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Biography
Uaigneas was spawned during the Winter of 1995 and the Spring of 1996 in the hills of Deasmumhan in the South-West of Ireland. It was a bleak period in my life and the first poems which were penned then very much reflected that. Most of the imagery employed in those poems came from the surrounding areas and relied heavily on the landscape and wildlife therein. Most of this imagery was used to personify my feelings.
Later this imagery began to include scenes from Irish Mythology and History. The Poetry is the most
important aspect of Uaigneas as it is what created the music with the rhythm of the words and the feelings expressed deciding how the music should sound.
My initial grounding in music was classical which was drilled into me as a child. My area, although not a renowned traditional Irish musical stronghold, was still full of fine musicians and singers which, whether they would like to admit it or not, also influenced me greatly. Finally, two fine, upstanding gentlemen, Messrs. Ivan Pawle Jnr. and Senior brought me the whole way through the history of Rock during my teenage years from American Rock n’ Roll and Blues right up to Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin. Metal then took its hold and by the winter of 1993 Gothic Doom Death Metal (to coin the original Peaceville phrase) had lodged itself very much in my head.
From about 1992 up until the beginning of 1998 the poems (first) and the music were created and refined and slowly a band began to form. It became clear after a time that as the idea began to grow (as did the number of people involved) it was not really feasible to call the project Uaigneas and thus after many months of searching, the name Mael Mórdha was used to take up the mutation of the original idea. However, the original form still remained festering away with a flood of music, poetry, historical and cultural thoughts being noted. The trend from its conception to now has been the delving further and further into the Gaelic and pre-Gaelic traditions seeking inspiration, attempting to create interest in these traditions, lamenting their decline and continuing them in some form so that they may not be lost……just yet.
Uaigneas was spawned during the Winter of 1995 and the Spring of 1996 in the hills of Deasmumhan in the South-West of Ireland. It was a bleak period in my life and the first poems which were penned then very much reflected that. Most of the imagery employed in those poems came from the surrounding areas and relied heavily on the landscape and wildlife therein. Most of this imagery was used to personify my feelings.
Later this imagery began to include scenes from Irish Mythology and History. The Poetry is the most
important aspect of Uaigneas as it is what created the music with the rhythm of the words and the feelings expressed deciding how the music should sound.
My initial grounding in music was classical which was drilled into me as a child. My area, although not a renowned traditional Irish musical stronghold, was still full of fine musicians and singers which, whether they would like to admit it or not, also influenced me greatly. Finally, two fine, upstanding gentlemen, Messrs. Ivan Pawle Jnr. and Senior brought me the whole way through the history of Rock during my teenage years from American Rock n’ Roll and Blues right up to Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin. Metal then took its hold and by the winter of 1993 Gothic Doom Death Metal (to coin the original Peaceville phrase) had lodged itself very much in my head.
From about 1992 up until the beginning of 1998 the poems (first) and the music were created and refined and slowly a band began to form. It became clear after a time that as the idea began to grow (as did the number of people involved) it was not really feasible to call the project Uaigneas and thus after many months of searching, the name Mael Mórdha was used to take up the mutation of the original idea. However, the original form still remained festering away with a flood of music, poetry, historical and cultural thoughts being noted. The trend from its conception to now has been the delving further and further into the Gaelic and pre-Gaelic traditions seeking inspiration, attempting to create interest in these traditions, lamenting their decline and continuing them in some form so that they may not be lost……just yet.