This musical project & the performers involved

The history of Brian Boru

Calico - Maurice Lennon's three piece Trad / Ballad group

Kincora - Maurice's seven piece band for the performance of the life of Brian Boru

Maurice's music, songs, family and favorites

Top Artists Sites and Links

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There must be something in the Lennon Genes; they've been great exponents of the Leitrim style of traditional music for decades and now Maurice has finalised a 20-year old idea. This is a musical biography of Brian Boru, certainly the greatest of the High Kings of Ireland. Whatever about his methods, he certainly made the office something to be reckoned with. No Ard Rķ before or since, made such an impact. We remember the battle of Clontarf in 1014 the way the Scots remember 1314, and the English remember 1966.
With the exception of Brian Boru's March', which is given the menacing treatment it deserves, and extracts from an ancient poem said to have been written by Brian's own bard, this is all Lennon's own work. The tunes are traditional in style, but they translate into something much deeper, I suppose it would have been easy enough to shoehorn tunes into place, but there's plainly been a lot of thought gone into this work. It hangs together really well.
There are more instruments on this than you'd find at a fleadh, played by the cream of the crop of musicians. There's not one I wouldn't trust with my favourite tune. This has the feel of a concert version of a much more complex production; I'd like to see it as an open-air show. If Bill Whelan's listening....
This isn't a CD to dip into; it needs to be heard as a complete work. Pour a glass of Jameson's or, better still, open a bottle of Tyrconnel, and immerse yourself in a dark and bloody episode of Irish history."
Mick Furey - The Living Tradition