Skara Brae is an album of Irish traditional music by the group Skara Brae

Skara Brae (band)

Skara Brae were an Irish traditional music group from Kells, County Meath with origins in Ranafast , County Donegal. The group consisted of three siblings, Micheal O Domhnaill, Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill, and Maighread Ni Dhomhnaill, with Dáithí Sproule from Derry...

. Released by Gael-Linn Records

Gael-Linn Records

Gael Linn Records is an Irish record label, run by the Irish language promotion organisation Gael Linn.Gael Linn released records by many of the world's most renowned Gaelic and Irish Traditional musicians known today...

 in 1971, the self-titled album contains "beautifully performed Gaelic songs" and is considered one of the most important albums in its genre, notable as the first recording to include vocal harmonization in Irish language

Irish language

Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...

 songs.

Track listing

Original 1971 album

In 1971, Skara Brae released one self-titled album on Gael-Linn Records (CEF 031) with the following track listing:

Taobh 1

1. "An Cailín Rua"
2. "An Suantraí"
3. "Bánchnoic Éireann Óighe"
4. "Angela"
5. "Táim Breoite go Leor"
6. "Inis Dhún Rámha"
7. "An Saighdiúir Tréigthe"

Taobh 2

1. "Cad é Sin don Té Sin"
2. "An Chrúbach"
3. "Casadh an tSúgáin"
4. "Caitlín Óg"
5. "Airdí a' Chumhaing"
6. "Tá Mé 'mo Shuí"

Reissued 1998 CD

In 1998, the album was reissued by Gael-Linn on CD (CEFCD 031) with the following track listing:

1. "An Cailín Rua" (The redhead)
2. "Suantraí Hiúdaí" (Hiúdaí's lullaby)
3. "Bánchnoic Éireann Ó" (The fair hills of Ireland)
4. "Angela" (instrumental)
5. "Táim Breoite Go Leor" (I am quite sick)
6. "Inis Dhún Rámha"
7. "An Saighdiúir Tréigthe" (The deserted soldier)
8. "Caidé Sin Don Té Sin?" (To whom it does not concern)
9. "An Chrúbach" (The troublesome cow)
10. "Casadh an tSúgáin" (instrumental)
11. "Caitlín Óg"
12. "Airdí Cuan"
13. "Tá Mé 'Mo Shuí" (I am sitting up awake)
14. "An Buinneán Buí" (The yellow bittern)
15. "Caitlín Triall"

Credits

• Maighread Ní Dhomhnaill
  Maighread Ní Dhomhnaill
  Maighread Ní Dhomhnaill is an Irish traditional singer from Kells, County Meath. Known for her work with the short-lived, but very highly regarded Skara Brae and her collaborations with sister Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill, as well as other traditional musicians...
  
   – vocals, arrangements
• Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill
  Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill
  Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill is an Irish traditional singer, pianist, and composer, considered one of the most influential female vocalists in the history of Irish music. She is famed for her work with traditional Irish groups such as Skara Brae, The Bothy Band, Relativity, Touchstone, and Nightnoise.-...
  
   – vocals, arrangements
• Mícheál Ó Domhnaill
  Mícheál Ó Domhnaill
  Mícheál Ó Domhnaill was an Irish singer, guitarist, and composer, who was a major influence on Irish traditional music in the second half of the twentieth century...
  
   – vocals, guitar, arrangements
• Dáithí Sproule
  Dáithí Sproule
  Dáithí Sproule is a guitarist and singer of traditional Irish music from Derry, Northern Ireland. His niece is the singer songwriter Claire Sproule.-Biography:...
  
  – vocals, guitar, arrangements
• Darby Carroll – engineering
• James G. Maguire – cover photography
• Robyn Robins – digital remastering (reissue)
• Recorded at Marianella Hall, Rathgar, 1971