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Lynn Hilary - Female Soloist
Lynn Hilary has recently completed a Bachelor of Music Degree at DIT,
where she studied voice with Jody Beggan. She was the winner of the
Rathmines & Rathgar Cup at the Feis Ceoil in 2002. Lynn is a member of
Anúna and has travelled with them to such countries as America, Morocco,
the UK and Holland. She has also made numerous television appearances as
a soloist with Anúna for The Late Late Show, Open House, I.D., Songs of
Praise and BBC Proms in the Park. She performed the lead vocal with
Riverdance at the Opening Ceremony of the 2003 Special Olympics in Croke
Park to an audience of millions.

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[OldFatGuy]

Another small item.  Some of our members will be delighted at this piece of news.  I've learned from the lady herself that she is, indeed, a fluent Irish speaker.  In fact, she thinks that she and Méav attended the same school.

[Kelli]

Yay!!!!  Ooooo, do you suppose we have a few Irish songs from Lynn in our future?  That would be so fabulous!

[<3 Lauren]

she is, indeed, a fluent Irish speaker.  \

That's cool, Rich. Thanks for sharing. I wish I could speak Gaelic fluently.

<3 Lauren

[OldFatGuy]

I wish I could speak Gaelic fluently.

I have my hands full with English.   

[Kimberly AJ]

They still both have 2 accents in my even effect.

[KiernanKate]

I wonder if its the same dialect as Meav........

[Kimberly AJ]

.....as they speak from their voices.

[OldFatGuy]

I wonder if its the same dialect as Meav........

If they went to the same school, I'd assume they speak it almost identically.

[Kimberly AJ]

I wonder if she could speak the way Meav does

[zankoku]

I have my hands full with English

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Rich, you speak english? 

I am thinking that rua and Maggie are going to start teaching us Irish. I did see a Gaelic language book/cd at Barnes & Noble last week.

As for the accent, I didn't pick up that much of an accent from Lisa. Now Chloe seems to have the most accent. I know some Irish intentionally lose their accent and others couldn't lose it if they tried. My Grandfather lost his as did one assistant pastor. Another pastor's (Jim Maloney) not only had an accent but pronounced latin with a deep brogue.

Listening to Anuna CD I noticed that one of the girls has a distinct accent


Jim

[KiernanKate]

Im glad to know Lynn knows her Irish........ Id be REALLY crushed if we were to lose out on some more songs sung in Irish.

As for Zankokus post...... pm me and I will try to teach you the little I know of the language if you like.
Also.... you dont think Orlagh has an Irish accent?... to me it seems like she has a really distinctive accent....... even for someone who talks a mile a minute (I have to almost press my ear to the speaker to hear her at times with my good ear)

[zankoku]

What I found from Orla was a very soft voice and my hearing is not all that it should be. i have a hard time with real soft sweet voices, especially outdoors next to a busy road..

Jim

[OldFatGuy]

Rich, you speak english?

By the way - Rua and Maggie are the same terrific person.   

[zankoku]

She has a split personality?