart of the Sean-nós (ancient-style) singing tradition with a focus on the relationship between acclaimed singer and teacher Máire Ní Chéileachair and young student Shahira Apraku (of German/Ghanese heritage).
Ó CHÚIL AODHA gO hOILEÁN Í (From Coolea to Iona)
Ireland | 2014 | 53 mins | PAL | Colour + B&W | 16:9
FROM COOLEA TO IONA follows the men singers of the legendary Coolea Men’s choir; charting its weekly trials and tribulations; culminating in a historical celebration on the renowned island
For further info on Peadar Ó Riada & his music and work please visit: www.peadaroriada.ie
