ComhaltasLive #245 - 4: Sean Walsh and the Comhaltas Tour musicians



From the 2007 Comhaltas Concert Tour of Ireland, flute player Sean Walsh from Co. Monaghan begins this selection of reels with a whistle solo, playing “The Silver Spear”. He is joined on whistle by piper Jimmy Morrison and the full group of musicians complete the selection with “The Green Gates Reel”.

The 2007 Concert Tour of Ireland featured Evelyn Healy and Katie Cullen on fiddle, Peter Staunton and John Carroll on button accordion, Sean Walsh and Siobhán Ní Chonaráin on flute, Jimmy Morrison on uilleann pipes, Ernestine Healy on Concertina, Brona Graham on banjo, Cathy Potter on harp, Eimear Arkins, Joe Arkins and Bruce Scott singing and Sonny Mc Dermott as the tour manager. The dancers were Aidan Mc Loughlin (Leitrim), Teresa Donaghue (Westmeath), Laura Crossan (Leitrim), Cathal McGarrigle (Offaly) and Hannah Longmore (Wicklow).

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Date
8 March 2008
Tune
The Silver Spear/The Green Gates Reel
Created By
Willie Fogarty
Source
ComhaltasLive
Performers/Subjects Instruments
Sean Walsh Whistle/Flute
Jimmy Morrison Whistle/Uilleann Pipes
Evelyn Healy Fiddle
Katie Cullen Fiddle
Peter Staunton Button Accordion
John Carroll Button Accordion
Siobhán Ní Chonaráin Flute
Ernestine Healy Concertina
Brona Graham Banjo
Cathy Potter Harp
Eimear Arkins Singer
Joe Arkins Singer
Bruce Scott Singer

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Programme: ComhaltasLive #245: Music from the 2007 Concert Tour and Nyah Festival

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