Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Reels (Music)]]> Piano music--Ireland]]> O'Brien, Paddy 28799446]]> Cotter, Geraldine 33569581]]> O'Neill's 1001 collection, this tune is named 'The Scolding Wife'. I was delighted to hear it again. It was in 1974 that I first heard it played by Tipperary accordionist Paddy O'Brien. Paddy and I had considered recording it for our The Banks of the Shannon record that we made back then.]]> Cotter, Geraldine (piano) 33569581]]>
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'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.]]> Rabata, Nicole (flute)]]> Connolly, Séamus (fiddle) 33682623]]> McElroy, Kevin (mandolin) 70994386]]>
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.]]> Donnelly, Maeve ]]> Murdoch, Matilda]]> ]]> More info.]]> Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Reels (Music)]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Accordion music--Ireland]]> Breen, Tara]]> Mulhern, Dáire]]> Reilly, Marie 51064891]]> Marie Reilly, the fiddle player from New York, played this reel at a Gaelic Roots Festival concert at Boston College, her alma mater. Thanks to Marie for bringing the tune to our attention. I did my utmost to find the tune's composer in order to give credit in the collection, but my efforts were unsuccessful. I now know that this delightful reel is a version of 'The Easy Club' composed by Jim Sutherland. The track is played here by Tara Breen and Dáire Mulhern, for whom I named the tune before I learned of its correct title. Thanks to composer Jim Sutherland for his lovely reel.]]> Breen, Tara (fiddle)]]> Mulhern, Dáire (accordion)]]> Sutherland, Jim (composer)]]>
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.]]> Breen, Tara ]]> Mulhern, Dáire]]> ]]> More info.]]> Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Jigs]]> Flute music--Ireland]]> Moloney, Eddie]]> The Roche Collection, but I first heard it played by Eddie Moloney from Ballinakill, County Galway. Eddie, Tommy Mulhaire, and his son Brendan were among those who travelled on a number of occasions in the 1960s with Mulhaire's Céilí Band to perform in different towns around County Kerry. These performances were part of a series of concerts and music weekends organised by Diarmuid Ó Catháin, who was later to become president of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann. I was thrilled when Joanie Madden, daughter of yet another Galway musician, Joe Madden, recorded the tune for me. Thanks, Joanie – keep up the great work that you and Cherish the Ladies do. We cherish you! Sláinte to you all!]]> Madden, Joanie (flute) 38423903]]> Donohue, Gabriel (piano) 103020997]]>
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