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Singer Mary McPartlan has delved deeply into her past for material for her second album, which she has lovingly crafted with a little help from her friends, writes Martin Doyle

Like the miners in Arigna where her father and brothers once worked, Mary McPartlan has dug deep into her native soil and found a rich seam of memories and songs, many of which may be unique to Leitrim but whose resonance is universal.

Petticoat Loose, her second album, takes its name from a song written by the poet and playwright Vincent Woods, her lifelong, childhood friend, but what should make its name are the other two he has written, Sanctuary and Kiss The Moon, which excavate the roots of her family tree to create something as dark and beautiful as a bog-oak sculpture.