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2 unusual facts about Céilí's Muse


Céilí's Muse

Lia’s time in the band was brief, however, so again they recruited from their support staff, this time pulling in their live albums’ engineer Anders Johansson to add acoustic and electric guitars to the mix.

Still, Céilí’s Muse was nominated for Houston Press music award for Best Ethnic Music some 18 months after the band officially broke up.


Brian Ervine

In 2005, at a special ceili in the Great Hall of Stormont Parliament Building, hosted by Tommy Sands of Downtown Radio, David Ervine sang "Leaving Dalriada", an emotive ballad written by Brian Ervine, about an exile who was ordered to leave the country by a gunman.

Cumann Gaelach

Although the groups are not formally linked, they operate in a similar manner through the facilitating of Irish classes (usually free), céilís and trips to the Gaeltacht (Irish speaking areas), while many hold special events during Seachtain na Gaeilge (English: Irish Language Week), which takes place the fortnight before St Patrick’s Day.

Fleadh Cheoil

The Fleadh developed as a mainly competitive event, but it also included many concerts, céilíthe, parades, and sessions.

Frank Kelly

Tracks included the Ayatollah Ceili Band (a pun on The Tulla Céilí Band), Magnum Farce, Incoming Call, Festive Spirit, Hymn Of Praise, Call Of The Wild, Festive Note and Siege Mentality.

Murderer's Muse

Following after GWAR's retreat from battle in War Is All We Know, Murderer's Muse details this escape as GWAR hide in the underground tunnels beneath their fortress, eventually coming across Jitler, a being created due to Adolf Hitler's crimes being so vast he had to merge with Jesus Christ as the song details "right at the ass".

"Murderer's Muse" is the third track in GWAR's 2006 album Beyond Hell, following directly after War Is All We Know and featuring a similar musical style, with the main difference being that Oderus' vocals are more reminiscent of his style during the This Toilet Earth era and the use of samples from 1964 movie Evil Brain from Outer Space.

New London, Wisconsin

Weeknight Irish festivities are also scheduled that include Irish entertainment, an Irish Ceili, Finnegan's wake, and Irish caroling.

Ramzi Abed

The Devil's Muse marked his first collaboration with David J, who created the original score and soundtrack for the film.

Rita Keane

In the 1950s and 1960s Rita and Sarah played as part of Keane's Céilí Band, who performed for audiences of up to 1,000 people at dances in the local town of Tuam.


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