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Visit to Chicago, A

01-25_A_Visit_to_Chicago-Reel.pdf
Johnny McGreevy had an amazing repertoire of Irish music. He kept so many tunes circulating in his native city, and he was always generous in passing them along. The prolific composer, fiddle player, and pianist Josephine Keegan graciously recorded…

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Jimmy Hogan's (Number One)

02-09_Jimmy_Hogans_Number_One-Single_Jig.pdf
Jimmy Hogan from Liscannor in County Clare loved to play his whistle and batter out the County Clare set dances on the floor. Jimmy was an icon in Boston and he was loved by everyone who met him. This tune from north County Clare was one of his…

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Moyasta Polka

04-05_Moyasta_Polka.pdf
Another tune from the repertoire of Mrs. Ellen Galvin. It is played on this track for all of us to enjoy by one of my heroes, Josephine Keegan. Josephine again makes full use of modern recording technology in order to be recorded playing both fiddle…

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Jimmy Hogan's (Number Two)

04-14_Jimmy_Hogans_Number_Two-Single_Jig.pdf
Another of Jimmy Hogan's North County Clare tunes. It is played here, as was 'Jimmy Hogan's Number One', by Josephine Keegan on fiddle.

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Mr. and Mrs. Ted McGraw

05-04_Mr_and_Mrs_Ted_McGraw-Jig.pdf
I have known Ted and Bridget McGraw of Rochester, New York, since the 1980s. I have great memories of playing with Ted in The Village Coachhouse, in Brookline, Massachusetts, a veritable musical institution that was owned by the Varian family of…

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Mug of Black Tea

05-23_Mug_of_Black_Tea-Jig.pdf
Growing up in Ireland, and while practicing my fiddle in the home of my grandmother, Elizabeth Collins (née Rochford), I drank many's the mug of black tea. I remember her tea being very strong and having to drink it without milk. I questioned…

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Máire Mo Chara

07-04_Maire_Mo_Chara-Air.pdf
This air, played here by its composer, Josephine Keegan, is a special tribute to her friend Máire McDonnell-Garvey, author of numerous books on the history and music of the West of Ireland. Máire worked all her life promoting…

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Stone Fiddle, The

07-10_The_Stone_Fiddle-Reel.pdf
Josephine Keegan, the prolific composer, fiddle player, and pianist, made up this top-notch tune. Thanks, Josephine, for sending it to me for inclusion in this collection.

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Thomas Power's Jig

07-26_Thomas_Powers_Jig.pdf
This jig, played here for us by Josephine Keegan from South Armagh, was learned from the cassette tape that Michael Power sent me of the playing of his father, Thomas Power, a lovely fiddle player from Doonbeg in west County Clare (see 'Thomas…

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McDonnell-Garvey Hornpipe, The

09-22_The_McDonnell-Garvey_Hornpipe.pdf
On this track we once again hear Josephine Keegan performing one of her compositions. The tune is dedicated to her friend, the late Máire McDonnell-Garvey, who was a fiddle player and the author of a number of books about her native province…

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Moate Reel, The

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The town of Moate is in County Westmeath. It has a strong musical tradition and at one time had a famous céilí band that made a number of 78 RPM recordings. The late accordionist Brendan McCann, who lived in Connecticut, grew up near…

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