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- ComhaltasLive #311-8: Fleadh 2009 Street Session
- 23 March 2010
In a street session at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2009 in Tullamore, Co. Offaly Rory McMahon (Co. Clare) on concertina and Alan Finn (Co. Cork) on accordion play a selection of reels. Guitar accompaniment is by Michael O’Connor from Cork.
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- ComhaltasLive #311-4: Scoil Éigse Tutors
- 19 March 2010
Scoil Éigse tutors at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2009. Garry Lynch (Co. Fermanagh) on fiddle, Sharon Connell (Galway) accordion and Peter Staunton (Dublin) accordion play three reels - “Jack Coughlan’s”, “The Tempest” and “Five Mile Chase” (in the unusual key of C).
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- ComhaltasLive #310 (Full Programme)
- 15 March 2010
More sessions and highlights from Fleadh 2009.
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- ComhaltasLive #310-3: A Fiddle Trio from Pearl River
- 9 March 2010
Three fiddlers from Pearl River, New York, USA, Erin Loughran, Maeve Flanagan and Deirdre Brennan play the hornpipe “Jim Irwin’s” (comp. by Ed. Reavy) and two reels “The Godfather” and “The Atlantic Wave”
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- ComhaltasLive #309-3: Three Generations of Fiddlers at Fleadh 2009
- 28 February 2010
Three Generations of fiddlers at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2009 - from left of picture - John Hamilton from Co. Monaghan, Austin Dawe and Tadhg Mulligan from Dundalk. They play “The Butchers’ March” jig and “Miss Monaghan’s Reel”. We extend our best wishes to Austin for a full and speedy recovery from his recent accident.
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- ComhaltasLive #298 (Full Programme)
- 22 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 #298-1: The Kearns family with some reels
- 14 October 2009
Playing at the 6th Annual Paddy Killoran Festival in Ballymoate, Co. Sligo in June 2009 are the Kearns family: Cian on concert flute, Caoimhe on fiddle and their mother Fionnuala on keyboard. They play a selection of reels, the first one learned from the playing of Liz Carroll and the second is associated with Larry Redigan.
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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 #301-2: Cork Trio
- 15 September 2009
All-Ireland U-15 Trio winners from Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2005, Mairéad, Muireann and Caitriona Lucey from Macroom, Co. Cork, play “Jackson’s Reel”.
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- ComhaltasLive #302 (full programme)
- 12 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 #302-2: Pearl River Fiddle Trio
- 5 September 2009
The All-Ireland U-15 trio champions for 2003 were recorded at the Comhaltas North American Convention in New Jersey in April 2004: Erin Laughran, Maeve Flanagan and Deirdre Brennan from Pearl River, New York. They play three reels: “Tom Steele’s”, “The Crib of Perches” and “The White Leaf”.
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- ComhaltasLive #294-2: Three All-Ireland Champions
- 9 July 2009
Three All-Ireland champions were recorded in 2004 playing a set of reels: “Mossy Banks” and “The Small Hills of Offaly”. The second reel was composed by Co. Offaly accordion player Paddy O’Brien.
The musicians are Michael Harrison (fiddle) of Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, Janine Redmond (button accordion) and James Mahon (flute), both from Dublin.
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- ComhaltasLive #288 (Full Programme)
- 13 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 #288-3: Sabina McCague, Daire McGeown and Seána Agnew
- 9 June 2009
Sabina McCague (fiddle) from Monaghan, Daire McGeown (banjo) from Armagh and Seána Agnew (flute) from Antrim play a set of reels: “Maud Miller” and “Christmas Eve”.
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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 #286-5: Séan and Gearóid Keane with Cormac Murphy
- 26 March 2009
Recorded in December 2008 in Leixlip, Co. Kildare, all-Ireland senior duet champions Séan (fiddle) and Gearóid (concertina) Keane are joined on button accordion by Cormac Murphy for a selection of jigs: “The Morning Lark”, “The Frost is All Over” and “The Rambler”.
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- ComhaltasLive #284-6: Mulcahy Family in Concert
- 13 January 2009
We conclude the programme with a selection of jigs: “The Shaskeen Jig”, “The Humours of Castlefinn” and “The Carraroe Jig”, played by the Mulcahy family from Abbeyfeale, Co. Limerick. Mick Mulcahy is on button accordion, Louise on flute and Michelle on fiddle. The music was recorded at the West Limerick 102 FM Concert in Abbeyfeale in November 2007.
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- ComhaltasLive #283 (Full Programme)
- 4 January 2009
This week on ComhaltasLive we feature members of Craobh Bheartla Uí Fhlatharta Comhaltas in Leixlip, Co. Kildare, including the champion concertina/fiddle duet of Gearóid and Seán Keane, Ciarán Fitzgerald on flute and concertina, his sister Áine on concertina, the entire Fitzgerald family playing together, and Seán and Gearóid Keane joined by Cormac Murphy.
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- ComhaltasLive #283-6: Seán and Gearóid Keane with Cormac Murphy
- 3 January 2009
We conclude the programme from Leixlip Comhaltas Branch, Co. Kildare, with Seán Keane (fiddle), his brother Gearóid (concertina) and Cormac Murphy (button accordion) from Newbridge. They play a Brendan McGlinchey three-part hornpipe, follwed by two reels: “The Kiltoon” and “The Béara Reel” composed by Finbar O’Dwyer.
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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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