Barn Dance
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- ComhaltasLive #351 (Full Programme)
- 13 June 2011
ComhaltasLive Programme #351
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- ComhaltasLive #351-7: Antóin Mac Gabhann
- 12 June 2011
Selection of barn dances played at the Comhaltas 60th Anniversary Concert in Tullamore, Co. Offaly by Antóin Mac Gabhann from Co. Cavan, who was All-Ireland Fiddle Champion in 1971 and 1972. The tunes are “The New Broom” and “Down the Old Boreen”, both composed by Vincent Broderick. The concert, held on Saturday, 30th April, 2011 featured several All-Ireland Fiddle Champions from 1951 to the 1980s. Kieran Hanrahan (of RTÉ Céilí-House fame) was Fear an Tí.
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- ComhaltasLive #311-2: Bronwyn Power plays “Peach Blossoms Barn Dance”
- 17 March 2010
Taking second place in the Under-18 Fiddle Competition at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2009 Bronwyn Power from CCE Craobh na Coradh, Co. Clare plays “Peach Blossom Barn Dance”.
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- ComhaltasLive #309 (Full Programme)
- 6 March 2010
This programme contains some of the winning performances from Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2009, which was held in Tullamore, Co. Offaly.
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- ComhaltasLive #308 (Full Programme)
- 25 February 2010
More highlights from Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2009 in Tullamore, Co. Offaly, including some footage from the Senior Fiddle Competition.
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- ComhaltasLive #308-2: Róisín-Anne Hughes at Fleadh 2009
- 17 February 2010
Barn dance played at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2009 by Róisín-Anne Hughes from Glasgow, Scotland.
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- ComhaltasLive #306 (Full Programme)
- 5 February 2010
Further highlights from Fleadh 2009! This week’s programme includes the All-Ireland Champions the Dartry Céilí Band and Under-18 Fiddle Champion Aoife Ní Bhroin. The Fleadh was held in Tullamore, Co. Offaly.
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- ComhaltasLive #306-1: The Dartry Céilí Band, All-Ireland Champions 2009
- 28 January 2010
All-Ireland Senior Céilí Band Champions for 2009, the Dartry Céilí Band from Sligo play “Peach Blossom” barn dance.
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- ComhaltasLive #284 (Full Programme)
- 14 January 2009
To kick off the new year, this week we have selected some of the highlights from the earlier part of ComhaltasLive in 2008. We hope you enjoy these fine players, including Gerry O’Connor (banjo), the band Cruinniú, Ernestine Healy (concertina), Cathy Potter (harp), the Innisfree Céilí Band, Joe (button accordion) and Joannie Madden (flute), Felix Dolan (piano) and the Mulcahy family of Mick (button accordion), Louise (flute) and Michelle (fiddle).
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- ComhaltasLive #284-4: Innisfree Céilí Band Barn Dance
- 11 January 2009
2008 All-Ireland Senior Céilí Band champions, the Innisfree Céilí Band from Sligo play the “Peach Blossoms” barn dance. This clip was originally broadcast on ComhaltasLive in 2008.
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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- ComhaltasLive #281 (Full Programme)
- 17 December 2008
This week we present more music recorded at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in Tullamore, Co. Offaly in August 2008.
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- ComhaltasLive #281-4: Dartry Céilí Band at the All-Ireland
- 4 December 2008
Second place in the Senior Céilí Band competition at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2008 also went to Co. Sligo: the Dartry Céilí Band. Included in their performance, they played this multi-part barn dance.
Band members are: John Kilkenny, Mossie Martin, Declan Folan and Philip Duffy, fiddles; Noelle Carroll and June McCormack, flutes; Michael Rooney, concertina; Stephen Nolan, accordion; Damien McGuinness, drums and Kevin Brehony, piano.
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- ComhaltasLive #275 (Full Programme)
- 17 October 2008
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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- ComhaltasLive #275-8: The Innisfree Céilí Band with a barn dance
- 16 October 2008
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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- ComhaltasLive #271 (Full Programme)
- 13 September 2008
This week we present excerpts from the Tutors’ Concert at Scoil Éigse, held at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in Tullamore in August 2008. We feature the playing of Finbar McGreevy (flute), Fiona Doherty (fiddle), Cian Kearns (flute), Jarlath Brennan (banjo), John Burke (fiddle) and Carmel Burke (button accordion), Dean Warner (piano accordion), Noel Kilkenny (banjo), Paula McMahon (fiddle), Josephine Nugent (fiddle), Mickey Smith (uilleann pipes), Niall Keegan (flute), Gary Lynch (fiddle) and Peter Staunton (button accordion).
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- ComhaltasLive #271-2: Cian Kearns and Jarlath Brennan with John and Carmel Burke
- 9 September 2008
Cian Kearns on flute and Jarlath Brennan on banjo, both from Co. Sligo, are joined by John and Carmel Burke from Coventry, England on fiddle and accordion for the 2008 Scoil Éigse tutors’ concert. Together they play “Pearl O’Shaughnessy’s Barn Dance.”
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- ComhaltasLive #254 - 2: Barn dances played by the Mac Gabhann family
- 8 May 2008
A selection of barn dances played by Antón Mac Gabhann, the organiser of the annual Mullahoran concert, Co. Cavan on fiddle, together with his family: Caitlín on concertina, Bernadette on fiddle and Seán on button accordion. The first tune, “The New Broom”, was composed by East Galway flute player Vincent Broderíck, who has been living in Dublin for many years where he is a member of the Cumann na bPíobairí Uileann branch of Comhaltas. The tune is also this week’s tutorial. The second tune is called “If There Weren’t Any Women in the World”.
Both tunes are included in Foinn Seisiún Book 3, which is a compilation of 108 session tunes put together into sets by fiddle payer Brian Prior and published by Comhaltas in 2007. Books 1, 2 and 3 are available from Comhaltas at http://comhaltas.ie/shop, and CDs are now available to accompany books 1 & 2. The CD to accompany Book 3 is underway, and will be released at Fleadh Nua in Ennis in May, 2008.
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- The New Broom
- 8 May 2008
“The New Broom”, a barn dance by Vincent Broderick, played in ComhaltasLive #254. The tune is available in the Comhaltas tunebook, Foinn Seisiún Book 3.
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- ComhaltasLive #253: Limerick music at the Munster Fleadh (Full Programme)
- 5 May 2008
This week we bring you music recorded at the 2007 Munster Fleadh, along with a special piece from Gurteen, Co. Sligo.
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- ComhaltasLive #253-1: Barn Dances from Francis O’Connor (flute)
- 28 April 2008
West Limerick flute player Francis O’Connor plays two barn dances learned many years ago from the playing of John Joe Hartnett.
This music was recorded at the special concert of West Limerick music organized by the Munster council of Comhaltas at the Munster Fleadh in Newcastlewest, Co. Limerick in July 2007.
