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'''Sìleas''' (pronounced sheelis) is a Scottish harp duo. [[Patsy Seddon]] plays electric harp and gut-strung harp, and [[Mary Macmaster]] plays electric harp and metal-strung harp. They sing in [[Scottish Gaelic|Gaelic]] and English.
The name of the band is explained on the back cover of the debut album, ''Delighted with Harps''. [[Sìleas na Ceapaich]] was an 18th-century Gaelic poet. Her praise of harp music led Seddon and Macmaster to take "Sìleas" as their professional name.
They were inducted into the [[Hands Up for Trad|Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame]] in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.harpfestival.co.uk/meet-the-tutors/patsy-seddon |title=Patsy Seddon – Edinburgh International Harp Festival | website=Harpfestival.co.uk |date=2014-01-09 |accessdate=2014-05-13}}</ref><ref name="scottishcultureonline1">{{cite web|url=http://projects.scottishcultureonline.com/hall-of-fame/?s=patsy+seddon|title=Hands Up For Trad : Hall of Fame|website=Projects.scottishcultureonline.com|accessdate=5 November 2017}}</ref>
==Discography==
* ''Delighted with Harps'' (Lapwing, 1986 )
* ''Beating Harps'' ([[Green Linnet Records|Green Linnet]], 1987)
* ''Harpbreakers'' (1990)
* ''File Under Christmas'' (1991)
* ''Play on Light'' (1996)
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[[Category:Scottish folk music groups]]
[[Category:Scottish all-female bands]]
[[Category:Scottish musical duos]]
[[Category:Green Linnet Records artists]]
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[[Category:All-female folk bands]]
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