Banjo
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- ComhaltasLive #364-4: Mick O’Connor
- 15 November 2011
At Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2011 in Cavan, banjo player Mick O’Connor from London joins Aoife and Deirdre Granville (flute and harp) and Maura Walsh (concertina), all from Co. Kerry. They play three reels: “The Kerry Reel”, “Mossy Banks” and “The Otter’s Holt”.
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- ComhaltasLive #358 (Full Programme)
- 9 September 2011
Highlights from Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2011 in Cavan.
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- ComhaltasLive #358-5: Mick O’Connor and Deirdre Granville
- 3 September 2011
A selection of reels played at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2011 in Cavan by banjo player Mick O’Connor from London and Deirdre Granville from Dingle, Co. Kerry on harp. The reels are “Mike O’Dwyer’s” and “Mick O’Connor’s”, which was composed by Mick in 1971.
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- ComhaltasLive #357 (Full Programme)
- 28 August 2011
ComhaltasLive Programme #357
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- ComhaltasLive #357-7: June McCormack, Brian Fitzgerald and Mícheál Rooney
- 20 August 2011
Recorded at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2002 in Listowel, Co. Kerry, flute player June McCormack, Brian Fitzgerald on banjo and Mícheál Rooney on harp. They play a selection of reels ending with “The Caucus Reel”.
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- ComhaltasLive #356 (Full Programme)
- 13 August 2011
ComhaltasLive Programme #356
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- ComhaltasLive #356-4: Four Young Musicians
- 8 August 2011
Four young musicians recorded at the Munster Fleadh in Ballincollig, Co. Cork (left to right): Gearóid (banjo) and Darragh Curtin (fiddle), Brian O’Leary (accordion) and Suzanne Curtin (concert flute). The Curtin family are from Templeglantine CCÉ, Limerick and Brian O’Leary is from Gneevenaguilla, Co. Kerry. Incidentally, Brian is grandson of the legendary accordion player the late Johnny O’Leary. They play a selection of reels: “The Honeymoon Reel” and “O’Dwyer’s Reel”.
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- ComhaltasLive #355 (Full Programme)
- 4 August 2011
ComhaltasLive Programme #355
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- ComhaltasLive #355-8: Dean Griffen
- 1 August 2011
Recorded at Fleadh Cheoil na Mumhan 2011 in Ballincollig, Co. Cork: a jig played on banjo by Dean Griffen from Kilcummin, Co. Kerry.
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- ComhaltasLive #354 (Full Programme)
- 21 July 2011
ComhaltasLive Programme #354
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- ComhaltasLive #354-1: Gerry O’Connor
- 13 July 2011
Master of the banjo, Gerry O’Connor, recorded at Comhaltas headquarters in Dublin on the 5th of February, 2003, plays two reels - “The Hare’s Paw” and “The Cukoo’s”. The second tune was composed by renowned fiddle player/composer Seán Ryan, who, like Gerry, hailed from Nenagh, Co. Tipperary.
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- ComhaltasLive #348 (Full Programme)
- 11 May 2011
ComhaltasLive Programme #348.
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- ComhaltasLive #348-2: Scoil Éigse Tutors
- 3 May 2011
A group of Scoil Éigse tutors at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2001 in Listowel, Co. Kerry. From left: Brian Friel (Kerry), Sarah Jane Woods (Dublin), Brenda McCann (Fermanagh), Danny O’Mahoney (Kerry) and Grainne Hambly (Kerry) on harp. They play a selection of reels - “Down the Broom”, “The Gatehouse Maid” and “Touch Me if You Dare”.
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- ComhaltasLive #347 (Full Programme)
- 28 April 2011
ComhaltasLive Programme #347.
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- ComhaltasLive #347-4: A Selection of Polkas
- 25 April 2011
Recorded at the 2011 Comhaltas North America Convention in San Antonio, Texas, USA: (left-t-right) John Reynolds, Margie Mulvihill, Rose Flannagan, Frankie McCormack and Patti Furlong with a selection of polkas.
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- ComhaltasLive #347-3: John and Willie Larkin
- 24 April 2011
Recorded around december 2004, two members of the All-Ireland Champions Templeglantine Céilí Band from West Limerick, John (banjo) and Willie (accordion) Larkin play a selection of reels - the first from the playing of Martin McGinley and the second from Cathal Hayden.
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- ComhaltasLive #345 (Full Programme)
- 5 April 2011
ComhaltasLive Programme #345.
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- ComhaltasLive #345-6: Matthew Reidy
- 3 April 2011
Banjo player Matthew Reidy from Glin, Co. Limerick, recorded in January 2005 plays two reels: “The Shoemaker’s Daughter” (composed by Ed Reavy) and a tune which he learned from the playing of the fiddler Brendan McGlinchey.
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- ComhaltasLive #344 (Full Programme)
- 23 March 2011
ComhaltasLive Clár #344.
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- ComhaltasLive #344-6: TippOff.com at Barry’s Pub
- 21 March 2011
Recorded at Barry’s pub in Newtown, just outside Nenagh, Co. Tipperary on the 4th of March 2011 the newly composed “Barrack Obama Reel”, preceded by “Miss McLeod’s Reel”.