Programme: ComhaltasLive #198 - Focus on Tullamore
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- ComhaltasLive #198 - Focus on Tullamore
This week we feature music recorded in Tullamore, Co. Offaly, which hosts Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2007. We also include the playing of concertina virtuoso Edel Fox.
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- ComhaltasLive #198 Segment 6 - Longridge Ceílí Band
We conclude the programme with another archive recording - the Longridge Céilí Band at the Céilí Band Reunion concert at the Fleadh Nua in Ennis in 2001.
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- ComhaltasLive #198 Segment 4 - Rhona Lynch
From Killeigh Comhaltas and taught by Attracta Brady, fiddle player Rhona Lynch plays two hornpipes commencing with “Lad O’Beirne’s” composed by Ed Reavy.
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- ComhaltasLive #198 Segment 3 - Ciara and Jamie McKeogh
Fiddle player Ciara McKeogh and her brother Jamie on banjo play “The Swedish Jig” followed by a reel, “The Oak Tree”.
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- ComhaltasLive #198 Segment 2 - Olivia Douglas
From Ferbane, Co. Offaly button accordionist Olivia Douglas plays a selection of reels: “Bunker Hill” and “Cutting the Hay” composed by Paddy O’Brien.
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- ComhaltasLive #198 Segment 1 - The Brady Family
Commencing this week’s programme, John and Attracta Brady play a selection of Reels: “The Galway Reel” and “Castle Kelly”. Guitar accompaniment is by John O’Connell from Durrow, Co. Offaly.