Who We Are

The we here is me, Fiona O’Cleirigh.

Outside the Lafrowda Club in St Just-in-Penwith, after the Blood Lyric performance on 7 September 2025:

Since coming back to Cornwall, I have been a student of Cornish/Kernewek. In the Cornish Gorsedh, my bardic name is Dasson Oula (Echo of an Owl).

I set up the Cornish-language Breselor Stations of the Cross, co-writing the material with composer Ben Sutcliffe:

If you have anything interesting to share, observations to make, or questions to ask, please do contact me: fiona@lyriccornish.com

Thank you to the following people and groups who have contributed to this project in various ways, either collaboratively or with some really helpful suggestionsː

Professor Armand d’Angour, Jesus College, and Ancient Music Oxford

Dr Jane Griffiths

Lyre Academy Greece, especially Thanasis Kleopas, Nicolaos Koumartzis, Theodore Koumartzis, Lina Palera, and all of the fellow travellers at Aegina

Dr Angeline Morrison

Dr Katrina Naomi

Professor Lucy Newlyn

Ben Sutcliffe

Esme Tackley

Ella Turk-Richards

Rosie Vanier

Dr Sharon Willoughby