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https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/files/original/r0lbb09byw9h077rpjm5xvdhscr7fj5iq.pdf
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Slides
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Con Cassidy's
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Folk dance music--Ireland
Accordion music--Ireland
Slides
Cassidy, Con
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This tune bears the name of noted fiddle player Con Cassidy, and it may well have been played as a single jig in his native County Donegal. There was no doubt about West Limerick accordion player Donie Nolan's interpretation of it as a slide. He played it throughout Australia in 1994 when he and another group of artists, including 'Mé Féin', toured that amazing continent. For this collection, Donie took the time to meet me and Sandy at Peadar's Bar in Ardagh, County Limerick, and over the humming of the fridge, he recorded Con Cassidy's slide.
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Nolan, Donie (accordion)
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Séamus Connolly
Boston College Libraries
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2016-02-12
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Nolan, Donie
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http://library.bc.edu/connolly/plugins/Dropbox/files/IMC_M064_2013_03_0422.mp3
http://library.bc.edu/connolly/plugins/Dropbox/files/04-22_Con_Cassidys-Slide.pdf
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Playlist 04
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https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/files/original/ry0p6ijbwv5i0fxka7zdy4xa1ijpyrb0j.pdf
363694b3f6049128936bcbee1aa46d7f
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Waltzes
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Come to the Fair
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Folk dance music--Ireland
Waltzes--Ireland
Accordion music--Ireland
Fiddle tunes--Ireland
Accordion and piano music
Higgins, Mary
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'Come to the Fair' was a very popular waltz/song played by The Kilfenora Céilí Band in the 1960s. I have always enjoyed listening to the band's singer Mary Higgins performing the song on a recording made at a céilí in Ennis in 1960. The recording of all of the tunes and songs played on that night was given to me to learn when I was invited to join The Kilfenora and embark on my first 'big' tour of England. What a thrill and an honour for me! The tune is performed here on this track by Tara Lynch (daughter of Jerry Lynch, the accordionist with the band in the 1950s) and myself. The track was enhanced by the musicianship of Gabriel Donohue on piano and keyboards.
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Lynch, Tara (accordion)
Connolly, Séamus (fiddle) 33682623
Donohue, Gabriel (piano, keyboards) 103020997
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Séamus Connolly
Boston College Libraries
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2016-02-12
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Lynch, Tara
Connolly, Séamus
Donohue, Gabriel
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http://library.bc.edu/connolly/plugins/Dropbox/files/IMC_M064_2013_03_0119.mp3
http://library.bc.edu/connolly/plugins/Dropbox/files/01-19_Come_to_the_Fair-Waltz.pdf
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Playlist 01
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https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/files/original/ff6m0kn8ocdjqgjrerdyvavdqz2sdzvh7.pdf
cc7b27265595c606323ac892d7aaa87f
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Jigs
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Charlie Mulvihill's Jig in A
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Folk dance music--Ireland
Jigs
Accordion music--Ireland
Fiddle tunes--Ireland
Mulvihill, Charlie
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Accordionist, concertina player, and composer Charlie Mulvihill from New York composed this tune. Charlie was very friendly with the great Paddy Killoran, master fiddle player from County Sligo. When Paddy Killoran died, his wife Betty gave Charlie the 78 RPM recordings that Paddy had recorded in the 1930s and '40s. Charlie transferred the records to tape for Mrs. Killoran to enjoy once again. Along with the Killoran recordings, Charlie gave her a tape of his own compositions which includes this jig cleverly structured around the recurrence of the note 'A'. He plays it on this track with his daughter Geraldine on piano and son Tommy on fiddle. I am grateful to Tommy Mulvihill for giving me permission to feature the track with this collection.
