Hornpipe
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- ComhaltasLive #307-2: Darragh Curtin at a Fleadh Street Session
- 7 February 2010
During a street session at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2009, Darragh Curtin from Brosna, Co. Kerry plays a fiddle solo - “The Scent of the Bog” hornpipe, followed by a reel.
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- ComhaltasLive #306 (Full Programme)
- 5 February 2010
Further highlights from Fleadh 2009! This week’s programme includes the All-Ireland Champions the Dartry Céilí Band and Under-18 Fiddle Champion Aoife Ní Bhroin. The Fleadh was held in Tullamore, Co. Offaly.
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- ComhaltasLive #306-5: Rosie Ferguson plays “The Bee’s Wing”
- 1 February 2010
“The Bee’s Wing” hornpipe played in the Under-18 Fiddle Competition at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2009 by Rosie Ferguson from CCE Rinn Mhic Ghiolla Rua, Co. Down.
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- ComhaltasLive #305 (Full Programme)
- 27 January 2010
More music from the Fleadh! This week’s programme features the Under-18 fiddle competition, the Senior Céilí Bands (including the winners, the Dartry Céilí Band of Sligo) and session music, all from Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2009. The Fleadh was held in Tullamore, Co. Offaly.
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- ComhaltasLive #305-9: Rhona Lynch at the U18 Fiddle
- 26 January 2010
Taking 3rd place at the Under-18 Fiddle competition at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2009 in Tullamore, Co. Offaly, Rhona Lynch, also from Co. Offaly, plays a hornpipe.
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- ComhaltasLive #304 (Full Programme)
- 14 January 2010
Here are some summer tunes to chase away these winter storms! This week we bring you music from the Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2009, held in August at Tullamore, Co. Offaly. This week’s programme includes selections from the Scoil Éigse tutors’ concert, Mairéad Hickey in a street session, and the Templeglantine, Pearl River, Botha, Ceolus and Old Bay Céilí Bands from the senior competition.
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- ComhaltasLive #304-5: The Pearl River Céilí Band plays a hornpipe
- 10 January 2010
From New York, USA, The Pearl River Céilí Band play “Jim Erwin’s Hornpipe” composed by Ed Reavy.
Band members are: Dylan Foley, flute; Erin Loughran, Maeve Flanagan, Margaret Dudasik and Deirdre Brennan, fiddles; Lyndsey Beatuex, concertina; Blaithín Loughran and Pamela Geraghty, button accordion; Emily McShane, piano and Michael Fee on drums.
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- ComhaltasLive #303-8: The Tempo Céilí Band from Fermanagh
- 9 November 2009
The Tempo Céilí Band from Co. Fermanagh play “The Dapper’s Delight” hornpipe (by Paddy O’Brien) at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2009. Members of the band are: Marissa Nolan, Sarah Shannon and Danika O’Rourke, fiddles; Collette McNulty and Áine Murphy, flutes; Shauna Moore, concertina; Catherina Dunne, accordion; Kevin Kilmurry, banjo; Claire Leonard, drums and Claire McGrath on piano.
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- ComhaltasLive #303-5: An Impromptu Fleadh Session
- 6 November 2009
An impromptu session by four musicians from Boherbuí, Co. Cork: Billy Herlihy, concertina; Bill O’Gorman, banjo; Bill’s brother Mikey O’Gorman, fiddle and Michael O’Connor on guitar. They play the “Fly by Night” hornpipe and the “M and M” reel at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2009.
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- ComhaltasLive #303-4: The Herschel Arms Céilí Band from Slough
- 5 November 2009
From Slough Comhaltas in England, the Herschel Arms Céilí Band play “Niamh Dunne’s Hornpipe” at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2009. Band members are: Niamh Gallagher, Sam Proctor and Laura O’Grady, fiddles; Orlaith McAuliffe and Catherine O’Grady, flutes; Brian Kelly, banjo; Kiernan Brady, uileann pipes; Liam O’Sullivan, accordion; Chris O’Malley, piano and Steve Burn on drums.
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- ComhaltasLive #299-1: Gerry O’Connor on Banjo
- 22 October 2009
Banjo Maestro Gerry O’Connor plays the “Thomondbridge Hornpipe” followed by the reel “The Cuckoo’s First Call”, composed by Séan Ryan from Nenagh, Co. Tipperary. Gerry is also from Nenagh, but has been living in Dublin for many years.
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- ComhaltasLive #298 (Full Programme)
- 21 October 2009
This week we bring you some music from past musical celebrations. We’ll hear from the Kearns family of Sligo, the group Crinniú, Oliver Diviney (button accordion) with Pádraig O’Reilly (piano), fiddle player Michael O’Rourke, Aoife and Ronan Greene on concertina and fiddle, Martin and Damien Connolly on button accordion and fiddle and a New York Céilí Band.
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- ComhaltasLive #298-7: New York Céilí Band Hornpipe
- 20 October 2009
Hornpipe from Fleadh Cheoil ha nÉireann 2005, played by the New York Céilí Band Coleman (Rafferty) Mulvihill CCÉ, USA.
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- ComhaltasLive #298-2: Crinniú at the Cooley/Collins Festival
- 14 October 2009
Here is the group “Crinniú” playing at the Cooley/Collins Festival Concert in Gort in October 2007. They play three tunes: “The Boys of Bluehill” hornpipe, followed by the reels “O’Flanagan Meets O’Hanlon”, and “The Money Musk”. Members of the group are: Jack Talty (keyboard), Ann Marie Grogan (flute), Caitlíin Nic Gabhann (concertina), Siobhán O’Donnell (bodhrán and vocals), Damien O’Reilly (accordion) and Áine Bird (fiddle).
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- ComhaltasLive #300-5: Ceoltóirí na Mainistreach with a Hornpipe
- 26 September 2009
Taking 3rd place at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2008, Ceoltóirí na Mainistreach from Co. Clare play a hornpipe: “The Good-Natured Man”.
Band members are: Ann-Marie McCormack, Sinéad Heagney and Ann Marie Vaughan, fiddles; John Rynne and Bríd Long, flutes; Jack Talty, concertina; Mick Butler, accordion; Kevin O’Connor,uilleann pipes; Geraldine Cotter, piano and Seán Griffin, drums.
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- ComhaltasLive #302 (full programme)
- 11 September 2009
This week we bring you more music from Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, including sets from Isaac Alderson (Uilleann Pipes), a fiddle trio from Pearl River, New York, the 2007-2009 Fleadh chairperson Attracta Brady, a street session from 2008, the Innisfree Céilí Band, Ronan Greene and Brian Lindsay playing in the fiddle competitions, and finishing up with some reels from the Allow Céilí Band.
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- ComhaltasLive #302-6: A Hornpipe from Ronan Greene
- 8 September 2009
All-Ireland Senior Fiddle champion for 2008, Ronan Greene from Ballindine CCE, Co. Mayo, plays “Lad O’Byrne’s Hornpipe”, composed by Ed Reavy.
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- ComhaltasLive #291 (Full Programme)
- 6 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
- 5 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 #291-4: Mary Crowley on Piano Accordion
- 3 July 2009
Playing music from her native West Cork, piano accordion player Mary Crowley from Skibbereen plays two very old hornpipes: “West on the Hill” and “Kit O’Mahoney’s”. Notice Mary’s subtle variations and ornamentations, particularly in “Kit O’Mahoney’s”.