Caitríona posted a montage of photos from rehearsals on Instagram. One of them shows sheet music for Dúlamán. (I attached it here, you can see it in the top right corner.)
Do we think it will be the same version used in the 20th anniversary show? I’m inclined to think yes, as it’s Caitríona’s sheet music (last time it was a solo, Muirgen sang it) and that edition is still very new.
I was originally going to maybe bring this up in a new post. It could go either ways keeping Dulaman the group version as a 20th Special. Muirgen doing as a solo was at the time when she replaced the spot of Mairead C. Another possibility could be having it with just Mairead C and Muirgen as a duet form might be interesting.
The only issue is that it was Caitríona’s sheet music, so unless they’re in the habit of trading sheet music, she has a part in it as well. I could
sort of see Dúlamán as a Caitríona solo, because her being a Sean-Nós singer and rooted in the Irish tradition has very much been at the forefront of her career, but then again, Éabha was very similar and they still gave Dúlamán to Mairéad.
A duet would be very interesting…imagine Muirgen and Caitríona doing it together! I do miss the duet between Méav and one of the choir members that we had long ago, and it could be cool to see them sort of remake that.