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Mulvihill, Charlie (accordion) (composer)
Mulvihill, Tommy (fiddle) 71144485
Mulvihill, Geraldine (piano)
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Séamus Connolly
Boston College Libraries
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2016-02-12
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Mulvihill, Charlie
Mulvihill, Tommy
Mulvihill, Geraldine
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http://library.bc.edu/connolly/plugins/Dropbox/files/IMC_M064_2013_03_0720.mp3
http://library.bc.edu/connolly/plugins/Dropbox/files/07-20_Charlie_Mulvihills_Jig_in_A.pdf
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Playlist 07
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https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/files/original/b5f32652rqpn3i7lhzpnyzx5gwr2v4rwd.pdf
7cac12b2c4686d9b6bd509e407ff1e39
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Jigs
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Brother Gildas / Bryan O'Lynn
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Folk dance music--Ireland
Jigs
Accordion music--Ireland
O'Shea, Gildas
O'Lynn, Bryan
Potts, Tommy 38603306
Reck, Tommy 77570670
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<p dir="ltr"><span>The exciting recording on this track was made by RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, featuring master musicians Tony MacMahon and Steve Cooney. The first jig is associated with the piping of Brother Gildas O'Shea. The second jig of the set, 'Bryan O'Lynn', is one of a number of closely related tunes, variants of which include <a href="http://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/453" target="_self">'The Planting Stick'</a> and <a href="http://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/454" target="_self">'Magpie in the Tree'</a>, found elsewhere in this collection. The two tunes on this track were played together previously by Tommy Potts and Tommy Reck, and they make for a beautiful pairing. Although the first tune does not appear in sheet music form in this collection, both tunes may be found in </span><span><em>The Leo Rowsome Collection of Irish Music</em>.</span><span> Thanks to Malachy Moran, manager of Audio Services and Archive at RTÉ Radio, for permission to use the recording for this project, and to Raidió na Gaeltachta. A special 'thank you' to Steve Cooney for his generous help in tracking down the original recording, and for the great guitar playing that complemented Tony's magical performance. Tony, thanks for the music and for bringing this track to my attention.</span></p>
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MacMahon, Tony (accordion) 171508158
Cooney, Steve (guitar) 31606143
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Séamus Connolly
Boston College Libraries
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2016-02-12
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MacMahon, Tony
Cooney, Steve
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http://library.bc.edu/connolly/plugins/Dropbox/files/IMC_M064_2013_03_0308.mp3
http://library.bc.edu/connolly/plugins/Dropbox/files/03-08_Brother_Gildas_Bryan_OLynn-Jigs.pdf
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Playlist 03
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https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/files/original/8w2tn6eha3fvnmgjcvkfigvz8ceisdeoq.pdf
5b75d7d7ac77667da9bc9a086f3aec64
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Reels
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Brosna Reel, The
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Folk dance music--Ireland
Reels (Music)
Accordion music--Ireland
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This reel is another composition of Eamon Flynn, taken from his CD recording with permission. It is named for the village of Brosna in County Kerry, a place well-known for great Irish music and whose name has been given to a number of tunes including 'The Brosna Slide'.
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Flynn, Eamon (accordion) (composer)
Kisiel, Helen (piano) 76033885
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Séamus Connolly
Boston College Libraries
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2016-02-12
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Flynn, Eamon
Kisiel, Helen
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http://library.bc.edu/connolly/plugins/Dropbox/files/IMC_M064_2013_03_0906.mp3
http://library.bc.edu/connolly/plugins/Dropbox/files/09-06_The_Brosna_Reel.pdf
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Playlist 09
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https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/files/original/p0cwhk77m9u35cp9cbswsk2sezxe9303f.pdf
c1ea93c4f0e7f0d7b0694852ed98a49d
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Hornpipes
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Brendan McCann's
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Folk dance music--Ireland
Hornpipes
Accordion music--Ireland
McCann, Brendan
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Accordion player Brendan McCann lived near Hartford in the state of Connecticut. He had many fine tunes in his repertoire, including this hornpipe which he first heard in his hometown of Moate, County Westmeath, many years ago. I was thrilled when Brendan sent it to me on a cassette tape. It is played here by Damien, my nephew, who also lives in Connecticut.
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Connolly, Damien (accordion)
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Séamus Connolly
Boston College Libraries
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2016-02-12
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Connolly, Damien
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http://library.bc.edu/connolly/plugins/Dropbox/files/IMC_M064_2013_03_0231.mp3
http://library.bc.edu/connolly/plugins/Dropbox/files/02-31_Brendan_McCanns-Hornpipe.pdf
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Playlist 02
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https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/files/original/a8j42pux1e6r5ugft1da31j1z9f8bgjo0.pdf
3facfb4ce5fc98b7373c197bf15deadb
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Reels
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Bobby Gardiner's (Number Two)
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Folk dance music--Ireland
Mouth music--Ireland
Reels (Music)
Accordion music--Ireland
Gardiner, Bobby 46363486
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The art form of lilting is demonstrated here by Bobby Gardiner. My grandmother Elizabeth Collins (née Rochford), herself a very good lilter, told me that 'jiggers', as she called them, were commonly called upon whenever musicians were not available to play for dancers. Button accordionist Bobby Gardiner both lilts and plays with 'The Clare Swing'. Listen to him on these tracks lilting, then playing his very own tune. Barbara MacDonald Magone joins in on the piano.
