Jig
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- ComhaltasLive #438-4: Conor Cronin
- 30 May 2014
A selection of jigs played on tin whistle by Conor Cronin who lives in Toronto, Canada and is originally from Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin (Conor learned mychof his music at Comhaltas Headquarters in Monkstown from the late Brian Prior and Brendan McCabe and also Sarah Jane Woods). Recorded at the Comhaltas Convention in New Jersey, USA in April 2014.
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- ComhaltasLive #437 (Full Programme)
- 26 May 2014
ComhaltasLive Programme #437.
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- ComhaltasLive #437-4: Lexia Kennedy
- 22 May 2014
A jig - “The Visiting Kittens” - composed by Maurice Lennon played by the nine-year-old fiddle player Lexia Kennedy from the Murphy Roche School of Irish Music, Burridge, IL, USA. Lexia is taught by the Choles.
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- ComhaltasLive #437-1: Jayne Pomplas
- 19 May 2014
Fiddle player Jayne Pomplas from Rochester New York plays three jigs - “The Maiden who Jigs it in Style”, “Ahern’s Egg” and “Séamus Connelly’s” - at the North American Comhaltas Convention / Regional Fleadh in Parsippany, New Jersey in April 2014. Jayne is preparing to release her first solo album in the coming months with Alan Murray on guitar and bouzouki.
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- ComhaltasLive #436 (Full Programme)
- 15 May 2014
ComhaltasLive Programme #436.
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- ComhaltasLive #436-1: Brú Ború Tour Group
- 9 May 2014
The famous Brú Ború Tour Group from Cashel, Co. Tipperary, performing at the North American Comhaltas Convention and Regional Fleadh Cheoil held in the Hilton Hotel in Parsippany, New Jersey from 24th to 27th April 2014. The dancers perform a reel/jig/reel. Members of the group are: Musicians - Bobby Gardiner (accordion), Jim Egan and Pauric Stapleton (flutes), Pádraig Donlon (uilleann pipes), Claire Quinn, Finbar English, |Conor and Eimear Arkins (fiddles), Peter Denmead and Shauna McGarrigle (concertinas), and Mary Kelly (harp); Singers - Nora Butler and Seán Ó Sé; Dancers - Aishling and Gráinne Prendergast, Kathy McGrath, Aoife Newe, Liam Guiney, Fernando Marcos and Mark Nester. The show was created and produced by Úna Ó Murchú.
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- ComhaltasLive #435 (Full Programme)
- 8 May 2014
ComhaltasLive Programme #435.
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- ComhaltasLive #435-8: The Bedford Cross Céilí Band
- 7 May 2014
A selection of jigs commencing with “Apples in Winter” played by the Bedford Cross Céilí Band, Listowel, at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2013 in Derry.
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- ComhaltasLive #435-4: Cliona Heenan, Jack Mac Partlin & Colm Slattery
- 2 May 2014
Runners-up in the All-Ireland Under-15 Trios Competition 2013 Cliona Heenan (fiddle), Jack Mac Partlin (uilleann pipes) and Colm Slattery (accordion) play the three-part jig “The Luck Penny”. Recorded in their native Nenagh, Co. Tipperary in August 2013.
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- ComhaltasLive #434 (Full Programme)
- 27 April 2014
ComhaltasLive Programme #434.
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- ComhaltasLive #434-6: Conor Kiernan
- 22 April 2014
A piano solo (a jig) played by Conor Kiernan, Kilnaleck, Co. Cavan. Recorded on 7th March 2014.
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- ComhaltasLive #434-4: A Reel and Two Jigs
- 20 April 2014
A reel followed by two jigs (“The Beach” and “Donegal Lassies”) recorded in Mary Immaculate College, Limerick by (left-to-right): Billy O’Gorman, Boherbue, Co. Cork (banjo and bodhrán), Cian O’Sullivan, Tournafulla, Co. Limerick (concertina), Rebecca McCarthy Kent, Tramore, Co. Waterford (fiddle), Seán Kennedy, Ennis, Co. Clare (banjo) and Darragh Horan, Abbeyfeale, Co. Limerick (guitar).
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- ComhaltasLive #434-3: Séamus Tierney
- 19 April 2014
Recorded in Boylan’s Pub, Kilnaleck, Co. Cavan on 7th of March 2014, tin whistle player Séamus Tierney with a selection of jigs - “The Maid at the Spinning Wheel” and “Leslie’s March”.
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- ComhaltasLive #433 (Full Programme)
- 14 April 2014
ComhaltasLive Programme #433.
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- ComhaltasLive #433-7: Claire Mannion & Darragh Horan
- 12 April 2014
Concertina player with the group Four in a Boat, Claire Mannion plays a selection of jigs ending with “Willie Coleman’s”, when the group played at the Winnie Fennell Trad Fest in Cappoquin, Co. Waterford on 28th March 2014. Guitar accompaniment is by Darragh Horan.
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- ComhaltasLive #433-5: Karen Kilroy & Philip Clarke
- 10 April 2014
A selection of jigs commencing with “Andy McGann’s” played on piano accordion by Karen Kilroy from Kilnaleck, Co. Cavan, with piano accompaniment by Philip Clarke.
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- ComhaltasLive #433-2: Scéal Eile
- 7 April 2014
A selection of jigs commencing with “Head Lifter” and “Dingle David” played by four members of Comeraghs Comhaltas Branch in Waterford and their friend Darragh Horan from Limerick. They are (left to right): Darragh Horan (guitar), Claire Fennell (flute), Sarah O’Gorman (fiddle), Clara Mannion (concertina) and Niamh Fennell (bodhrán). The group are collectively known as “Scéal Eile”.
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- ComhaltasLive #432 (Full Programme)
- 2 April 2014
ComhaltasLive Programme #432.
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- ComhaltasLive #432-7: Aisling McPhillips, Donal O’Reilly & Conor Kiernan
- 30 March 2014
Recorded in Boylan’s pub in Kilnaleck, Co. Cavan on 7th March 2014, Aisling McPhillips on concert flute and Donal O’Reilly on button accordion play three jigs commencing with “Lost and Found”. Piano accompaniment is by Conor Kiernan.
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- ComhaltasLive #432-3: Members of the Lough Oughter Céilí Band
- 26 March 2014
Seven members of “The Lough Oughter Céilí Band” from Co. Cavan (who performed in Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2013 in Derry) play a selection of jigs - “The Scotsman Over the Border” and “Willie Coleman’s”. The musicians are: Amanda Finnegan and Cein Sweeney (flutes), Ursula Finnegan (fiddle), Donal O’Reilly (accordion), Andy McGovern (banjo), Ronan Sweeney (pipes) and Conor Kiernan (piano).