Folk music--Prince Edward Island]]> Folk songs, English--Prince Edward Island]]> Fitzgerald, Ed]]> Fitzgerald, Ed (vocals) (composer)]]> Fitzgerald, Ruth (vocals, guitar)]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk dance music--Nova Scotia--Cape Breton Island]]> Reels (Music)]]> Piano music--Nova Scotia--Cape Breton Island]]> Magone, Barbara MacDonald 53396920]]> Magone, Barbara MacDonald (piano) (composer) 53396920]]> Creative Commons License
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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]]> 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 music--Ireland]]> Accordion music--Ireland]]> Flings]]> McCarthy, Dominick]]> McCarthy, Dominick (accordion)]]> 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]]> Reels (Music)]]> Accordion music--Ireland]]> Flynn, Con]]> Flynn, Eamon]]> Flynn, Eamon (accordion) (composer)]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk music--Ireland]]> Marches--Ireland]]> Flute music--Ireland]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Power, Thomas]]> Rabata, Nicole (flute)]]> Connolly, Séamus (fiddle) 33682623]]> McElroy, Kevin (bodhrán) 70994386]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk music--Ireland]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Planxties]]>
In the 1980s, as part of a musical delegation to Washington, D.C., representing the State of Massachusetts, I had the honour of visiting the Old Post Office and hearing the bells ring. When in full peal, the bells can take up to three and a half hours to complete their continuous performance. However, my composition on this track takes only a few minutes. I am joined by Gabriel Donohue on guitar.]]>
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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 music--Ireland]]> Folk songs, English--Ireland]]> Mo Ghrása Thall na Déise.]]> Mulqueen, Ann (vocals) (composer) 21766115]]> 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]]> 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]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Redican, Larry]]> McGraw, Ted]]> Redican, Larry (fiddle)]]> 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 music--Ireland]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Airs]]> McGann, John 275956837]]>
A more complete version of the tune is heard on this track, with my good friends the late John McGann playing guitar and Gabriel Donohue on keyboard. John was very involved with the transcription of the tunes for this project but, alas, he left us too soon. So in John's memory, perhaps 'Remembering Curly Remembering John McGann' might be a perfect title for this tune. Thanks, John, for all the music, stories, laughs, and friendship.]]>
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