Brave Irish Boys, The

Story

Irish céilí dancing was very popular in the late 1950s and early '60s, and dancers loved the idea of dancing to the music of different bands. In the late 1950s I was invited to join The Ormond Star Céilí Band, one of a number of bands that were formed around the banks of The Shannon and Lough Derg. The Ormond Star counted among its members many fine musicians, including All-Ireland champion button accordionist Paddy Ryan from Coolbawn, Nenagh, County Tipperary, and fiddle player Liam O'Connor, originally from Brosna, County Kerry. Liam taught me many tunes, including the one played on this track by my friend Nicole Rabata on flute, with myself on fiddle. Just for the record, The Ormond Star did travel to Dublin to make a long-playing recording – exciting times for me as a teenager.

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Séamus Connolly
Boston College Libraries
07-06_The_Brave_Irish_Boys-March.pdf
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Rabata, Nicole (flute) and Connolly, Séamus (fiddle), “The Brave Irish Boys,” The Séamus Connolly Collection of Irish Music, accessed October 14, 2024, https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/545.