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- ComhaltasLive #444-6: John McCann
- 8 August 2014
Just after winning the Under-15 Button Accordion Competition at the Ulster Fleadh Cheoil 2014, John McCann, Lisnaskea, Co. Fermanagh plays a reel: “The Nervous Man” (by Paddy O’Brien).
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- ComhaltasLive #444-2: Chris Maguire
- 3 August 2014
All-Ireland Senior Button Accordion Champion 2013 Chris Maguire, CCÉ Irvinestown, Co. Fermanagh plays three jigs - “Seán McGlynn’s” (by B. Mc Comiskey), “Larkin’s 25th” (P. O’Brien) and one which he learned from the playing of Limerick accordion player Podge King. Piano accompaniment is by Ronan Warnock from Trillick, Co. Tyrone. Recorded at the Ulster Fleadh Cheoil in July 2014 in Dromore.
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- ComhaltasLive #443 (Full Programme)
- 31 July 2014
ComhaltasLive Programme #443.
Time Segment 00:00 From Glasgow, Scotland, St. Roch’s Céilí Band at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2013 in Derry playing two reels - “Kevin Burke’s” and “Donnellan’s Delight” (by Paddy O’Brien). Band members are: Mairéad canning, Eileen Grant, Patricia McArdle, and Danny Boyle (flutes), Paddy Callaghan (accordion), Cathriona McArdle (concertina), Alan Costello (piano) and Aidan Sharkey (drums). 02:31 From Leicester, England the Laurel Tree Céilí Band play two reels - “The Doon” and “Shehan’s” - at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2013 in Derry. Band members are John Burke, Moya Townsend, Eilish Byrne and Johnny Murphy Whelehan (fiddles), Eddie O’Donnell and Dave Lambe (flutes), Carmel Burke and Theresa Coleman (accordions), Eilish Commins (piano) and Debbie Lynch (drums). 05:02 Accordion craftsman and All-Ireland Champion 1982 John Nolan from New York, USA plays one of his own compositions - “Fr. Charlie’s Hornpipe” in honour of fellow musician Fr. Charlie Coen, originally from Woodford, Co. Galway and a very influential musician over many decades in New York. Fr. Charlie is sitting beside John in this recording made in Parsippany, New Jersey in April 2014. 07:32 New York fiddle player Jayne Pomplas plays the reel “Jenny’s Welcome to Charlie” at the Comhaltas North American Convention 2014 in New Jersey. 10:52 Taking second place in the Senior Fiddle Competition at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2013 in Derry, Dylan Foley from the Bronx, New York, USA plays a jig - “Langstrom’s Pony”. 12:50 From CCÉ Ballymote, Co. Sligo, Caoimhe Kearns plays a hornpipe - “Quinn of Armagh” (by Ed Reavy) in the Senior Fiddle Competition at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2013 in Derry. 14:47 Taking second place at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2013 in Derry, The Knockmore Michael Céilí Band, CCÉ Botha, Co. Fermanagh play “The Pride of Erin March”. Band members are: Niall Murphy, Maria Connelly and Maggie Maguire (fiddles), Ashling McPhillips and Brena Maguire (flutes), Chris Maguire (accordion), Ciarán Hanna (concertina), Brona Graham (banjo), Ronan Warnock (piano) and Kieran Leonard (drums). 17:02 In the Under-18 Fiddle Competition at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2013 in Derry, Nell Ní Cheallaigh, CCÉ Fred Finn, Sligo a jig - “Buttermilk Mary”. 18:25 From Dublin, Aoife Nic Dhomhnaill plays “The Foxhunter’s Reel” in the Under-18 Fiddle Competition at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2013 in Derry.
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- ComhaltasLive #443-9: Aoife Nic Dhomhnaill
- 31 July 2014
From Dublin, Aoife Nic Dhomhnaill plays “The Foxhunter’s Reel” in the Under-18 Fiddle Competition at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2013 in Derry.
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- ComhaltasLive #443-6: Caoimhe Kearns
- 27 July 2014
From CCÉ Ballymote, Co. Sligo, Caoimhe Kearns plays a hornpipe - “Quinn of Armagh” (by Ed Reavy) in the Senior Fiddle Competition at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2013 in Derry.
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- ComhaltasLive #443-5: Dylan Foley
- 26 July 2014
Taking second place in the Senior Fiddle Competition at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2013 in Derry, Dylan Foley from the Bronx, New York, USA plays a jig - “Langstrom’s Pony”.
