TRÚ on the Mountains of Mourne

Folk on Foot

Matthew Bannister

Music Interviews, Performing Arts, Music, Nature, Arts, Science

4.8 • 526 Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Come with us to the glorious Mountains of Mourne in Northern Ireland to meet the band TRÚ. Taking their name from a mythological trio of poet-musicians from ancient Ulster, Zach Trouton, Dónal Kearney and Michael Mormecha combine Irish nationalist, Ulster-Scots and British-Ukrainian heritages, crossing boundaries which have often divided Northern Irish communities in the past. In this beautiful episode they are united in creating sweet close harmonies as they sing traditional songs against the backdrop of some of the UK’s most spectacular countryside.

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0:00.0	Thank you for downloading this episode of Folk on Foot.
0:03.8	Before we start, I just wanted to share a brief message.
0:07.3	If you like what we do, we really need your support to keep going.
0:11.6	You can join our wonderful band of members and you'll get great rewards.
0:15.8	These include access to our amazing Folk on Foot on Film archive
0:20.2	of hundreds of songs shot on location on
0:23.1	our travels around the UK and Ireland. To sign up, just go to folkonfoot.com slash support
0:29.5	us. You'll also get an ad-free version of all our episodes and an email postcard from me
0:34.8	each time we go on a walk. If you just want the ad-free version, it'll cost you £3 a month,
0:40.6	and you can get it through your Apple podcast app or at folkonfoot.com slash support us.
0:47.2	Finally, if you don't want to make a regular commitment,
0:50.2	but do want to show how much you love us, you can simply buy us a coffee.
0:54.9	You can also do that at folkonfoot.com
0:57.7	slash support us.
0:59.7	Every penny we get goes back into making more episodes of folk on foot.
1:04.3	So thank you and enjoy the walk. Oh, I do love a ferry.
1:16.6	And here we are going from Porter Ferry to Stringford, across Stringford Lock in Northern Ireland.
1:23.2	A bit chilly and a bit damp, but it's so exciting because we're going to meet a band called True,
1:28.3	who are from this area and who are going to sing as songs that are absolutely rooted here.
1:33.6	But at the moment, I'm just enjoying being at sea. Good morning. Really nice to see you.
2:00.7	Thanks, Martin. Just tell us exactly where we are. So we're in Restraver. Good morning. Really nice to see you.
2:03.5	Thanks, Matthew. Just tell us exactly where we are.
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