Scoil Éigse
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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 #304-2: Scoil Éigse Tutors’ Concert Jigs
- 7 January 2010
Five Scoil Éigse Tutors at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2009 play two jigs: “Willie Thompson’s” and “Old Men Dillon” (also known as “The Mug of Grown Ale”).
The tutors are: Emma Woods (fiddle) and Sara Jane Woods (flute), both from Dublin; Sharon Carroll (concertina), Maria Ging (fiddle) and Adrian Brady (piano), all from Co. Offaly. Scoil Éigse 2009, held in Tullamore, Co. Offaly, was attended by more than 800 pupils with tuition provided over a week by more than 80 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 #299 (Full Programme)
- 30 October 2009
This week we present the fine playing of Gerry O’Connor (banjo), the Hurley family, the Celus Gort Leitreach, St. Roch’s and Dromore Céilí Bands, concertina players Jacki O’Connor and Aoife Neville and a selection from the 2008 Scoil Éigse Tutors’ Concert. We hope you enjoy the music!
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- ComhaltasLive #299-7: Scoil Éigse Tutors’ Concert
- 29 October 2009
The 2008 Scoil Éigse tutors play two reels at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2008 in Tullamore: “The Beauty Spot” and “Kiss the Maid Behind the Barrell”
Tutors included Paddy Ryan, Kathleen Nesbitt, Connie O’Connell and Nicky McAuliffe on fiddles; Nóirín Ní Shíulleabhán, tin whistle; Ann Mc Auliffe, accordion; Maeve Ní Lochlainn and Mary Tisdall O’Sullivan, concertinas and Maria Lynn McHugh, piano.
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- ComhaltasLive #299-4: Concertina players Jacki O’Connor and Aoife Neville
- 26 October 2009
A concertina duet by Scoil Éigre tutors Jacki O’Connor (from Limerick) and Aoife Neville (Kerry) at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2008 in Tullamore, Co. Offaly. They play three West Limerick slides, commencing with “Moss Murphy’s”.
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- ComhaltasLive #300-2: Jigs from 2008 Scoil Éigse Tutors
- 23 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 #300-1: Barn dances from Tullamore
- 23 September 2009
We present a selection of Barn Dances played by Scoil Éigse Tutors at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2008, fimed in Tullamore, Co. Offaly.. Playing here are Niall Keegan (flute), Gary Lynch (fiddle), Peter Staunton (accordion) and Ann Marie Acosta (piano). The tunes were all originally recorded by Michael and James Morrison in the 1920s/30s.
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- ComhaltasLive #282 (Full Programme)
- 28 December 2008
This week on ComhaltasLive we feature the fine playing of the Under-18 Trio champions Niamh Keegan (fiddle), Siobhán Rafferty (piano accordion) and Áine Hogan (flute), the Scoil Éigse tutors Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh (concertina) and Danny O’Mahony (button accordion), duet champions Gearóid (concertina) and Seán Keane (fiddle), the playing of Fionnán Mac Gabhann (uilleann pipes) with Conor Hanrahan (guitar), the trio of Dylan Foley (fiddle), Blaithín Loughran (button accordion) and Céitlin Finlay (banjo), concluding with Sean Nós dancer Brian Cunningham at the Scoil Éigse 2008 tutors’ concert.
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- ComhaltasLive #282-6: Sean Nós dancer Brian Cunningham
- 27 December 2008
The full group of almost 80 master tutors at Scoil Éigse 2008 are joined by Sean Nós dancer Brian Cunningham for a set of reels: “The Jolly Tinker” and “The Pretty Girls of Mayo”. They are treated to a standing ovation at the end.
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- ComhaltasLive #282-2: Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh and Danny O’Mahony
- 19 December 2008
A selection of four reels by Scoil Éigse Master Tutors Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh on concertina and Danny O’Mahony on accordion. The reels are: “Larkins’ Beehives” (composed by Paddy O’Brian), “The Colliers”, “The Green Groves of Erin” and “The Boys of Ballysodare”. They were recorded at Scoil Éigse in Tullamore, Co. Offaly in August 2008.
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- ComhaltasLive #281 (Full Programme)
- 17 December 2008
This week we present more music recorded at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in Tullamore, Co. Offaly in August 2008, including:
- An impromptu session with Sorcha Rooney (harp) from Sligo, Daire Mulhearn (button accordion) from Ennis, Co. Clare, Karen Hickey (fiddle), Fiachra O’Regan (uilleann pipes) and Pádraig O’Neill (fiddle) of Dublin.
- A group of tutors from the 2008 Scoil Éigse, including Sabina McCague (harp) from Co. Monaghan, Máire Nic Dhiarmada (flute) of Sligo, Pádraig McGovern (uilleann pipes) of Leitrim, Oisín MacDiarmada (fiddle) of Sligo and Pádraig King (button accordion) of Limerick.
