Na Mooneys

Na Mooneys was formed in late 2013 / early 2014 by Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (from Irish folk music band Altan) and her siblings Anna Ní Mhaonaigh and Gearóid Ó Maonaigh along with Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh's nephew, Ciarán Ó Maonaigh, on the occasion of the very last Frankie Kennedy Winter School which occurred in Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland^{[nb 1]} where they performed their first ever show.

On their Facebook page (created on 7 January 2016), the band describe themselves as «a family of musicians & singers from the Donegal Gaeltacht» playing Irish traditional music.^[1]

The band Na Mooneys recorded their debut (eponymous) album Na Mooneys in early 2016^[2][3][4] in Manus Lunny's studios in County Donegal, Ireland. The album was released on 6 October 2016.

• In late 2013 / early 2014 at the very last Frankie Kennedy Winter School in Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland. (= Na Mooneys' first ever show)
• On 4 June 2016 at the "Féile Ceoil" event ("music festival" in Irish gaelic) in Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland.
• On 12 July 2016 at the Ionad Cois Locha, Dún Lúiche, Ireland, during the Trad Trathnona ("Trad Afternoon"), County Donegal's Summer of traditional Sessions.
• On 8 October 2016 at the Glenties Fiddle concert 2016 in Highlands Hotel, Glenties, County Donegal, Ireland. (= Na Mooneys' first album supporting show)
• On 27 January 2017 during the Letterkenny Trad Week, County Donegal, Ireland.^[5]
• On 29 January 2017 at St. Michan's Church during the Temple Bar TradFest, Dublin, Ireland. (= Na Mooneys' Dublin debut show)
• On 19 October 2021 at the Abbey Arts Centre, Ballyshannon, Ireland during the Abbey Sessions (8 p.m. - 8€)^[6]

• Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh – fiddle and song
• Gearóid Ó Maonaigh – guitar
• Anna Ní Mhaonaigh – whistle and song
• Ciarán Ó Maonaigh – fiddle and octave fiddle

• Na Mooneys (2016)

• "Soilse na Nollag" (4:26) (single by Na Mooneys and Manus Lunny, released on 17 December 2017)^{[nb 2][7]}