ComhaltasLive #275 (Full Programme)



This week we present more music from Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2008, held in Tullamore, Co. Offaly in August 2008. We include selections from the Under-18 All-Ireland fiddle competition, including fiddle players Niall Ó Murchú, Kelsey Lutz, Oisín Conway, Caoimhe Kearns, Síofra Nic Aodha, Brian Lindsay and Eimear Arkins. We also present a clip from the winners of the Senior Céilí Band competition, the Innisfree Céilí Band.

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00:00 Niall Ó Murchú of the Ring of Gullion Comhaltas, Co. Armagh plays a jig in the Under-18 fiddle competition at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann. Niall took 2nd place in the competition, held in Tullamore, Co. Offaly in August 2008.
02:01 Representing the USA in the All-Ireland Under-18 fiddle competition, Kelsey Lutz of Detroit Music Association plays the reel, “Trim the Velvet.” She was recorded at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2008, held in Tullamore, Co. Offaly.
04:14 Oisín Conway of North London Comhaltas plays the reel, “The Boys of the Lough”. He was recorded at the Under-18 Fiddle competition at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, held at Tullamore, Co. Offaly in August 2008.
05:48 From CCÉ Ballymote, Co. Sligo, Caoimhe Kearns plays a jig in the Under-18 fiddle competition at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2008. Caoimhe’s aunt Deirdre Collis won All-Ireland Senior titles in the 1980s on button accordion, concert flute and whistle.
07:48 The multi-part hornpipe, “The Drunken Sailor” is payed by Síofra Nic Aodha in the Under-18 fiddle competition at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2008, Síofra is from CCÉ Cr. Mhicheáil Mac Dáibhéid, Co. Mayo.
13:23 Brian Lindsay of of the Mullingan-Quinn Branch of Comhaltas in Mineola, New York, USA plays “The Flogging Reel”. He was recorded at the All-Ireland Under-18 fiddle competition at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2008 in Tullamore, Co. Offaly.
15:11 Eimear Arkins of Corofin Comhaltas in Co. Clare plays this hornpipe in the Under-18 fiddle competition at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2008. Eimear took first place in the Slow Airs competition. The music was recorded in August 2008 in Tullamore, Co. Offaly.
17:15 Newly-crowned All-Ireland Senior Céilí Band champions for 2008, the Innisfree Céilí Band from the Fred Finn Comhaltas branch in Sligo plays the “Peach Blossoms” barn dance. Band members are: Cormac Mac Diarmada, Damian O’Brien and Oisín Mac Diarmada, fiddles; Máire Nic Dhiarmada Finbar McGreevy and David Sheridan, flutes; Paul Finn, button accordion; Oliver Loughlin, piano accordion; Charles O’Connor, piano and Daragh Kelly on drums.

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Date
17 Oct, 2008
Created By
Willie Fogarty
Source
ComhaltasLive
Performers/Subjects Instruments
Niall Ó Murchú Fiddle
Kelsey Lutz Fiddle
Oisín Conway Fiddle
Caoimhe Kearns Fiddle
Síofra Nic Aodha Fiddle
Brian Lindsay Fiddle
Eimear Arkins Fiddle
Innisfree Céilí Band

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Programme: ComhaltasLive #275

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