Tour
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- ComhaltasLive #319 (Full Programme)
- 12 June 2010
ComhaltasLive Clár 319.
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- ComhaltasLive #319-5: Áine Bird agus Holly Geraghty
- 7 June 2010
Áine Bird (fidil) as Co.na Mí agus Holly Geraghty (cláirseach) as Co.Mhaigh Eo ag casadh an dá ríl – “The Maids of Feakle” agus “The Humours of Tulla” roimh dul ar Chamchuairt CCÉ go Meiriceá sa bhliain 2003.
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- ComhaltasLive #319-4: Adele Farrell agus Holly Geraghty
- 6 June 2010
Adele Farrell, boscadóir as Manchester, Sasana in éineacht le Holly Geraghty (Co.Mhaigh Eo) ar an gcláirseach agus dhá phort uathu – “Sergeant Early’s” agus “Coillte Shean-Luimní”. Bhí an bheirt acu páirteach i gcamchuairt an Chomhaltais go Meiriceá idir Meán Fomhair agus Deireadh Fomhair na bliana 2003.
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- ComhaltasLive #319-3: Holly Geraghty, Áine Bird agus Laura Beagan
- 5 June 2010
Holly Geraghty (cláirseach), Baile an Daighin, Co.Mhaigh Eo, Áine Bird (fidil), Co.na Mí Agus Laura Beagan (fidil), Co.Mhuineachán, agus dhá ríl á casadh acu- “Miss Langdon’s” agus “Andy McGann’s”. Deineadh an taifead seo díreach roimh Chamchuairt an Chomhaltais go Meiriceá sa bhliain 2003.
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- ComhaltasLive #317-1: Aidan O’Neill
- 5 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 #294-3: Brendan Mc Glinchey and Joey Doyle on Tour
- 9 July 2009
From the Comhaltas Concert Tour of North America in September 2004, Brendan Mc Glinchey (fiddle) and Joey Doyle (flute) play.two old West Clare reels.
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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 #288-1: Damien Mullane on the Britain Tour
- 6 June 2009
A set of reels by button accordionist Damien Mullane, playing as a member of the Comhaltas Concert Tour of Britain in February 2006. The first reel was composed by Finbar O’Dwyer and the second by Billy McComiskey.
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- ComhaltasLive #287 (Full Programme)
- 5 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 #287-7: Pádraig Synnott at Clasaċ
- 4 June 2009
Co. Wexford uileann piper Pádraig Synnott, playing a piece during the Comhaltas Concert Tour of Ireland. He was recorded on Oct 24, 2008 at Clasaċ, the Comhaltas Regional Resource Centre in Clontarf, Co. Dublin.
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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 #286-4: 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 #286-3: Darren Breslin plays two Reels
- 24 March 2009
Darren Breslin, button accordion player from Co. Fermanagh and current all-Ireland senior champion, performed with the Comhaltas Concert Tour in October 2008. In this video he plays two reels: “Codd’s Grove” composed by Paddy Hayes and “Trip to Manilla” by Ned Kelly. The music was recorded at Clasaċ, the Comhaltas Regional Resource Centre in Clontarf, Dublin on October 24, 2008.
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- ComhaltasLive #286-2: Concert Tour at Clasaċ
- 23 March 2009
Caitríona Sears (fiddle) and Oisín Morrison (harp) introduce the new Clasaċ Regional Resource Centre in Clontarf, Dublin, followed by a selection from the 2008 Concert Tour of Ireland. The full group plays a selection of jigs, joined by four dancers for “The Humours of Bandon”.
The 2008 Tour of Ireland artists are: Jackie O’Connor (concertina and presenter), Humphrey Murphy (flute and singer), Pádraig Sinnot (uilleann pipes), Oisín Morrison (Harp), Darren Breslin (button accordion), Eamonn Moloney (flute and dancer), Nell Ní Chróinín (singer), Caitríona Sears (fiddle), James Duggan (fiddle), Eoin Ó Suilleabhain (banjo), Aoife Greene (concertina), Aisling McMahon (concertina and dancer), Clare McDermott (dancer) and Mark Nestor (dancer).
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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.
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- Seamus Creagh’s / Trip to Dingle
- 15 October 2008
From the “Echoes of Erin 2008” Comhaltas Tour CD, Peter Staunton & Niamh Varian-Barry play the polkas, “Seamus Creagh’s” and “Trip to Dingle”. Niamh learnt this polka from the playing of fiddler Séamus Creagh, and the second polka is a composition of Roscommon piano accordion player Alan Kelly.
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- Rosewood / Tommy Maguire’s
- 14 October 2008
From the “Echoes of Erin 2008” Comhaltas Tour CD, the Comhaltas Tour Ensemble plays the jigs, “Rosewood” and “Tommy Maguire’s”. The first jig is believed to be a composition of Scottish fiddler/composer James Scott Skinner (1843-1927), while the second jig is a composition of the now deceased Offaly accordion player Tommy Maguire, who spent much of his life in Chicago.
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- Na Páipéir á Saighneáil
- 14 October 2008
From the “Echoes of Erin 2008” Comhaltas Tour CD, Eimear Arkins sings “Na Páipéir á Saighneáil”. The song is believed to date from the time Wild Geese, at time when Irish soldiers and chieftain families left their country following the English settlers plantations.
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- The The Maids of Castlebar / The Swallow’s Nest
- 13 October 2008
From the “Echoes of Erin 2008” Comhaltas Tour CD, Aonghus Buggie plays the reels, “The The Maids of Castlebar” and “The Swallow’s Nest” on banjo, accompanied by harper Cathy Potter.
The ‘Maids of Castlebar’ was recorded by Sligo fiddlers Paddy Killoran and James Morrison in the 1936 recording ‘From Ballymote to Brooklyn’ and has consituted part of what is considered to be ‘core repertoire’ ever since. ‘The Swallow’s Nest’ is a composition of the much reknowned accordion maestro and composer Paddy O’ Brien Co. Tipperary (1922-1991).