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from Aoife Ní Bhriain Compositions
Gairdín na Ghleanna is for my Mam and her passion for gardening! We were very lucky to grow up on Verbena Grove in Bayside and Mam became the resident music teacher there. A lot of great musicians came from the Grove such as the Lyons family of the Bonneymen fame. The families on that cul de sac were known as the Grovettes and Mam went on to teach music for years afterwards and has inspired and taught hundreds of great musicians since.
