The songs on this album are in Irish and are chosen from a selection of traditional Irish songs that many children learned in school and at the fireside in years gone by. “In this collection, Gearóidín Breathnach is doing her community a great service. She is making songs available again that we all learned at school in a way that schoolchildren of all ages will enjoy. Some of the songs are old and some of them are not so old. But in each case there is fluent expressive Irish, sweet captivating melodies, both slower ones and livelier ones and it is a fine collection of interesting music.” – Lillis Ó Laoire. Gearóidín Breathnach is one of Ireland's finest and sweetest traditional singers. All that is unique and charming in the distinct singing tradition of the Donegal Gaeltacht is inherent in her singing. Gearóidín has won several prizes for her singing, including Corn Chonaill Uí Fhearaigh, Corn Sheáin Eoin Uí Shúilleabháin twice, Comórtas na mBan, Corn Neidí Frainc and the coveted Corn Uí Riada in 1996 and 2004. “I think that it is very important to pass this heritage on to the younger generation so that these songs that I feel such love for, and which contain such a wealth of language, will endure.” ¬- Gearóidín Breathnach About this album: Once upon a time in Ireland, the school curriculum was set in stone.