What is striking about his voice is its purity and his clear, unadorned style. With every song, it sounds as if he is standing at the foot of Mount Brendan, looking up, acknowledging the memories the mountain embodies. Martin Flanagan

"..Mínim dóibh go bhfuilim ar mo shuan nuair a bhím ag canadh agus go mbím ag marcaíocht ar dhroim an amhráin, d'fhéadfá a rá, agus me a leanúint, pé áit á dtarraingíonn sé mé"

"I am totally relaxed when I am singing, I am riding on the crest of the song, you could say, I follow it wherever it takes me."

Mossie O Scanlain was born at the foot of Mount Brandon, West Kerry, Ireland. He emigrated to Australia in 1981 where he spent the best part of three decades, working and singing, for many years he was the sole native irish speaking sean-nós singer in Australia.
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Bhí an t-ádh liomsa toisc go rabhas sáite i gceol agus i gcultúr na Gaelainne ón gcliabhán mar bhí traidisiúin láidir Gaelainne sa chlann againn ón dá thaobh le fada siar.