Macalla
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Macalla was Clannad's first internationally successful album. | ||||
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| Released | 14 October 1985 | |||
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| Genre | Folk | |||
| Length | 37:11 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Producer | Steve Nye | |||
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Macalla is a 1985 musical album by the Irish folk group Clannad. It is their ninth album and is known for the duet between Clannad's singer Moya Brennan and U2 vocalist Bono on the single "In a Lifetime". An alternate version of the album's first track, "Caisleán Óir", was used throughout the third Robin of Sherwood series.
The album's title is Irish for "echo". Two of its songs are sung entirely in Irish: "Caisleán Óir", which translates as "golden castle", and "Buachaill Ón Éirne", which means "shepherd from the Erne".