The first incarnation of the band was in spring 2005 when several members of the folk club were coerced – in the nicest possible way – into forming a ceilidh band to assist with a fund raising event for the local village hall. After weeks of rehearsal a very nervous group took to the stage and provided a wonderful evening’s entertainment.

The band membership changed following this event with people moving abroad due to work commitments, but has now settled into the line up you hear today. Various other public performances followed on from their first ceilidh with appearances at local charity events. The high spot of the band’s career to date occurred in March 2007 when they provided support and backing for Fiona Kennedy-oddly enough at yet another fund raisng event for the same village hall! This involved many, many hours of painstaking rehearsal which culminated in one of the band’s best performances to date. It was as a result of a conversation with Fiona at this time that the name of the band was chosen after the well know song Bratach Bana made so popular by her father Callum.