From the CD Booklet " Ta an Workhouse Lan "

John Beag O'Flatharta, "an tAncaire" is from Foirnis, Leitir Meallain on Connemara's island coast, perhaps an unlikely enviroment for a successful country and western performer - Irish style. He has taken the irish speaking world by storm with his catchy rhythms and memorable songs from a local tradition yet sung to airs more akin tp American mid -west style.

Creating a niche for himself and others singing country music in irish and ballads in English, John Beag has had immediate success. Immersed in local traditional singing,initially sean-nos ( unaccompanied ) he has brought a freshness to performing in his own special way, country and western - "tir agus thiar" - his genre as a mode of expression.