About Mossie's Tours

Meet Mossie of Mossie’s Tours

I was born in Baile an Lochaigh, a little village in the West Kerry Gaeltacht district of Corca Dhuibhne, at the foot of Mount Brandan, the fifth in a family of thirteen – ten boys and three girls. We were brought up on a small farm of 30 acres. Irish was our daily language in the community around us. Although we used to have lessons in English at St Eirc’s school we did not use it much until we had left the district, only now and then if a non-Irish speaking stranger came. In fact, it took some time after we had left home for good before we felt comfortable speaking English.

I was immersed in Irish music and culture from the cradle. On my mother’s side, the Moriarty’s were themselves steeped in traditional song for generations back. Among my earliest ‘heroes’ was my mother, her sister Kathleen and her brothers Páid, Tony and Mike Moriarty. They were a great influence on me. I well remember when my aunt Kathleen, who performed in New York’s Carnegie Hall in 1948, used to come home from America, they often would all come together at our house and we used to get great enjoyment from the music and the songs, most of them in Irish.

Mossie, steeped in the culture of Ireland, has produced three music albums and published, in Irish, his own autobiography. As a musician and author, you will become immersed in the landscape with his Irish music, song, poetry and storytelling.

Mossie is a famous singer: you can follow him on Youtube and Spotify

Rugadh agus tógadh i mBaile an Lochaigh mé, baile beag i nGaeltacht Chorca Dhuibhne, ag bun Chnoc Bréanainn, an cúigiú duine as trí dhuine dhéag – deichniúr buachaillí agus triúr cailíní. Tógadh ar fheirm bheag 30 acra sinn. Ba í an Ghaeilge an teanga a d’úsáideamar go laethúil sa phobal timpeall orainn. Cé go raibh roinnt ranganna againn i mBéarla i Scoil Naomh Eirc, níor úsáideamar puinn é, go dtí gur fhágamar an áit agus ó am go chéile nuair a thagadh strainséirí nach raibh Gaeilge acu. Thóg sé roinnt mhaith ama, tar éis dúinn an baile a bheith fágtha againn, go dtí gur bhraitheamar ar ár gcompord ag labhairt as Béarla.


Bhíos tumtha i gceol agus i gcultúr na hÉireann ón gcliabhán. Ar thaobh mo mháthar, bhí na Muircheartaigh tumtha iad féin sa cheol traidisiúnta riamh anall. I measc na laochra is mó a bhí agam agus mé óg, bhí m’aintín Caitlín agus m’uncail Páid, Tony agus Mike Ó Muircheartaigh. Bhí tionchar ana-mhór acu orm. Is cuimhin liom go maith nuair a thagadh m’aintín Caitlín, a bhí ar stáitse i Carnegie Hall i Nua-Eabhrac, abhaile ó Mheiriceá, thagaimis go léir le chéile inár dtigh-ne, agus bhainimis ana-thaitneamh as an gceol agus na hamhráin, a bhformhór acu as Gaeilge.


Is duine e Mossie a fuineadh i gcultúr na hÉireann agus tá trí albam ceoil eisithe aige chomh maith le dírbheathaisnéis as Gaolainn. Braithfidh tú a rian san ar na turasanna a thugann sé mar go bhfuilid lán de cheol, amhráin, filíocht is insint scéalta.