Déanta is an Irish traditional music band from Northern Ireland. The name of the band is the Irish word for done or made. The band, formed in the late 1980s in County Antrim, played together until 1997 and regrouped in 2008. The band were noted members of the traditional music scene in Ireland. They signed to Green Linnet and released three albums which blended traditional tunes and songs with arrangements sometimes veering towards a contemporary setting.
In 1990 and 1991 they were selected to represent Ireland at the Lorient Interceltic Festival, in Brittany, where they won the Trophée Loïc Raison for best band (1990).
In September 2007, the former members played at the 8th Gig 'n The Bann Festival. Their first performance after regrouping took place in October 2008 for BBC Two Northern Ireland's Blas Ceoil series.
Déanta's line-up included Mairead Walls who was later replaced by Mary Dillon (vocals, keyboard, guitar, harp), Paul Mullan (flute, whistles), siblings Eoghan (guitar, harp) and Kate O'Brien (fiddle, viola), and Clodagh Warnock (bouzouki, fiddle, bodhran, percussion). Mullan was later replaced by Deirdre Havlin and Rosie Mulholland (keyboard, fiddle) was added.
(Lyrics: Crosby; Music Robinson/Hochheiser)
Born into a class structure, rich man or slave at his feet
Bystander or maker of crime killing in war or doing time
The elders who possess the power build arsenals in defense
you pay the price for their fears, their memories they won't forget
It's your fate, you don't decide
It's your fate, struggle just to survive
No hope, no hope for you who come from the slums
The verdict in long before your first breath filled your lungs
Tomorrow you'll rise, look around you, wonder why
All you see in decay. Fate has not been kind
It's your fate, you don't decide
It's your fate, struggle just to survive
Tomorrow you'll rise, look around you, wonder why
All you see in decay. Fate has not been kind
It's your fate, you don't decide
It's your fate, struggle just to survive