Inis-Ceol
by Melodie Monahan
I heard Inis-Ceol for the first time four years ago at the annual St. Patrick’s Irish Festival in Detroit. I was in the balcony of the auditorium of this girls’ school turned senior center that shoulders St. Patrick’s Catholic Church. The place was riotous and noisy--clapping, hooting, shouting; children running and screeching; adults below on the wood floor tossing their heels; many people into their cups of Guinness. In this place not intended for careful listening, I heard Inis-Ceol play their traditional island music.
