Colm Mac Con Iomaire

Bio:

The Hare's Corner

The phrase "The Hare's Corner" comes from the ancient Irish Custom of at harvest time leaving a corner of a field uncut as a refuge for the Hare to escape to. ( A custom also found among the Mayan Indians) I first heard my father Liam, mention the phrase in a conversation we had about the famous writer and Irish language activist Máirtín Ó Cadhain (O'Kyne). Ó Cadhain identified the 'Gaeltachtaí' or 'Irish speaking regions' as being like the Hare's Corner of the Island of Ireland- that had but a temporary reprieve from the reaper's blade. Thankfully the linguistic uniqueness of the 'Gaeltacht' still endures. But our language is still in jeopardy.
The Hare has long been associated in Ireland with the Superstitious and the Supernatural and was considered to be the 'Shape-Shifter', the traveller between worlds. I was captivated by the metaphor of the "Hare's Corner".. It represents for me the wild and mysterious source of the many rivers of music and imagination.. The music here on this record are the strange gifts I returned with from my many walks in the long grass!

Colm Mac Con Iomaire (May day 2008) read more...

Cúinne an Ghiorria

Is as comhrá le mo athair Liam, faoin scríbhneoir iomráiteach agus ceannródaí Gaelach Máirtín Ó' Cadhain, a chuala mé an chéad chur síos ar 'Chúinne an Ghiorria'. Ba nós é a bhí ann fadó in Éirinn, aimsir Fómhair, cúinne a fhágáil gan bhaint ionas go mbeadh áit éalaithe ag an ngiorria. (Nós a bhí ag dúchasaithe 'Mayan' Mheiriceá theas freisin) Dúirt Ó Cadhain gurb iad na Gaeltachtaí Cúinní Ghiorria na hÉireann a bhí fágtha go sealadach ag an spealadóir gan bhaint, ach a bhí fós go mór i mbaol! Buíochas le Dia tá na Gaeltachtaí fós ann ach níl aon laghdú tagtha ar an mbrú on nGalltacht! Tá n-ár dteanga fós go mór i mbaol agus ní mór dúinn í a labhairt agus í a thabhairt dár ngasúir le go mairfidh sí beo!
Bhí cáil i riamh ar an nGiorria i bpisreoga agus i miotaseolaíocht na hÉireann. An taistealaí idir an an saol seo agus an saol eile. Agus bhí dlúth cheangal ag an ngiorria i gcónaí leis na Síoga. Thit mé go mór faoi dhraíocht an tsamhail chumhachtach seo nuair a chuala mé é!
Airim go gur mheafair álainn é "Chúinne an Ghiorria" don tsamhlaíocht, an foinse sin as a sníonn abhainneacha uile an cheoil agus an chruthaitheachas. Is as an tobar seo a bhlais mé an ceol seo i dtosach agus tháinig sé abhaile slán liom nuair a dhúisigh mé!

Colm Mac Con Iomaire (Lá Bealtaine 2008) tuilleadh eolais...

~ORDER OR DOWNLOAD THE HARE'S CORNER



1.Time Will Tell // Neosfaidh an Aimsir...3:28
2.Ronnie's Theme // Port Ronnie...3:10
3.Blue Shoes // Bróga Gorma...3:01
4.The Cuckoo of Glen Nephin // Cuaichín Ghleann Néifin...4:31
5.Emer's Dream // Aisling Eimear...3:05
6.Thou Shalt Not Carry Timber // Ná hlompair Adhmad...3:40
7.Thought No.3 // Smaoineamh a Trí...3:36
8.Second Wave // Maidhm a Dó...3:00
9.The Red Road // An Cosán Dearg...2:55
10.The Court of New Town // Cúirt Bhaile Nua...4.51
11.Beaten Wings // Osna an Sciatháin Bhriste...4:28

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Member Since:

August 11, 2008

Members:

///Colm Mac Con Iomaire /// Guest Musicians(Aoi-Cheoltórí): Karl Odlum_Bass (Dord)// Johnny Boyle_Drums (Drumaí)// Paul Dooley_Harp (Cláirseach)// Alice Farrell_Voice (Glór)// Bill Blackmore_Trumpet (Trumpa)// Catherine Fitzgerald_Piano (Piano)~Sheila Mac Nally_Album Art Work(Saothar Ealaíne)

Sounds Like:

Colm & Darrach Mac Con Iomaire, Aoife Nic Cormaic & Frank Tate - 'The Court of Newtown' & 'Caíleach an airgid'



Colm & Darrach Mac Con Iomaire & Frank Tate - 'Frailach' & gan anim



INTERVIEW WITH COLM ON IMEALL PART 1



INTERVIEW WITH COLM ON IMEALL PART 2



COLM MAC CON IOMAIRE - BLUE SHOES

Record Label:

Plateau