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Gardiner, Bobby (lilting, accordion) (composer) 46363486
Magone, Barbara MacDonald (piano) 53396920
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Séamus Connolly
Boston College Libraries
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2016-02-12
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Gardiner, Bobby
Magone, Barbara MacDonald
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http://library.bc.edu/connolly/plugins/Dropbox/files/IMC_M064_2013_03_0501.mp3
http://library.bc.edu/connolly/plugins/Dropbox/files/IMC_M064_2013_03_0502.mp3
http://library.bc.edu/connolly/plugins/Dropbox/files/05-01_and_05-02_Bobby_Gardiners_Number_Two-Reel.pdf
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Playlist 05
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https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/files/original/cez58526c49hghzj30t50ymvtxgfkwk8u.pdf
b488a7248e72eb841e3dfa13e2b9aaeb
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Reels
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Bobby Gardiner's (Number One)
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Folk dance music--Ireland
Reels (Music)
Accordion music--Ireland
Gardiner, Bobby 46363486
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Master accordionist Bobby Gardiner from Clare composed this reel. I first heard it on an LP he recorded in Ireland, produced by his fellow accordionist Dermot O'Brien: exciting and wonderful music. When I asked Bobby if he would perform it again, for this collection, he told me that he had no recollection of the tune but I certainly could put the tune in the book. I convinced him to play it for me, but for that to happen, I had to send him a copy of the tune so that he could re-learn it. On a visit to Boston College, Bobby did record it and I greatly enjoyed that session. Barbara MacDonald Magone was with us that day and she – with her stories and laughs – made it a memorable occasion.
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Gardiner, Bobby (accordion) (composer) 46363486
Magone, Barbara MacDonald (piano) 53396920
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Séamus Connolly
Boston College Libraries
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2016-02-12
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Gardiner, Bobby
Magone, Barbara MacDonald
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http://library.bc.edu/connolly/plugins/Dropbox/files/IMC_M064_2013_03_0330.mp3
http://library.bc.edu/connolly/plugins/Dropbox/files/03-30_Bobby_Gardiners_Number_One-Reel.pdf
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Playlist 03
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https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/files/original/rl7uaa97tfj53x3tfs1pjvw8n1axf8sq6.pdf
5e1ce500aa29220a3c59272ae29dee1a
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Jigs
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Biddy from Sligo / The Connaughtman's Rambles
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Folk dance music--Ireland
Jigs
Accordion music--Ireland
Fiddle tunes--Ireland
Boyle, Néillidh
Collins, Elizabeth
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And as we present this last selection, we come to the end of a long musical journey. It is my hope that whoever reads my stories, anecdotes, and ramblings will get some insight into the tunes' histories, and some new information about them. <br /><br />Preferring to end this collection with lively, happy music, I asked my young musical friends, Kathleen Boyle from Scotland and Gráinne Murphy from Massachusetts, to do me the honour of recording the above-named tunes for this last track. These same jigs were recorded in 1937 by Kathleen's grandfather, the famed fiddle maestro Néillidh Boyle from County Donegal. The young ladies are joined by Néillidh's son Hughie Boyle, who plays piano, and together, with pride, they give us that same lift and drive associated with the wonderful music that is peculiar to County Donegal. I was thrilled when Kathleen invited me to join herself, her dad, and Gráinne in remembering her grandfather, completing an extraordinary musical circle. The torch has indeed been passed.<br /><br />It so happens that the last tune on the track, 'The Connaughtman's Rambles', is the first jig I ever learned, and I did so from the 78 RPM recording that Néillidh Boyle recorded seventy-eight years ago. In a way, then, this track is symbolic of how Irish traditional music keeps coming full circle, shared back and forth between musicians across the broad Atlantic and across generations. <br /><br />And lest I forget about the not-often-heard tune dedicated to a certain Biddy (a nickname for 'Bridget') from Sligo, my mind goes back in time to my grandmother sitting by the fireside listening to me trying to learn and play this fine jig. And so, in remembrance of my grandmother, <span>Elizabeth Collins (née Rochford)</span>, a wonderful lady of tunes, songs, and stories, I hereby offer an account of the lyrics she had for 'Biddy from Sligo': <br /><br />'Oh mother dear, may I go for a swim? <br />Yes, my darling daughter! <br />Mind the boys don't see your shins, <br />Keep them well under the water!'
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Boyle, Kathleen (piano accordion) 254341404
Murphy, Gráinne (fiddle)
Connolly, Séamus (fiddle) 33682623
Boyle, Hughie (piano) 254643013
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Séamus Connolly
Boston College Libraries
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2016-02-12
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Boyle, Kathleen
Murphy, Gráinne
Connolly, Séamus
Connolly, Séamus
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Jigs
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Biddy from Sligo
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Folk dance music--Ireland
Jigs
Accordion music--Ireland
Fiddle tunes--Ireland
Boyle, Néillidh
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The fiddle master Néillidh Boyle recorded this tune as part of a two-jig set in Dublin in 1937. That recording happened to be the very first record of Irish fiddle music that I had when I was growing up. It is performed on this track by Néillidh's grandaughter Kathleen on piano accordion and Gráinne Murphy on fiddle. They both did me the honour of recording the track in Donegal, home to Kathleen's parents and grandfather.
