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Imeall ( en gaélico irlandés significa " Borde ", " Ribete ", " Umbral ") es el álbum debut (y hasta la fecha único) de la música irlandesa Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh , autoproducido en su propio sello "Moon" y lanzado físicamente como una edición limitada (numerada) a finales de 2008/principios de 2009 y disponible digitalmente a través de su sitio web oficial (después de 20 años grabando con su banda Altan ). ^{[ 6 ]}

Imeall se grabó en 2007/08 en Stiúidió na Mara ("Seafront Studio") (An Bhráid, Tír Chonaill, Condado de Donegal, Irlanda), el estudio casero del amigo y músico/productor de Ní Mhaonaigh, Manus Lunny , con vista al Océano Atlántico y a las montañas e islas de Donegal.

El álbum presenta a muchos de los amigos y colaboradores habituales de Mairéad, incluidos Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill y Dónal Lunny . También incluye al flautista y flautista nacido en Manchester Michael McGoldrick y Annbjørg Lien , miembro de String Sisters , con quien Mairéad toca el violín y canta.

Solo se prensaron 3000 copias físicas (numeradas a mano) de Imeall . El álbum físico ya está agotado, pero hay una edición digital disponible (como álbum mp3 descargable) directamente en la tienda en línea de Mairéad. ^{[ 7 ]}

Imeall received a four star album review (out of 5) from The Irish Times' journalist and Irish music critic Siobhan Long, stating: "There's a huge sense of exploring new pastures on Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh's solo debut. A limited edition, lovingly produced by Mairéad and Manus Lunny, with a bespoke design quality, Imeall is exactly that: a snapshot of an artist on the brink of something new, of terrain yet to be travelled."^[1]

Ní Mhaonaigh's debut album received a seven-star album review (out of 10) from Hot Press's music critic Niall Stokes, stating: "From the first [track], you feel that you're in the midst of something intimate and enveloping. ... It's a feeling that persists throughout a record full of beautiful melodies, fine singing, wonderfully sensitive playing and great tunes. Co-producer Manus Lunny set out with Mairéad to create a sound that would be different to Altan's, with whom Mairéad is the celebrated singer. The result is a collection of 14 tracks that manages to be both vibrantly contemporary in its colourings and yet deeply rooted in the tradition. ... The production is exemplary. ... This is Mairéad's masterpiece. ... There's a purity of purpose throughout that should be a lesson to musicians of a more venal disposition. This is music made for the sake of the art, for the magic of being in the moment making an unforgettable noise or for the sheer pleasure of telling a story eloquently through song. [...] Imeall is a very beautiful thing. Which is no surprise at all, when you think about it."^[2]

Imeall received a rather positive review from UK Folk Music website's critic Pete Fyfe, stating: "There are [here] spirited renditions of the Gaelic song "Gardaí 'n Rí" with its riff and percussion driven sound and the fiddle led instrumental set-piece "Highlands / Red Crow" for those wishing a quick jig around the table in Pat Cohen's pub from The Quiet Man. ... All-in-all, this is a very nice CD to chill-out to."^[3]

In the May–June 2009 issue of (French magazine) Trad' Mag, folk critic Philippe Cousin awarded Imeall full marks (giving the album a "Bravo!!!" award), calling it a "superb album" and stating: ""Imeall" means "threshold" or "edge" in Irish Gaelic, a title that Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh explains by the fact that she's living by the sea and that, with this album, she's attempting a new adventure. [All the musicians involved in the album] serve a music of exceptional quality, like the music Mairéad got us accustomed to with Altan. Eight traditional tracks and six new compositions form a coherent set imbued with sensitiveness as much as vigour. Here, Mairéad pay tribute to her relatives: her father Francie who taught her all to know about to play the fiddle, her mother Kitty who taught her the Donegal dances, and her little daughter Nia. ... Imeall is a gem you can buy with your eyes closed."

In June 2009, Ní Mhaonaigh's debut album, Imeall, received a warm review from The Irish Echo's website, stating: "Mairead's composition in memory of her father, "An Fidleoir," conveys tender emotion through subtle ornamentation. ... Two songs were written outright by Mairead: "A Óganaigh Óig" and "Mo Níon Ó," the latter a lullaby for her daughter, Nia. Each testifies to her growing proficiency at songcraft. And on the album's last track, "An Dro / Imeall," Mairead's musical edginess sharpens in the plaintive singing of her own lyrics in Irish laid over the undulating dance rhythm of a Breton an dro. She adds fiddle to that track, accompanied by Manus Lunny, Michael McGoldrick, Jim Higgins, and Graham Henderson. ... Imeall brings out the best in Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh."^[4]

On 8 September 2016, Imeall received a warm review from the Last Night's Fun blog.^[5][8]

It is known that Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh played live at her 2008–2012 solo shows (at least one time) the following tracks: "Gardaí 'n Rí", "An Fidleoir", "Néillí Bhán",^[9] "Mazurkas", "Mo Níon Ó".^[10] She also sang live many times "Mo Níon Ó" as the lead singer during Altan's extensive 2009–2011 Celebrating the 25th anniversary tour.

La melodía/canción "Dobbin's Flowery Vale" se ha convertido en sinónimo del difunto esposo de Mairead Ní Mhaonaigh, Frankie Kennedy, quien falleció de cáncer el 19 de septiembre de 1994.

• Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh  – voz; violín irlandés; Violín de Hardanger (en "Mazurkas")
• Manus Lunny  – bouzouki; programación; voz; guitarra
• Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill  – piano
• Dónal Lunny  - bodhrán (en "Girseachaí an Phointe / Port Chití Rua")
• Michael McGoldrick  - flauta (en "Aige Bruach Dhún Réimhe"; "An Dro / Imeall") ; pipas uilleann (en "Gardaí 'n Rí")
• Jim Higgins  - percusión (en "A Óganaigh Óig"; "Gardaí 'n Rí"; "Highlands / Red Crow"; "Mo Níon Ó"; "Néillí Bhán"; "An Dro / Imeall") ; bodhrán (sobre "Méillte Cheann Dubhráin / The Twenty One Highland / The Four Mile Stone"; "La paloma en la puerta / La conveniencia / El montañés que besó a su abuela")
• Graham Henderson  - teclados (en "A Óganaigh Óig"; "Gardaí 'n Rí"; "Aige Bruach Dhún Réimhe"; "An Dro / Imeall") ; bodhrán
• Annbjørg Lien  - Violín de Hardanger (en "Mazurkas"; "Is Fada Ó Bhaile")
• Tim Edey  – Guitarra (en "An Fidleoir"; "Highlands / Red Crow"; "The Pigeon on the Gate / The Convenience / The Highlandman Who Kissed His Granny")

• Sitio web oficial – Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
• Imeall – páginas del álbum