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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 #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 #288 (Full Programme)
- 12 June 2009
This week ComhaltasLive features the playing of Irish traditional musicians Damien Mullane (button accordion), Eimear Buckley (concertina) with Pádraig King (button accordion), Sabina McCague (fiddle) with Daire McGeown (banjo) and Seána Agnew (flute), Darren McGee (fiddle), the great Bobby Gardiner (button accordion) and the Clare duet of Dymphna O’Sullivan (concertina) and Joan Hanrahan (fiddle).
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- ComhaltasLive #288-2: Eimear Buckley and Pádraig King playing Slides
- 7 June 2009
Eimear Buckley (concertina) and Pádraig King (button accordion) play a selection of slides from their native West Limerick.
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- ComhaltasLive #270-6: Donal De Barra with some Slides
- 31 August 2008
Former President of Comhaltas and button accordion player Donal De Barra plays a selection of Slides from his native West Limerick.
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- ComhaltasLive #245: Music from the 2007 Concert Tour and Nyah Festival
- 12 March 2008
In this week’s ComhaltasLive programme, we bring you music from the 2007 Comhaltas Concert Tour of Ireland, the West Limerick FM102 Concert and the 2007 Nyah Festival in Co. Cavan.
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- ComhaltasLive #245 - 6: Paddy King and Jeremy Spencer Play Some Slides
- 11 March 2008
The West Limerick 102 Community Radio Concert held in Abbeyfeale on the 16th of November 2007 was organised by Jacqui O’Connor, a trad musician and popular presenter of “The Trad Scene”, a weekly Saturday programme on the station. The scores of people who could not gain admission to the packed concert and music lovers generally will be pleased to learn that the CD of the concert is now being released, to be followed shortly by a DVD.
This is a selection of slides played by Paddy King (who took second place in the Senior Button Accordion competition at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2007), Jeremy Spencer on fiddle and Clodagh Buckley on keyboard. The first tune is a fairly recent composition by concertina player Timmy Collins.
Incidentally, the new CD “Reed Only” featuring Timmy and uilleann piper Brian Mc Namara will be launched at the Nyah festival in Cavan in the Widow’s Bar, Belturbet on Sunday, March 9th.
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- Micho Russell’s Slide/The Priest/Cat’s Rambles to the Child’s Saucepan
- 21 January 2008
Micho Russell’s Slide/The Priest/Cat’s Rambles to the Child’s Saucepan. A recording in progress from our new session tunebook, Foinn Seisiún Book 3. We recorded this at the Cultúrlann na hÉireann in January, 2008.
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- Kilfenora Slide Set
- 22 August 2007
From the new Foinn Seisiún Book 3, a quick recording of the Kilfenora Slide set by the Ennis Seisiún group. This is their own arrangement - so don’t worry about the bit at the beginning! These sets are being used this week at the Scoil Éigse slow sessions.
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- Brosna Slide
- 26 February 2007
A Slide from the popular Foinn Seisiún series of books and CDs, based on the sessions at Comhaltas headquarters in Monkstown. You can buy the CD from our online shop.
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- O’Keefe’s
- 26 February 2007
A Slide from the popular Foinn Seisiún series of books and CDs, based on the sessions at Comhaltas headquarters in Monkstown. You can buy the CD from our online shop.
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- Dennis Murphy’s
- 26 February 2007
A Slide from the popular Foinn Seisiún series of books and CDs, based on the sessions at Comhaltas headquarters in Monkstown. You can buy the CD from our online shop.
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- Star Above the Garter
- 26 February 2007
A Slide from the popular Foinn Seisiún series of books and CDs, based on the sessions at Comhaltas headquarters in Monkstown. You can buy the CD from our online shop.
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- John Mickey’s Slide
- 26 February 2007
A Slide from the popular Foinn Seisiún series of books and CDs, based on the sessions at Comhaltas headquarters in Monkstown. You can buy the CD from our online shop.
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- Dingle Regatta
- 26 February 2007
A Slide from the popular Foinn Seisiún series of books and CDs, based on the sessions at Comhaltas headquarters in Monkstown. You can buy the CD from our online shop.
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- Three Slides
- 5 December 2006
- These first of these three slides is a popular one in West Limerick. The second tune has been a very popular tune for many years and was published in the Roche Collectionas ‘The Echoes of Killarney’. The third slide is most associated with the Brosna Céilí Band in North Kerry.
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- Single Jigs: Siobhán Ní Chonaráin
- 5 December 2006
- The first tune – referred to as a single jig was recorded by Boston based fiddler Séamus Connolly who needs no introduction to American audiences. This second single jig would be more commonly referred to as a slide.