<![CDATA[The Séamus Connolly Collection of Irish Music]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Folk+dance+music--Ireland&page=5&sort_field=Dublin+Core%2CTitle&output=rss2 Thu, 28 Mar 2024 03:17:28 -0700 burnsref@bc.edu (The Séamus Connolly Collection of Irish Music) Boston College Libraries Zend_Feed http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <![CDATA[Follies of Youth, The]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/721

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Another young player who contributed to this project is Sean Gavin from Detroit, son of fiddle player and teacher Mick Gavin from Meelick, County Clare. Here Sean plays the flute on one of his own compositions, a strathspey that somehow must have many stories behind its title. He is joined by his musical friend, fiddle player Devin Shepherd.

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Séamus Connolly
Boston College Libraries
06-11_The_Follies_of_Youth-Strathspey.pdf
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<![CDATA[For Betty Killoran]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/527

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Another composition of accordionist and concertina player Charlie Mulvihill from New York. It is played on this track by Charlie and his children Tommy on fiddle, and Geraldine on piano. It is another of the tunes on the tape that Mr. Mulvihill made for Mrs. Betty Killoran, wife of Sligo fiddle player Paddy Killoran. Hopefully, some day in the not too distant future, we will see and hear a CD recording of more of the music of Mr. Mulvihill, this great tunesmith.

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Séamus Connolly
Boston College Libraries
08-38_For_Betty_Killoran-Jig.pdf
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<![CDATA[For Denis Moynihan]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/696

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Dancing master Denis Moynihan, as he was known before he officially changed his name to its Irish version, Donncha Ó Muineacháin, was a popular teacher of Irish dance. He was known throughout Ireland for his choreography and repertoire of older steps. Some of these were passed down to Donncha from the County Cork dancing masters Joe O'Donovan and Cormac O'Keeffe, and we mustn't forget his own dance teacher, the Grand Lady of Irish Dance, Peggy McTaggart. The set dance played on this track by Séamus McGuire and Garry O'Briain was learned from a recording of Larry Redican who introduced the tune as 'For Denis Moynihan'; this perhaps implies that Redican composed the tune.

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Séamus Connolly
Boston College Libraries
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<![CDATA[Four-Fingered Fisherman, The]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/529

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The young Chicago fiddle player Devin Shepherd composed this fine jig. He plays it on this track with his musical friend, flute player Sean Gavin from Detroit, accompanied by Brian Miller on guitar and Jackie Moran on bodhrán.

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Séamus Connolly
Boston College Libraries
09-07_The_Four-Fingered_Fisherman-Jig.pdf
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<![CDATA[Fourpenny Bit, The]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/687

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Another tune that Larry Gavin sent to me is this reel. Larry found it in 'The Bible' of Irish music, the O'Neill's 1001 collection of tunes. It is played here for us by the great Catherine McEvoy with accompaniment by her nephew, Paddy McEvoy, on piano.

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Séamus Connolly
Boston College Libraries
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<![CDATA[Frank Neylon's]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/656

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Flute player Frank Neylon lived in Boston when I arrived there in 1977. I loved listening to his beautiful, distinctive North Clare style of playing, and to the unusual tunes that he had brought with him to America. This is another of the tunes that he recorded for me on the long-playing record that I produced in Boston in 1981 (see '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.

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Séamus Connolly
Boston College Libraries

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<![CDATA[Frank Quinn's]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/603

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Accordion player, fiddle player, and all-around entertainer Frank Quinn lived in New York and recorded for a number of record companies in the 1930s. I heard this reel played by him on an old 78 RPM recording. Jimmy Noonan plays flute on this selection and is joined by Dan Gurney on accordion. Together they give us a wonderful rendition of this tune. A great afternoon of music played at my home in Maine culminated in this reel which they had only learned that day. Thanks again, lads, for all the hard work.

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Séamus Connolly
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<![CDATA[Freddy Kimmel's]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/429

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As the howling winds from the Atlantic Ocean blew into Kinvara Harbour, Máire O'Keeffe continued to play her fiddle into the night without interruption (see 'Maurice O'Keeffe's'). The tune that she plays here was learned from the playing of Julia Clifford and her husband John.

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Séamus Connolly
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<![CDATA[G. Craig and Maureen Sullivan]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/450

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Brian Hebert plays a hornpipe he wrote to honour my special friends Craig and Maureen Sullivan. I will forever be grateful to them for their benevolent generosity to me, to Boston College, and to the world of Gaelic music and song. It is through their kindness that I have been able to turn the inspiration for this collection into a reality.

