Special Events
Music associated with particular events, such as Fleadhanna.
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- ComhaltasLive #210 - 5: Michael Gaughan
- 25 May 2007
The reigning All-Ireland Senior Banjo champion Michael Gaughan plays a selection of jigs ending with “The Battering Ram”.
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- ComhaltasLive #210 - 4: Michael O’Connell
- 24 May 2007
From the West London Comhaltas 50th Anniversary Concert in April 2007, a selection of reels by button accordionist Michael O’Connell: “The Pidgeon on the Gate” and “The Longford Collector”.
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- ComhaltasLive #209: Music from Britain and North America (Full Programme)
- 20 May 2007
This week we present music from Britain and North America, with footage from the 50th Anniversary of Comhaltas in Britain and the 2007 North America Comhaltas Convention held in Atlanta, Georgia.
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- ComhaltasLive #209 - 6: Duet from Atlanta
- 19 May 2007
A fiddle and flute duet by John Reynolds and Marjie Mulvihill Reynolds from Pearl River, New York. They play a selection of reels commencing with “Palmer’s Gate”, composed by Joe Liddy, and “The Laurel Tree”.
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- ComhaltasLive #209 - 5: Music from Atlanta
- 18 May 2007
Moving now to the North America Comhaltas Convention held in Atlanta, Georgia, this is an informal selection of jigs played by Margie Mulvihill Reynolds and John Reynolds from Pearl River, New York on flute and fiddle, and Paul Wells from Tennessee.
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- ComhaltasLive #209 - 4: John and Carmel Burke
- 17 May 2007
Button accordion and fiddle players Carmel and John Burke play a selection of tunes commencing with “O’Kane’s Hornpipe” and continue with a selection of reels which ends with “The Killavil Fancy”.
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- ComhaltasLive #209 - 3: Michael Gaughan
- 16 May 2007
From West London Comhaltas, Michael Gaughan, who is the current All-Ireland Senior Champion on banjo, plays a selection of reels.
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- ComhaltasLive #209 - 1: Orla McAuliffe
- 14 May 2007
Current All-Ireland Under-15 Champion on concert flute Orla McAuliffe from East London Comhaltas plays a selection of reels commencing with a lovely interpretation of “The Moving Cloud.”