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(234KB)  Joanie’s Lane & The Road to Carrachán (3.30) The two roads/lanes closest to Maidhc’s house provide the titles for these two jigs. They may have grass and weeds growing up through the middle of them but they are a welcome sight after a long day’s driving on the mainroads of the county. Maidhc: Accordion Caoimhín: Flute Greg: Tambourine Con: Uilleann Pipes Liam: Piano |
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Reels: Paddy Taylor’s & Salute to Baltimore (3.02) These two reels come from North Connacht, where flutemusic reigns! Caoimhín learned the first reel from Catherine McEvoy’s 1996 CD. Salute to Baltimore was composed by the well-known musician and composer from Coolmeen, Co Sligo, Josie McDermott(RIP). Caoimhín: Flute Liam: Bodhrán |
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Slow Air & Fling: Sleep, Joe & Poaching from the River (4.06) ‘Codail, a Joe’ was composed in honour of the great box-player from Galway, Joe Cooley (RIP). Maidhc had the pleasure of knowing him and playing with him in Chicago during the sixties. As for ‘Poaching from the River’, this was one of Maidhc’s favourite pastimes in his youth…maybe the less said the better! Maidhc: Accordion Liam: Harp |
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to MP3 soundclip (234KB) The Bould Thady Quill & Seán Coughlan’s Jig (3.26) The first jig in this selection is often associated with the playing of Sliabh Luachra fiddler, Paddy Cronin. Seán Coughlan, a box-player from the locality who passed away in the 1980’s, is the source for the second jig. This tune is popular in sessions in Corca Dhuibhne (West Kerry). Caoimhín: Flute Liam: Piano |
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(236KB) Na Filí (The Poets) (7.22) Maidhc learned this song from a neighbour of his, Tom Mhaurice Ó Súilleabháin. According to the lore of Uíbh Ráthach in South Kerry this song came about when Tomás Rua Ó Súilleabháin (1785-1845), an itinerant poet, stopped at the house of a rival poet asking for lodgings for the night. Tomás finally gained shelter for the night after holding a conversation in verse with the man of the house. Maidhc Stíofán: Guitar |
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Reels: Johnny Connolly’s Speckled Socks & Kate from Castleisland (2.54) Maidhc: Accordion Liam: Piano Greg: Tambourine |
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Slow Air: The Blackthorn (2.33) Caoimhín’s interpretation of this beautiful song is influenced by the singing of Eibhlín Ní Churtáin of Toornafola, Co. Limerick, a fellow student in Mary Immaculate College of Education in Limerick during the mid-1980’s. Caoimhín: Flute |
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Hornpipes: Brandon’s Peak & Com an Lochaigh Mount Brandon, which is the second highest mountain in Ireland, overlooks the parish of Moore. The coastlines of counties Clare and Galway can be seen clearly from its peak on a fine day. Com an Lochaigh (meaning recess of the lake) is a part of the same mountain range and is a place of breathtaking beauty. Maidhc: Bosca Ceoil (Accordion) Caoimhín: Feadóg Mhór (Flute) Con: Píobanna Uillinn (Uilleann Pipes) Andrea: Bodhrán |
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