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Séamus Connolly
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<![CDATA[Gaelic Roots]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/653

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The New England fiddle player Rodney Miller composed 'Gaelic Roots' at Boston College during one of the University's weeks of Irish music, song, and dance, when he was a special guest and visiting professor. Rodney honours us on this track with his beautiful music and sweet tone. He performed this tune on one of his own handmade instruments.

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Séamus Connolly
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<![CDATA[Gallant Tipperary Boys, The]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/530

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This tune may be found in the O'Neill's Music of Ireland collection under the title 'Gallant Tipperary'. It also appears in The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music in the 'Airs' section of that book. The tune, played here by Laurel Martin, was popular in Boston in the 1930s and 1940s.

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Séamus Connolly
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<![CDATA[Galway Jig, The]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/477

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Accordionist Larry Gavin, a longtime friend, put this tune on tape for me a few years ago at his home in Tulla, County Clare. Larry is a repository of Irish music, and he raised this tune up from his deep well. Apparently the tune was played by members of the old Aughrim Slopes Céilí Band from County Galway back in the 1940s. Larry, together with East Clare fiddle player Micheál O'Rourke and piano accompanist Charlie Lennon, recorded this version of the tune especially for me. The tune may also be heard on their own CD recording Two Miles to Tulla in a set with 'The Plains of Mayo'.

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Séamus Connolly
Boston College Libraries
03-27_The_Galway_Jig.pdf
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<![CDATA[Gearóid Ó Laidhigh's]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/420

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Fiddle player Gearóid Ó Laidhigh and flute player John Darcy recorded this tune, a composition of Mr. Ó Laidhigh's, for Ciarán Mac Mathúna. Ciarán traveled throughout Ireland recording musicians and singers, and later presented them on his weekly radio programmes, Ceolta Tire and A Job of Journeywork. On this recording, the tune is played on fiddle by my dear friend, colleague, and musical collaborator Laurel Martin.

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Séamus Connolly
Boston College Libraries
01-12_Gearoid_OLaidhighs-Hornpipe.pdf
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<![CDATA[Gentle Ann]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/665

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Eamon Flynn first recorded his above-titled composition for the Boston branch of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann. It was featured on their 1981 LP We're Irish Still. It is played here for us in fine traditional style by Manus McGuire on fiddle.

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Séamus Connolly
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<![CDATA[Ger Brooks' Polka]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/569

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My next door neighbour when I was growing up in Killaloe was known to me as Mister Brooks. He loved to play the accordion, and he had many fine polkas in his repertoire. The polka I play on this track was one of his favourites. In almost sixty years of playing and listening to music I have yet to hear someone else play it. Happy memories of a wonderful neighbour and of his wife and family.

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Séamus Connolly
Boston College Libraries

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<![CDATA[Go Easy, Young Hag]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/516

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The fiddle playing of Devin Shepherd from Chicago is heard once again on this track, playing one of his own compositions. He is joined by Marta Cook, who plays the harp. A lovely tune, Devin, thanks for sending it along. Thank you too, Marta, for helping with the recording.

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Séamus Connolly
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<![CDATA[Going Home]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/611

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I have known and admired the music of Eamon Flynn since 1957. Eamon, like myself, lived in Boston for many years, and we often played music together. When Eamon decided to move to the state of Vermont he began to compose some smashing tunes, including this one which he plays here on accordion. And, yes, Eamon did eventually go home to his native Mountcollins in County Limerick, where he now resides and continues to play and compose.

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Séamus Connolly
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<![CDATA[Gráinne Murphy's]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/468

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The first time that I saw Gráinne Murphy was when her mother and father, Joan and Dan, brought her to a music session in Watertown, Massachusetts. Gráinne did not have a fiddle with her then because she was just a little baby in a basket! One could see that day that Gráinne was excited and charmed by the music. Those of us there that afternoon somehow knew that she would become a musician of note, and that she did. She is a fine fiddle player who has recorded a solo CD which was given a number of excellent reviews, and she has been a member of the renowned group Cherish the Ladies. The tune on this track is performed by Gráinne herself and is one of her own compositions.

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Séamus Connolly
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<![CDATA[Grandfather's Thought]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/435

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This hornpipe from Julia, John, and Billy Clifford is played here for us by Shannon Heaton on flute. The tune may be found on an LP that the Cliffords recorded during their years in London, England, entitled The Star of Munster Trio, Music from Sliabh Luachra, Volume 2.

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Séamus Connolly
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<![CDATA[Granny in the Woods]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/553

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Tom Morrison from Dunmore in County Galway recorded this polka in the early 1920s. Catherine McEvoy, originally from Birmingham, England, and now living in County Meath, delights us with her recording of this same tune: two great flute players at work with the same tune almost one hundred years apart.

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Séamus Connolly
Boston College Libraries
01-15_Granny_in_the_Woods-Polka.pdf
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