When your musical pedigree stretches from Meath to Rannafast and across the water to the bothies of Scotland, chances are you've got more than a tune or two lurking up your sleeve. Maighread, Triona and Micheal, O Domhnaills three, have taken the music to the outer borders of Canada, to the American Deep South, but lately they've been bringing it all back home.

The sessions in the Shelter truly came of age on Thursday last, after just a few short weeks in train. In front of a packed house, the O Dhomhnaills and their special guest, Donal Lunny, were guaranteed undivided attention from the get-go.

Naturally, Triona and Maighread's twinned vocals were the main focus of the evening, their sibling intuitions as evident in the pace of delivery as in the fusion of harmonies. Donal Lunny and Micheal O Domhnaill chose to remain in the background for most of the first half of the show, merely colouring and shading between the women's vocals. The False Fly, The Banks Of Claudy and A Stor A Stor A Ghra showcased the talents of both vocalists, with Triona as the bass-line queen and Maighread, her vocal alter ego, delivering all the notes in the upper end of the register - and then some.

It was in the second half, though, that this foursome finally took flight. Micheal was inveigled into singing, and delighted the crowd with a tentative reading of Loch Lomond, counter-balanced by a muscular Mo Ghile Mear and a breathtaking Lord Franklin. Donal Lunny was everywhere and nowhere to be seen: lurking, tiptoeing, and occasionally adding backing vocals to the heady mix of voices.

This was music fit for the gods, with us mortals afforded a peek at the heavens.