Background
Dileab Phriseil (Gaelic for "Precious Heritage") is an ensemble of friends that formed from a church group and features traditional songs of Scotland and Ireland in English and Gaelic.
Dileab Phriseil has performed at the Maryland Renaissance Festival, The Mid-Atlantic Celtic Fest, The Chesapeake Celtic Fest, Liam Flynn's Ale House in Baltimore, and the Maryland Irish Festival as well as local events at St. John's R.C. Church in Columbia, St. Leo's R.C. church in Baltimore, and St. Louis R. C. church in Clarksville.
Our band members!
Dileab Phriseil (Gaelic for "Precious Heritage") is an ensemble of friends that formed from a church group and features traditional songs of Scotland and Ireland in English and Gaelic.
Dileab Phriseil has performed at the Maryland Renaissance Festival, The Mid-Atlantic Celtic Fest, The Chesapeake Celtic Fest, Liam Flynn's Ale House in Baltimore, and the Maryland Irish Festival as well as local events at St. John's R.C. Church in Columbia, St. Leo's R.C. church in Baltimore, and St. Louis R. C. church in Clarksville.
Our band members!
- JP: bass, vocals - Cinnaminson, NJ (Springsteen didn't pick up his option so we swooped in and got him). And our very own JP has a couple of CDs of Irish immigrant songs from the US. Check them out at www.antiquemusic.net
- Phill: guitars, vocals (Irish Gaelic) - PA, NJ, MD, VA (It's complicated so don't ask unless you have a lot of time)
- Sue: percussion - Ellicott City, Maryland (finally, a real Maryland hometown girl, hon)
- Selena: fiddle, vocals - all the way from Alaska
- Kelli: fiddle, vocals - Akins, Oklahoma! (Yes indeed the exclamation point is mandatory so we are told). Still in the Navy serving our country, but back in the area.
- Gene: guitar, Irish bouzouki - from Connecticut originally; in MD since 1977.
- Gary: mandolins, vocals
- Bill: flutes and whistles. Sadly passed away in 2021.
