ComhaltasLive #319 (Full Programme)



Highlights from 2005 and last year’s Fleadh Cheoil.

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00:00 At Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2005 button accordionist Darren Breslin from Co. Fermanagh (who won the All-Ireland title in 2008) plays a selection of reels with guitar accompaniment by David Phelan from Cratloe, Co. Clare. Darren is from Lisnaskea, Co. Fermanagh.
02:38 Concertina player Edel Fox from Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare plays a selection of reels - “Devanney’s”, “The Bag of Spuds” and “Maud Miller” - recorded at the Corofin Trad Festival in 2005.
06:41 Holly Geraghty (on harp) from Ballindine, Co. Mayo, Áine Bird (fiddle), Co. Meath, and Laura Beagan (fiddle), Co. Monaghan play two reels - “Miss Langton’s” and “Andy McGann’s” - played just before the Comhaltas Tour of North America 2003.
08:47 From Manchester England, Adele Farrell on button accordion with Holly Geraghty (Co. Mayo) on harp play two jigs - “Sergeant Early’s” and “The Woods of Old Limerick”. Both were members of the Comhaltas Tour of North America in September/October 2003.
11:10 Áine Bird (fiddle), Co. Meath and Holly Geraghty (harp), Co. Mayo play two reels - “The Maids of Feakle” and “The Humours of Tulla” - before the Comhaltas Tour of North America in September/October 2003.
13:42 At the Scoil Éigse Tutors Concert at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2005 in Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, Anton Ó Fearracháin, Dublin, lilts “The Collier’s Reel”.
15:10 Three tutors at Scoil Éigse 2005, Máire Nic Dhiarmada (flute), Sligo, Louise Mulcahy (flute), Limerick, and Mícheál Rooney (harp) Sligo, play two reels - “Patsy Toohey’s” and “The Bag of Spuds”.
18:25 Taking third place in the Under-18 Fiddle Competition at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2009 in Tullamore, Co. Offaly, Rhona Lynch, CCE Chill Aichidh, plays the jig “The Pipe on the Hob”.
19:51 Hornpipe played by Billy O’Brien, CCE Waterford City in the Under-18 Fiddle Competition at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2009.

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Date
12 June 2010
Created By
Willie Fogarty
Source
ComhaltasLive
Performers/Subjects Instruments
Darren Breslin Button Accordion
David Phelan Guitar
Edel Fox Concertina
Holly Geraghty Harp
Áine Bird Fiddle
Laura Beagan Fiddle
Adele Farrell Button Accordion
Anton Ó Fearracháin Lilting
Máire Nic Dhiarmada and Louise Mulcahy Flute
Micheál Rooney Harp
Rhona Lynch Fiddle
Billy O'Brien Fiddle

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Programme: ComhaltasLive #319

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