TG Lurgan branches out into original content

TG Lurgan’s music is produced in a voluntary capacity and is freely shared on various platforms

Schoolchildren from across Ireland have been producing cover versions of pop hits as Gaeilge at the Coláiste Lurgan summer school in Connemara since 2013 – now it wants to create original compositions

After amassing millions of views on YouTube with covers of famous songs, musical project TG Lurgan is looking to create original music.

The initiative from the Irish language summer school Coláiste Lurgan in Connemara has featured among the top ten Irish-produced videos on YouTube every year since its first video, an Irish-language translation of Avicii’s Wake Me Up in 2013, attracted six million views.

Now TG Lurgan wants to source several original songs ...