Button Accordion
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- ComhaltasLive #347 (Full Programme)
- 28 April 2011
ComhaltasLive Programme #347.
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- ComhaltasLive #347-4: A Selection of Polkas
- 25 April 2011
Recorded at the 2011 Comhaltas North America Convention in San Antonio, Texas, USA: (left-t-right) John Reynolds, Margie Mulvihill, Rose Flannagan, Frankie McCormack and Patti Furlong with a selection of polkas.
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- ComhaltasLive #346 (Full Programme)
- 16 April 2011
ComhaltasLive Programme #346.
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- ComhaltasLive #346-8: Florina Doyle
- 15 April 2011
The late Florina Doyle from Castlebar, Co. Mayo, one of Joe Burke’s many pupils, played this selection of reels on the 14th of August, 2004. The tunes are “Last Night’s Fun” and “The Traveler”. Sadly, after a short illness, Florina subsequently passed away while still only in her teenage years.
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- ComhaltasLive #345 (Full Programme)
- 5 April 2011
ComhaltasLive Programme #345.
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- ComhaltasLive #345-5: Pat Foley
- 2 April 2011
All-Ireland Senior Button Accordion Champion 2005 Pat Foley from Glin, Co. Limerick plays a selection of tunes popularised by Joe Burke - an air: “The Brig of Edinburgh” and “The Salamanca Reel”. Recorded in January 2005.
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- ComhaltasLive #345-5: Pat Foley
- 2 April 2011
All-Ireland Senior Button Accordion Champion 2005 Pat Foley from Glin, Co. Limerick plays a selection of tunes popularised by Joe Burke - an air: “The Brig of Edinburgh” and “The Salamanca Reel”. Recorded in January 2005.
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- ComhaltasLive #345-3: Darren Breslin
- 31 March 2011
All-Ireland Champion Button Accordionist Darren Breslin from Co. Fermanagh plays two reels commencing with “Codd’s Grove” at a street session at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2005 in Letterkenny, Co. Donegal.
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- ComhaltasLive #335 (Full Programme)
- 20 November 2010
Great performances recorded at Clasac, as well as more from the recent Fleadh Cheoil.
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- ComhaltasLive #335-2: Éanna Ó Cróinín, Seán Ó Feargháil, Conor Moriarty
- 13 November 2010
Éanna Ó Cróinín (uileann pipes) from Rath Cairn, Co. Meath; Seán Ó Feargháil (fiddle) from An Rinn, Co. Waterford; and Conor Moriarty (accordion) Kilcummin, Co. Kerry play a selection of polkas - “Johnny O’Leary’s”, “Dennis Murphy’s” and “Tá Dhá Gabhairín Buí Agam”.
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- ComhaltasLive #335-1: Conor Moriarty
- 12 November 2010
All-Ireland Senior button accordion champion 2010, Conor Moriarty plays “The Derry Hornpipe” (an unusual setting which he learned from Finbar Dwyer) and “Finbary Dwyer’s Reel” (composed by Finbar).
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- ComhaltasLive #330 (Full Programme)
- 26 September 2010
More great highlights from Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2010 in Cavan, including performances from Scoil Éigse Tutors.
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- ComhaltasLive #330-1: Chris Maguire in a Street Session at Fleadh 2010
- 19 September 2010
Chris Maguire from Irvinstown Comhaltas in Co. Fermanagh, who took second place in the Senior Button Accordion Competition at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2010 in Cavan, plays a selection of reels in a street session. Chris commences with “Billy McComiskey’s Reel”.
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- ComhaltasLive #329 (Full Programme)
- 18 September 2010
More highlights from Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2010 in Cavan.
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- ComhaltasLive #328 (Full Programme)
- 8 September 2010
hÉireann 2010 in Cavan.
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- ComhaltasLive #328-1: Scoil Éigse Tutors Danny O’Mahoney and Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh
- 1 September 2010
Danny O’Mahoney on button accordion and Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh on concertina play three reels at the Scoil Éigse Tutors Recital at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2010 in Cavan. The reels are “The Steam Packet”, “The Galway Rambler” and “Into the Room”.
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- ComhaltasLive #327-2: Kathleen and John Joe Nesbitt with a selection of jigs
- 22 August 2010
A selection of jigs: “Besom in Bloom” and “Wallop the Spot” played by Kathleen and John Joe Nesbitt (on fiddle and accordion) from Loughmore, Co. Tipperary where the recording was made in April 2010 for the Tipperary Archive.
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- ComhaltasLive #326 (Full Programme)
- 19 August 2010
ComhaltasLive Programme #326.
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- ComhaltasLive #326-3: Mike Rafferty and co. play two reels.
- 14 August 2010
Mike Rafferty on concert flute from New Jersey, USA, his daughter Mary on button accordion and her husband Donal Clancy on guitar, play two reels associated with Mike’s native Balinakill, Co. Galway, from where he emigrated about 60 years ago. Mike calls the tune “The Hills of Lurriga” and “The Private Ass and Cart”. Recorded in New Jersey in 2004.
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- ComhaltasLive #325 (Full Programme)
- 9 August 2010
ComhaltasLive Programme #325.