Archive Items
Items from the Comhaltas Traditional Music Archive
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- Sonny Murray
- 18 November 2009
Following the sad death of Sonny Murray, we present a track of Sonny recorded in 1990 by Frank Whelan of Ennis, Co. Clare.
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- Hills of Clare
- 2 April 2009
“Hills of Clare”, sung by Michael Mahony. This is one of several great songs penned by Gaelic scholar, poet and cartographer Tomás O hAodha from Miltown Malbay.
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- ComhaltasLive #211 - 2: John Burke Sr., fiddle maker
- 28 May 2007
John Burke (senior) emigrated from his native Co. Sligo to England in 1951 and with his wife, the late Joan Burke, joined the Comhaltas movement. Here John gives a brief account of his involvement in fiddle making.
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- Johnny Doherty: Rakish Paddy
- 22 January 2007
- Johnny Doherty plays "Rakish Paddy"
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- Paddy Ryan’s Céilí Band
- 9 January 2007
- An interview with Paddy Ryan from RTÉ, in which he discusses the early days of the Killina Céilí Band.
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- Paddy Ryan and Scoil Éigse
- 9 January 2007
- Paddy Ryan has long been a stalwart of the annual Scoil Éigse. This segment includes clips from an RTÉ programme about the famous summer school, as well as a few words about Paddy from Seamus MacMathúna.