Programme: ComhaltasLive Clár #339
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- ComhaltasLive #339 (Full Programme)
ComhaltasLive Programme #339, our first programme of 2011 features some great performances from the Cooley-Collins Festival in Gort, Co. Galway in October last year.
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- ComhaltasLive #339-6: Éanna Ó Cróinín
Uileann Piper Éanna Ó Cróinín, Rath Chairn, Co. Meath plays a selection of jigs - “Gallagher’s Jig” and “Fasten the Leggin”. The first jig is a very old piping version of “The Frieze Breeches”, which Séamus Ennis collected from Pádraig O’Keeffe. It is particularly suited to the ornamentation of the war pipes. The recording was made on the 3rd of November, 2010. Éanna is a member of the group “Carraig”.
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- ComhaltasLive #339-5: Eamhain Macha Play Two Hornpipes
Recorded at the Cooley-Collins Festival in Gort, Co. Galway on the 25th of October, 2010, the group Eamhain Macha play two hornpipes: “Chief O’Neill’s” and “Cronins”.
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- ComhaltasLive #339-4: Eamhain Macha
The group Eamhain Macha play a selection of reels: “Rolling in the Ryegrass”, “The New Policemen” and “Roaring Mary”.
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- ComhaltasLive #339-3: Séamus Ó Mongáin agus Séamus Dean
Recorded at the Cooley-Collins Festival in Gort, Co. Galway on the 25th of October, 2010, Séamus Ó Mongáin on concertina and Séamus Dean on accordion from Belmullet, Co. Mayo. They play three Cooley jigs often known as “The Lark in the Morning Set”.
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- ComhaltasLive #339-2: Reels played at the Cooley-Collins Weekend
Recorded at the Cooley-Collins Weekend in Gort, Co. Galway on the 25th of October 2010 a selection of reels played by (from left to right): Eamon Cotter, flute; Maeve Donnelly, fiddle; Charlie Harris, accordion; and Geraldine Cotter, piano. the reels are “The New Mown Meadow”, “Dublin Reel” and “The Steampacket”.
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- ComhaltasLive #339-1: Seán Ó Feargail
Seán Ó Feargail, An Rinn, Co. Waterford, fiddle player with the group “Carraig”, recorded on the 3rd of November, 2010, plays a hornpipe, “Queen of the West” and “The Collier’s Reel”.
