{"id":36671,"date":"2016-12-14T08:53:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T08:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tg4.ie\/ga\/?page_id=36671"},"modified":"2026-07-09T15:28:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T14:28:48","slug":"gradam-ceoil-tg4","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tg4.ie\/ga\/brandai-eile\/gradam-ceoil\/gradaim-reatha\/gradam-ceoil-tg4\/","title":{"rendered":"Gradam Ceoil TG4"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Beathaisn\u00e9is<\/h3>\n<p>Rugadh Cathal Se\u00e1n Hayden in 1963 ar an gCarraig, Co. Th\u00edr Eoghain, in aice le Pomeroy, ceantar at\u00e1 b\u00e1ite sa cheol traidisi\u00fanta. T\u00f3gadh \u00e9 i dteach ina raibh bua an cheoil acu, ba ar an mbainse\u00f3 tean\u00f3ir a thosaigh s\u00e9 agus ansin thug s\u00e9 faoin bhfidil, \u00e9 ag caomhn\u00fa n\u00f3s teaghlaigh a roinn a athair agus a sheanaithreacha leis.<\/p>\n<p>Thaifead Cathal a ch\u00e9ad albam aonair, <em>Handed Down<\/em>, sa bhliain 1980 lena dhl\u00fathchara agus meant\u00f3ir Arty McGlynn. Bh\u00ed an ceol a bh\u00ed aige \u00f3n mbaile le brath ar an albam agus ba \u00e9 sin a chuir t\u00fas lena ghairm iontach taifeadta. D\u2019eisigh s\u00e9 ceirn\u00edn\u00ed m\u00f3r le r\u00e1 ina dhiaidh sin lena n-\u00e1ir\u00edtear <em>Cathal Hayden, Live in Belfast<\/em> agus <em>Hooked on Banjo<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Bhain Cathal n\u00edos m\u00f3 cl\u00fa agus c\u00e1il amach leis an ngr\u00fapa Arcady in 1988, sular chomhbhunaigh s\u00e9 Four Men and a Dog in 1991. C\u00e9im mh\u00f3r chun cinn sa cheol traidisi\u00fanta a bh\u00ed ina gc\u00e9ad albam, <em>Barking Mad<\/em>, \u00e9 ar cheann de na halbaim mh\u00f3ra thraidisi\u00fanta \u00c9ireannacha de chuid na linne sin agus bhuaigh s\u00e9 duais Folk Roots don Albam is Fearr leis an albam c\u00e9anna.<\/p>\n<p>T\u00e1 seinnte ag Cathal le go leor de na ceolt\u00f3ir\u00ed is fearr in \u00c9irinn i gcaitheamh na mblianta, lena n-\u00e1ir\u00edtear Christy Moore, Paddy Keenan, M\u00e1irt\u00edn O\u2019Connor, Seamie O\u2019Dowd, D\u00f3nal Lunny agus na Bow Brothers. T\u00e1 s\u00e9 ina mh\u00e1istir ar an bhfidil agus ar an mbainse\u00f3 araon, agus t\u00e1 paisean, beocht agus samhla\u00edocht curtha aige le ceol traidisi\u00fanta na h\u00c9ireann ar ard\u00e1in ar fud an domhain. <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beathaisn\u00e9is Rugadh Cathal Se\u00e1n Hayden in 1963 ar an gCarraig, Co. 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