Harp
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- ComhaltasLive #319-5: Áine Bird and Holly Geraghty
- 8 June 2010
Áine Bird (fiddle), Co. Meath and Holly Geraghty (harp), Co. Mayo play two reels - “The Maids of Feakle” and “The Humours of Tulla” - before the Comhaltas Tour of North America in September/October 2003.
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- ComhaltasLive #319-4: Adele Farrell and Holly Geraghty
- 7 June 2010
From Manchester England, Adele Farrell on button accordion with Holly Geraghty (Co. Mayo) on harp play two jigs - “Sergeant Early’s” and “The Woods of Old Limerick”. Both were members of the Comhaltas Tour of North America in September/October 2003.
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- ComhaltasLive #319-3: Holly Geraghty, Áine Bird and Laura Beagan
- 6 June 2010
Holly Geraghty (on harp) from Ballindine, Co. Mayo, Áine Bird (fiddle), Co. Meath, and Laura Beagan (fiddle), Co. Monaghan play two reels - “Miss Langton’s” and “Andy McGann’s” - played just before the Comhaltas Tour of North America 2003.
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- ComhaltasLive #317 (Full Programme)
- 14 May 2010
Highlights from the Comhaltas North America Convention in Parsippany, New Jersey, USA.
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- ComhaltasLive #317-1: Aidan O’Neill
- 6 May 2010
All-Ireland Champion on fiddle, flute, tin whistle and concertina Aidan O’Neill from Dromore, Co. Tyrone plays a selection of reels on the Comhaltas Tour of Britain in February 2003. Harp accompaniment is by Shauna Davey.
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- ComhaltasLive #312-4: Brian McNamara and Gráinne Hambly
- 28 March 2010
Two Scoil Éigse Tutors at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2009 - uileann piper Brian McNamara (Leitrim) and Gráinne Hambly (Mayo) on harp. They play a very old air collected around 1700 called “The Glergy’s Lamentation”, followed by a slip jig often associated with New York fiddle player Larry Redican.
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- ComhaltasLive #310-5: Scoil Éigse Tutors
- 11 March 2010
Two jigs - “The Fairheaded Boy” and “Anthony Frawley’s” played by a group of seven Scoil Éigse Tutors at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2009.
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- ComhaltasLive #306-4: Scoil Éigse Tutors on Flutes and the Harp
- 31 January 2010
A selection of reels from Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2009 by Éigse tutors.
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- ComhaltasLive #304-1: The 2009 Scoil Éigse Tutors’ Concert
- 6 January 2010
From the Scoil Éigse Tutors’ Concert at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2009, a selection of reels played by a group of the tutors. They play “The Moving Pint” and “Dog Big and Dog Little”, which were recorded by Frankie Gavin in the 1980s.
The tutors are: Pádraig McGovern from Co. Leitrim, pipes; Oisín MacDiarmada (fiddle) and Maíre NicDhiarmada (flute), both from Co. Sligo; Pádraig King from Co. Limerick, accordion; Sabina McCague from Co. Monaghan, fiddle; Maura Walsh form Co. Kerry, concertina and Eileen Gannon from St. Louis, Missouri, USA, on the harp.
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- ComhaltasLive #300-2: Jigs from 2008 Scoil Éigse Tutors
- 24 September 2009
Three Scoil Éigse Tutors from 2008 play a selection of three jigs, commencing with “An Lurgadán” (by Junior Crehan) and ending with “The Geese in the Bog”. The performers are: Eibhlín Ní Mháille (banjo), Edel McLoughlin (piano accordion) and Gráinne Hambly (harp), and the music was recorded in Tullamore, Co. Offaly in August 2008.
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- ComhaltasLive #291 (Full Programme)
- 7 July 2009
This week, ComhaltasLive includes the playing of Damien McKee (button accordion) and Séan Óg Graham (guitar), Áine Bird (fiddle), Ita and Matt Cunnigham (fiddle and button accordion), Mary Crowley (piano accordion), Coleen Shanks (whistle) and the playing of Pádraig O’Neil (fiddle) and Lindsay Moynagh (harp).
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- ComhaltasLive #291-6: Pádraig O’Neil and Lindsay Moynagh
- 6 July 2009
Dublin fiddle player Pádraig O’Neil (winner of the All-Ireland U-18 title in 2001) plays “The Bee’s Wing Hornpipe” followed by a selection of reels. Harp accompaniment is by Lindsay Moynagh, also from Dublin and another All-Ireland Champion.
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- ComhaltasLive #287 (Full Programme)
- 6 June 2009
ComhaltasLive 287 features the fine playing of Ned Kelly (button accordion), Alex Reidinger (Fiddle, Harp and Concertina), Michael Harrison (Fiddle), John Culhane (Lilter), Pádraig Synnott (Uilleann Pipes) with the 2008 Irish Tour group.
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- ComhaltasLive #287-3: Alex Reidinger on Harp
- 31 March 2009
Alex Reidinger of North Carolina plays “Lad O’Byrne’s Reel” on harp. She learned much of her music on harp and concertina from Gráinne Hambly.
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- ComhaltasLive #286 (Full Programme)
- 28 March 2009
This week we present a few recordings made at the new and magnificent Comhaltas Clasaċ Regional Centre in Dublin, which was one of the venues for the Irish Concert Tour in October 2008.
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- ComhaltasLive #286-6: Caitríona Sears and Oisín Morrison at Clasaċ
- 27 March 2009
Returning to the Clasaċ Regional Resource Centre in Dublin, fiddle player Caitríona Sears and harper Oisín Morrison play “The Western Hornpipe”, followed by a reel. The music was on October 24, 2008.
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- ComhaltasLive #286-4: Aoife Green on Concertina at Clasaċ
- 25 March 2009
All-Ireland champion Aoife Green from Co. Galway plays ”The Blackbird Hornipe” on concertina, followed by “Jack Roe’s Reel” with harp accompaniment by Oisín Morrison. The music was recorded at Clasaċ, the Comhaltas Regional Resource Centre in Clontarf, Dublin on October 24, 2008.
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- ComhaltasLive #285 (Full Programme)
- 12 February 2009
We continue to take a look a look back at some favourite selections from ComhaltasLive in 2008. We feature the playing of Orlaith McAuliffe (flute), Nuala Hehir (accordion) with Liz Gaughan (fiddle), John McEvoy (fiddle) with John Wynne (flute), Billy McComiskey (button accordion) with Felix Dolan (piano), Edel Fox (concertina) with Shauna Davey (harp), and whistle player Clodagh Holland.
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- ComhaltasLive #285-5: Edel Fox and Shauna Davey
- 10 February 2009
Concertina player Edel Fox plays two reels starting with “The Bag of Spuds”, joined by harper Shauna Davey. This recording was made during the 2004 the Comhaltas Concert Tour of North America.
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- ComhaltasLive #284-3: Ernestine Healy on Concertina
- 10 January 2009
A set of reels commencing with “The Pidgeon on the Gate”, played on concertina by Ernestine Healy from Claremorris, Co. Mayo, with accompaniment on the harp by Cathy Potter from Co. Armagh. This selection was recorded at the Comhaltas Tour of Ireland concert in Birr, Co. Offaly in October 2007. This ComhaltasLive video clip was originally posted in early 2008.