ComhaltasLive #394 (Full Programme)



ComhaltasLive Programme #394.

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00:00 Two newly-crowned All-Ireland Under-18 Champions at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2012, Aisling Lyons from Newmarket-on-Fergus, Co. Clare and Eimear Donnellan from Sixmilebridge, Co. Clare play a duet on harp and concertina respectively. This is a selection of reels ending with “The Boys of Ballysodare”.
02:54 Recorded at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2012 in Cavan just after winning the All-Ireland Under-18 Fiddle title, Sarah Buteux from Pearl River, New York, USA plays two jigs, which she calls “The Spotted Dog Set”.
05:25 Reels played by Martin O’Connell, Cnoc an tSúdaire, Co. Laois (and a native of Co. Kerry) when he won the All-Ireland Senior Accordion title at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2012 in Cavan.
06:56 Taking third place at the Senior Button Accordion Competition at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2012 in Cavan, Michael Curran from CCÉ Clogher Valley, Co. Tyrone plays “Mulhaire’s Reel”.
08:31 At a session at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2012 in Cavan, Fiona Gannon, Irish Arts Centre, St. Louis, Missouri, USA plays a jig composed by Paddy Fahy. Fiona was taught by her father Niall.
09:55 Having taken third place in the Under-18 Duets Competition in 2011 and 2012, Emer Toale, on harp, and Grace Dowling, on button accordion, play a hornpipe followed by “The Coalminer’s Reel”. They are members of the Seán Treacy Comhaltas Branch, Dublin and the recording was made in the magnificent new Comhaltas Clasac Theatre in Clontarf, Dublin.
13:17 Hornpipe played by Christopher Maguire from Irvinstown, Co. Fermanagh when he took second place in the Senior Button Accordion Competition at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2012 in Cavan.
15:04 Three-part jig played by Clár Ní Bhúacháin, CCÉ Droim ar Snámh, Co. Leitrim when she took third place in the Under-18 Fiddle Competition at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2012 in Cavan.
17:19 The Árd Eiscir Céilí Band from Co. Offaly play a selection of reels in the Senior Céilí Band Competition at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2012 in Cavan.

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Date
23 November 2012
Created By
Willie Fogarty
Source
ComhaltasLive
Performers/Subjects Instruments
Aisling Lyons Harp
Eimear Donnellan Concertina
Sarah Buteux Fiddle
Martin O'Connell Accordion
Michael Curran Button Accordion
Fiona Gannon Fiddle
Emer Toale Harp
Grace Dowling Button Accordion
Christopher Maguire Button Accordion
Clár Ní Bhúacháin Fiddle
The Árd Eiscir Céilí Band

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