Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Set dances]]> Redican, Larry]]> Connolly, Séamus (fiddle) 33682623]]> Donohue, Gabriel (piano) 103020997]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Accordion music--Ireland]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Barndances]]> Linnane, Kitty]]> 'Come to the Fair'). Indeed, many of the tunes on that tape were new to me. I had my work cut out for me, having to learn all of them for our upcoming tour of England. I am delighted that Tara Lynch (of the famed Kilfenora name) joined me on this track. It felt like home having Tara play with me. Thank you, my friend.]]> Lynch, Tara (accordion)]]> Connolly, Séamus (fiddle) 33682623]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Reels (Music)]]> Flute music--Ireland]]> Neylon, Frank]]> 'Leamanagh Castle'). I played Frank's recording for Nicole Rabata, from Portland, Maine. She listened a few times and played along with Frank, capturing elements of his style, and said, 'Do you want me to record it for the book?' I'm glad I said yes. Enjoy Nicole's playing.]]> Rabata, Nicole (flute)]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Hornpipes]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Clancy, Willie 55839664]]> McHugh, Benny (fiddle)]]> McHugh, Jimmy (composer)]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Jigs]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Celtic harp music--Ireland]]> Shepherd, Devin (fiddle) (composer)]]> Cook, Marta (harp)]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Reels (Music)]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Cronin, Paddy 2066773]]> Ryan's Mammoth Collection. I first heard the tune played by Paddy Cronin, who loved playing tunes from that wonderful nineteenth century collection.]]> Bulger, Brendan (fiddle)]]> Knox, Bill (guitar)]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Reels (Music)]]> Accordion music--Ireland]]> O'Brien, Paddy 28799446]]> O'Brien, Paddy (accordion) (composer) 28799446]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Reels (Music)]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Miller, Rodney]]> Miller, Rodney (fiddle) (composer) 25930822]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Jigs]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Redican, Larry]]> McGraw, Ted]]> Redican, Larry (fiddle)]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Jigs]]> Melodeon music]]> Sullivan, William F. 16824076]]> Conlon, Peter (P.J.)]]> Accordion player William Sullivan immigrated from Clifden, Ireland, to New York City in the 1920s, later settling in Parlin, New Jersey. He recorded this tune on Sampler Records in the late 1980s in a duo with Mitzie Collins, a hammered dulcimer and piano player. Bill Sullivan was a friend of the 1920s accordion player Peter 'P.J.' Conlon, and they often played music together. My friend Ted McGraw from Rochester told me that both these accordionists appeared on a 78 RPM recording on the Clarion label, with Peter Conlon on one side of the record and Bill Sullivan on the other. The jig is played on this track by my nephew Damien Connolly on melodeon. The title that I gave to the jig is 'Bill Sullivan's'. Names change from time to time: Bill Sullivan had named it for Mr. Conlon.]]> Connolly, Damien (melodeon)]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Jigs]]> Flute music--Ireland]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Rabata, Nicole (flute)]]> Connolly, Séamus (fiddle) 33682623]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Jigs]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Redican, Larry]]> Casey, Roger]]> 'Larry's Strange Jig'.]]> Redican, Larry (fiddle) (composer)]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Reels (Music)]]> Flute music--Ireland]]> Donnelly, Bríd]]> McAuliffe, Nicholas]]> McEvoy, Catherine (flute) 29160418]]> McEvoy, Paddy (piano)]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Reels (Music)]]> Accordion music--Ireland]]> Flynn, Con]]> Flynn, Eamon]]> Flynn, Eamon (accordion) (composer)]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Jigs]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Power, Thomas]]> 'Thomas Power's Polka').]]> Keegan, Josephine (fiddle) 72741909]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Jigs]]> Flute music--Ireland]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Mahony, Francis 71293686]]>
'With deep affection
And recollection
I often think of
Those Shandon Bells
Whose sounds so wild would,
In the days of childhood,
Fling round my cradle
Their magic spells.
On this I ponder
Where'er I wander,
And thus grow fonder,
Sweet Cork, of thee.
With thy bells of Shandon,
That sound so grand on
The pleasant waters
Of the river Lee.'

The grand old jig 'Shandon Bells', the first in O'Neill's The Dance Music of Ireland, 1001 Gems, is played on this track by Nicole Rabata on flute and myself on fiddle. We play it as a four-part tune. I played it many times as a two-part jig in the city by the River Lee. I first heard the two extra parts played by David Curry and his orchestra. They are two parts well worth hearing and preserving for posterity.]]>
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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Reels (Music)]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Reynolds, Larry]]> Connolly, Séamus (fiddle) (composer) 33682623]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Jigs]]> Accordion music--Ireland]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Mulvihill, Charlie]]> Mulvihill, Charlie (accordion) (composer)]]> Mulvihill, Tommy (fiddle) 71144485]]> Mulvihill, Geraldine (piano)]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Reels (Music)]]> Penny whistle music]]> Gavin, Larry]]> Madden, Joanie (whistle) 38423903]]> Donohue, Gabriel (bouzouki) 103020997]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Reels (Music)]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Rowsome, Leo 92519391]]> Rowsome, Helena]]>
'I well remember when An Tóstal was held in Dublin. The entire city was cleaned up and flower baskets, flags and bunting of all colours placed on O'Connell Bridge. I recall thinking that Dublin must be the best place on earth. It provided a great incentive to tidy the city and instill civic pride again in its people. It was from An Tóstal that the current well-known 'Tidy Towns' competition came.

On one designated Sunday during An Tóstal (which would last for a couple of weeks), the GPO would be decorated with more flags than usual and a big platform placed outside for dignitaries of the State... I recall seeing the President, Seán T. O'Kelly, on the platform addressing the people during his presidency in 1954. I was eight then and daddy lifted me up to see the goings on...

Dad played at many events during An Tóstal, including a Céilí at the Mansion House. He composed the reel for obvious reasons: his celebration of a great festival. An Tóstal lasted from 1953 into the 1960s when it sort of phased out.']]>
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