Amhrán na Leabhar

I learned “Amhrán na Leabhar” from Eammon Debarra, a brilliant flute player from Dublin. He learned it from his great aunt Moira. The original text from the air tells the story of Tomás O’Suilleabhan (1785-1848), a poet / schoolteacher from Dingle, who lost his entire library of books while transporting them by boat to the Isle of Valencia.

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