Iarla Ó Lionáird is bringing it all back home

Iarla Ó Lionáird was thrilled to be able to include the words of two Cork poets on The Gloaming’s new album, writes Ellie O’Byrne

Some years seem more marked by death than others. For Iarla Ó Lionaird, 2018 was such a year. His elder sister Bríd passed away in February. Later in the year, he would sing at the funerals of two friends: the celebrated composer Micheál Ó Súilleabháin, and Kildare piper Liam O’Flynn.