Cork's Greatest Records: Seán Ó Sé on his classic hit, An Poc Ar Buile
Seán Ó Sé. Picture: Denis Minihane
Gathering dust in an attic or buried in an old cardboard box, there may still exist a reel-to-reel tape recording of three people singing together the song that formed a celebrated musical bond between them.
The song was ‘An Poc ar Buile’ and the trio comprised its composer Dónall Ó Mulláin, tenor Seán Ó Sé, and Seán Ó Riada, whose band Ceoltóirí Cualann had with Ó Sé recently enjoyed what has come to be regarded as the first pop record ‘hit’ in the Irish language.
