Altan’s Maireád Ní Mhaonaigh sings bittersweet songs in city

As she explains, it’s a sad lament for a wee bird that died in cold weather.

She follows it with the classic Gleanntáin Ghlas’ Ghaoth Dobhair, written by her father Proinsias; an emigrant’s song encapsulating the homesickness of Donegal Glaswegians.