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Boyle, Kathleen (piano accordion) 254341404
Murphy, Gráinne (fiddle)
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Séamus Connolly
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Murphy, Gráinne
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http://library.bc.edu/connolly/plugins/Dropbox/files/IMC_M064_2013_03_1023.mp3
http://library.bc.edu/connolly/plugins/Dropbox/files/10-23_Biddy_from_Sligo-Jig.pdf
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Barney's Jig
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Folk dance music--Ireland
Jigs
Accordion music--Ireland
Accordion and piano music
Boyle, Kathleen 254341404
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This track comes to us courtesy of Kathleen Boyle from Glasgow. Kathleen recorded it in Donegal in 2011 in the county where her grandfather, the great Néillidh Boyle, lived. Kathleen carries on her grandfather's tradition of composing as she plays her own tune, 'Barney's Jig'.
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Boyle, Kathleen (piano, piano accordion) (composer) 254341404
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Séamus Connolly
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Boyle, Kathleen
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http://library.bc.edu/connolly/plugins/Dropbox/files/IMC_M064_2013_03_0809.mp3
http://library.bc.edu/connolly/plugins/Dropbox/files/08-09_Barneys_Jig.pdf
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Reels
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Ballina Lassies, The
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Folk dance music--Ireland
Reels (Music)
Flute music--Ireland
Accordion music--Ireland
Killoran, Paddy 78484355
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I can picture Jimmy Noonan with his eyes closed and his shoulder going up and down as he plays this tune with accordionist Dan Gurney. When Jimmy moves like this playing his flute, it is a visible sign that he is 'in the groove', giving the music the swing that is such a part of his playing. Listen as these wonderful musicians give 'The Ballina Lassies' that lilt and swing that was associated with the older musicians. One can hear that happy lift in the music of master fiddle player Paddy Killoran, from whose recording Dan and Jimmy learned this tune.
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Noonan, Jimmy (flute) 78436746
Gurney, Dan (accordion)
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Séamus Connolly
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2016-02-12
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Noonan, Jimmy
Gurney, Dan
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http://library.bc.edu/connolly/plugins/Dropbox/files/IMC_M064_2013_03_0815.mp3
http://library.bc.edu/connolly/plugins/Dropbox/files/08-15_The_Ballina_Lassies-Reel.pdf
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Jigs
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Any Auld Thing At All
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Victor's Return
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Folk dance music--Ireland
Jigs
Accordion music--Ireland
Cronin, Johnny 44029816
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My brother Martin learned this version of <a href="http://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/464" target="_self">'The Victor's Return'</a> from fiddle player Johnny Cronin from County Kerry. When Martin asked Johnny for the tune's title, Johnny told Martin to call it 'any auld thing at all'! Martin was reluctant to play the tune for me as he had not played for many months. He felt that he might not be able to get through it. When he did agree and got going he was loving the tune so much I couldn't get him to stop. I hope you never stop playing, Martin!
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Connolly, Martin J. (accordion)
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Séamus Connolly
Boston College Libraries
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2016-02-12
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Connolly, Martin J.
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http://library.bc.edu/connolly/plugins/Dropbox/files/IMC_M064_2013_03_0213.mp3
http://library.bc.edu/connolly/plugins/Dropbox/files/02-13_Any_Auld_Thing_At_All-Jig.pdf
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Ah, a Simple Little Yoke
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Jigs
Accordion music--Ireland
Dwyer, Finbarr 291261603
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When I visited the accordion master Finbarr Dwyer at his home in County Clare, he played this jig, which he had composed when he was about ten years old. Finbarr did not think too highly of the tune: he can be heard on the recording describing it with the words in the above title. But I have no doubt that whoever hears this track will enjoy the creation of this prolific composer and extraordinary musical genius.
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Dwyer, Finbarr (accordion) (composer) 291261603
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Séamus Connolly
Boston College Libraries
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2016-02-12
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Dwyer, Finbarr
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http://library.bc.edu/connolly/plugins/Dropbox/files/IMC_M064_2013_03_0426.mp3
http://library.bc.edu/connolly/plugins/Dropbox/files/04-26_Ah_a_Simple_Little_Yoke-Jig.pdf
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