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- ComhaltasLive #443-4: Jayne Pomplas
- 25 July 2014
New York fiddle player Jayne Pomplas plays the reel “Jenny’s Welcome to Charlie” at the Comhaltas North American Convention 2014 in New Jersey.
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- ComhaltasLive #443-3: John Nolan
- 24 July 2014
Accordion craftsman and All-Ireland Champion 1982 John Nolan from New York, USA plays one of his own compositions - “Fr. Charlie’s Hornpipe” in honour of fellow musician Fr. Charlie Coen, originally from Woodford, Co. Galway and a very influential musician over many decades in New York. Fr. Charlie is sitting beside John in this recording made in Parsippany, New Jersey in April 2014.
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- ComhaltasLive #442 (Full Programme)
- 21 July 2014
ComhaltasLive Programme #442.
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- ComhaltasLive #442-9: Sean Keane
- 15 July 2014
In the Senior Fiddle Competition at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2013 in Derry, Sean Keane from Leixlip, Co. Kildare plays a jig - “The Maid at the Spinning Wheel”.
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- ComhaltasLive #442-1: Lydia Warnock
- 7 July 2014
All-Ireland Senior Fiddle Champion 2013, Lydia Warnock from Leitrim plays “Brendan McGlinchey’s Hornpipe” when winning her title at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2013 in Derry.
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- ComhaltasLive #441 (Full Programme)
- 5 July 2014
ComhaltasLive Programme #441.
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- ComhaltasLive #441-6: Joseph Mannion
- 2 July 2014
Nine-year-old Joseph Mannion, CCÉ Craobh na gCumarach, Co. Waterford plays an accordion solo - “Berehaven Reel” composed by the late Finbar O’Dwyer.
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- ComhaltasLive #441-5: Haley Richardson
- 1 July 2014
The current All-Ireland Under-12 Fiddle Champion Haley Richardson from New Jersey, USA plays a reel - “The Bunch of Keys” - at a session at the North American Comhaltas Convention 2014 in Parsippany, New Jersey.
Keywords: Convention, Fleadh, Session, Solo, Fiddle, Reel, ComhaltasLive
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- ComhaltasLive #441-4: Conor Cronin
- 30 June 2014
Recorded at the Comhaltas North American Convention in Parsippany, New Jersey, 2014, a selection of jigs played on tin whistle by Conor Cronin a native of Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin and residing in Toronto, Canada for the last two years. The jigs are “The Early Riser” (which Conor composed) and “Paddy Fahy’s”.
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- ComhaltasLive #441-3: Tara Breen
- 29 June 2014
Multi-instrumentalist Tara Breen is one of the Tutors with TradTime (Comhaltas Schools Outreach) the exciting new scheme for the teaching of traditional Irish music, song and dance in primary schools around the country.
TradTime is presently compiling a panel of potential Tutors for every county over the coming weeks (up to mid-August). Persons who have the necessary skills, expertise, reliability, etc. can get an application form and full details at www.tradtime.ie.
Here Tara plays “The Caucus Reel” on the tin whistle.
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- ComhaltasLive #440 (Full Programme)
- 23 June 2014
ComhaltasLive Programme #440.
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- ComhaltasLive #440-6: Enda Seery
- 21 June 2014
One of the Tutors with the TradTime (Comhaltas Schools Outreach) scheme, Enda Seery from Co. Westmeath plays two of his own composition (jigs) - “Santa Cruz” and “Friends from the States”. TradTime is the new scheme for the teaching of traditional Irish music, song and dance in primary schools around the country.
TradTime is presently compiling a panel of potential Tutors for every county over the coming weeks (up to mid-August). Persons who have the necessary skills, expertise, reliability, etc. can get an application form and full details at www.tradtime.ie.
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- ComhaltasLive #440-4: Keegan Loesel
- 19 June 2014
A selection of reels - “Kiss the Maid Behind the Barrel” and “The Swallow’s Tail” - played on tin whistle by Keegan Loesel, Kenneth Square, Philadelphia after he won the Tin Whistle Slow Airs Under-15 Competition at the Comhaltas North American Convention and Regional Fleadh Cheoil held in Parsippany, New Jersey in April 2014.
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- ComhaltasLive #439 (Full Programme)
- 11 June 2014
ComhaltasLive Programme #439.