Season 1

Imelda meets her sisters to share excitement for the journey ahead. Award-winning sean-nós singer Lillis Ó Laoire is her guide, with Liam Ó Maonlai on hand for creative advice.

In Waterford’s Gaeltacht na nDéise, Imelda delves deep into the song collectors fromthe region with acclaimed singer and academic Ciarán Ó Gealbháin.

Imelda arrives in Gaeltacht Mhúscraí in Cork to meet relatives of Elizabeth (Bess) Cronin, who was visited and recorded by prominent song collectors Alan Lomax and Séamus Ennis.