Folk dance music--Nova Scotia--Cape Breton Island]]> Reels (Music)]]> Piano music--Nova Scotia--Cape Breton Island]]> Ashcraft, Sally]]> Fraser, Alasdair 233166262]]> Magone, Barbara MacDonald 53396920]]> Magone, Barbara MacDonald (piano) (composer) 53396920]]>
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The bridge spanning the Shannon at Portumna always held a fascination for me, particularly when it was raised to let larger boats sail underneath. I loved to swim in the clear waters of the Shannon, and diving from the high bridge of Portumna was always a test of nerves and possibly a way of being a 'show off'. During one of my crazy show-off dives I twisted my back and though I lived to tell the tale, I carry a souvenir of that dive to this day!

I wonder if my good friend, accordionist and composer Martin Mulhaire, ever jumped or swam near the bridge. However, I do know that he composed this grand reel, which is masterfully played here by Liz Carroll on her fiddle.]]> Carroll, Liz (fiddle) 60417993]]> Mulhaire, Martin (composer) 73467396]]>
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.]]> O'Brien, Paddy ]]> ]]> More info.]]> Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Waltzes--Ireland]]> Guitar music--Ireland]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> O'Carolan, Turlough 76508266]]> Birdwatcher Hill, and that track appears here. The tune can be found as number 174 in Donal O'Sullivan's magisterial collection Carolan: The Life, Times and Music of an Irish Harper, Volume 1.]]> Angarola, Anisa (guitar, synthesizer) 22056752]]> Connolly, Séamus (fiddle) 33682623]]> O'Carolan, Turlough (composer) 76508266]]> Kimball, Roger (cello)]]>
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.]]> Heaton, Shannon ]]> Heaton, Matt]]> ]]> More info.]]> Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Jigs]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> 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 my granny as to why she made it so strong. Her response to me was that it was 'no good unless you could trot a mouse on it'. Food for thought I suppose.

My good friend, the wonderful musician Josephine Keegan, composed this lovely tune. She plays it here for us on fiddle to her own piano accompaniment. Josephine did make some tea for Sandy and me when we visited her home in County Armagh and she did have milk! Josephine's composition may also be found in The Keegan Tunes, Cuid a Trá (Book 3).]]> Keegan, Josephine (fiddle, piano) (composer) 72741909]]>
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