- The Innisfree, Dartry and Naithí Céilí Bands, recorded at the Senior Céilí Band competition.
- Bronwyn De Paor and Edel Quinn in the Senior Fiddle competition.
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- ComhaltasLive #281-2: Scoil Éigse quintet
- 2 December 2008
A selection of jigs: “The Bluebells in Bloom” composed by Mike Dwyer, and “The Humours of Drinagh”, played by five of the tutors at Scoil Éigse 2008. The musicians are Sabina McCague (harp) from Co. Monaghan, Máire Nic Dhiarmada (flute) of Sligo, Pádraig McGovern (uilleann pipes) of Leitrim, Oisín MacDiarmada (fiddle) of Sligo and Pádraig King (button accordion) of Limerick. As well as being a member of the group “Téada”, Oisín is also leader of the Innisfree Céilí band, who won the Senior Céilí Band competition at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2008.
The music was recorded in Tullamore, Co. Offaly in August 2008 at Scoil Éigse, an annual summer school attended by approximately 800 pupils from many parts of the world.
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- ComhaltasLive #280-2: Flute Trio at Scoil Éigse
- 21 November 2008
A selection of reels, “The Wrong Roll” composed by Liz Carroll and “Put Me In the Big Chest”. The three concert flute players are Louise Mulcahy (Limerick), Mairéad McManus (Glasgow) and Deirdre Granville (Kerry), joined by Deirdre’s sister Aoife on harp.
The music was recorded at Scoil Éigse 2008 in Tullamore, Co. Offaly.
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- ComhaltasLive #272 - Full Programme
- 20 September 2008
This week we bring you more from the Scoil Éigse Tutors’ Concert at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2008, including Ernestine Healy (concertina) with Geraldine O’Callaghan (fiddle), Janet Harbison (harp) with Mícheál Ó hAlmhain (whistle), Sabina McCague (harp), Máire Nic Dhiarmada (flute), Pádraig McGovern (uilleann pipes) and Oisín Mac Diarmada (fiddle) with Pádraig King (button accordion), Eileen Gannon (harp) and Kelly Winter (piano accordion) with Seán Cleland (fiddle), seán-nós dancing by Brian Cunningham and an item from the full complement of tutors.
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- ComhaltasLive #272-6: Combined Tutors from Scoil Éigse
- 19 September 2008
Next we present a rare treat, only to be experienced at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann: approximately 80 of the Scoil Éigse tutors playing a selection of jigs together. They were recorded at the 2008 Scoil Éigse Tutors’ Concert at the Fleadh in Tullamore, Co. Offaly.
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- ComhaltasLive #272-5: Seán Nós Dancing by Brian Cunningham
- 18 September 2008
Scoil Éigse 2008 featured the sean-nós dancing of Tutor Brian Cunningham. Here Brian does a spectacular performance to “Miss McLeod’s Reel”, played by accordionist Tommy Doherty, recorded at the Tutors’ Concert.
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- ComhaltasLive #272-4: Harp, Piano Accordion and Fiddle trio from the USA
- 17 September 2008
Several of the 2008 Scoil Éigse tutors came from overseas, including harper Eileen Gannon and piano accordionist Kelly Winter, both from St. Louis, and fiddle player Seán Cleland from Chicago, USA. Together they play three jigs: “The Pipe on the Hob” (three-part version), “The Castle Jig” and “The Battering Ram”. The music was recorded at the Tutors’ Concert at the end of Scoil Éigse.
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- ComhaltasLive #272-3: Scoil Éigse Quintet with two reels
- 16 September 2008
Scoil Éigse 2008 was conducted by over 80 tutors. Five of these were Sabina McCague on harp from Co. Monaghan, Máire Nic Dhiarmada on flute from Co. Sligo, Pádraig McGovern on uilleann pipes from Co. Leitrim, Oisín Mac Diarmada on fiddle from Co. Sligo and Pádraig King from Co. Limerick on button accordion. Here they play two reels: “The Golden Keyboard” composed by New York button accordionist Martin Mulhaire, which is this week’s tutorial, and “The Fourpenny Bit”.
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- ComhaltasLive #272-2: Harper Janet Harbison at Scoil Éigse with Mícheál Ó hAlmhain
- 16 September 2008
A suantraí composed by harper Janet Harbison followed by another tune, “A Leap of Faith”, also composed by Janet, concluding with a slip jig by Janet with Mícheál Ó hAlmhain on whistle. They were recorded at the tutors’ concert concluding Scoil Éigse 2008 at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in Tullamore, Co. Offaly.