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The FERTILE ROCK - Clo Iar Connachta 1995
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NOTE: THIS RECORDING IS STILL AVAILABLE FROM THE PUBLISHERS. ALL LINKS HAVE BEEN REMOVED.

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LIVE RECORDING
Jackie Daly - Noel Hill - Nomos
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I came across a CD recently that I had forgotten about - a recording of several live performances, evidently in Ireland. "1980" is written on
the (handwritten) tune list, but the presence of Nomos (see below) indicates that not all the performances were recorded at the same time.

I don't recall who gave me the CD. (Maybe Ed Kane?) One thing is for sure - there's some great music on there.

The first two tracks are box player Jackie Daly and an unspecified fiddler. The majority of the tracks are performances by the great Clare
concertina player Noel Hill, and the final tracks are by a group called Nomos, described as follows by Wikipedia:
 
"Cork-based Nomos were an Irish traditional music band during the 1990s. The group formed in 1990 and consisted of Niall Vallely on concertina, Vince Milne on fiddle, Frank Torpey on bodhran, Gerry McKee on bouzouki, and Eoin Coughlan on vocals and bass."

Jackie Daly and Noel Hill are still playing, but I think Nomos came and went after a few years (not surprising considering the frenetic pace of their playing).

Here's the playlist - most of the tunes are easily recognized,  I had to supply the names for some of the others,  and a few I recognized but didn't recall the names. The Nomos selections are almost all new to me (some are probably original compositions by band members).

Keep in mind as you listen that this isn't a studio-quality recording by any means. It does however do a great job of capturing what we all love
best about irish traditional music!

[1] Daly & ?	reels	Humors of Tulla - Skylark
[2] Daly & ?	reels	Maudabawn Chapel - ?
[3] Noel Hill	jig	Lark in the Morning
[4] Noel Hill	reels	Devaney's Goat - Over the Moor to Maggie - Chicago
[5] Noel Hill	air	Tá Mé i mo Choladh
[6] Noel Hill	reels	Last Night's Fun - Trip to Durrow
[7] Noel Hill	hornpipe	Johnny Cope
[8] Noel Hill	jigs	Gold Ring - Jerry's Beaver Hat
[9] Noel Hill	hornpipe	Rights of Man
[10] Noel Hill	reels	Concertina - Silver Spear
[11] Noel Hill	reels	Kiss the Maid - Dublin Reel
[12] Noel Hill	reels	Sally Gardens - Bucks of Oranmore
[13] Nomos	reels	You Know I Know - Time to Go ["Cape Breton reels" written on insert]
[14] Nomos	jigs	Munster Lasses - Long Island Tea - Tom Billy's
[15] Nomos	reels	Jackson's - Brendan Ring's Vision
[16] Nomos	reels	unknown titles

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"ANDY & FRIENDS"
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Concert/ceili recorded live at Concannon's, Norwood MA, by Seán Reynolds. Date ? 1995. This was part of a fundraiser for the Pine Street Inn in Boston and I think we raised about a thousand dollars that night!

Andy McGann, fiddle
Mike Rafferty, flute
John Whelan, box
Jerry O'Sullivan, pipes
Bill Black, guitar/bouzouki

[1]	hornpipes	Bantry Bay - From Galway to Dublin - Galway
[2]	jigs	Carraroe - Pete Kelly's - Haunted House
[3]	slow air	Death of Staker Wallace
[4]	reels	Dowd's #9 - Carrigaline - Humors of Scariff
[5]	reels	Farrell O'Gara - Trim the Velvet
[6]	reels	Fleming's - "McGann's #1"
[7]	mixed	Green Mountain (reel) Choice Wife (O'Farrell's Welcome to Limerick) (slip jig) Barney Brallaghan (slip jig)
[8]	mixed	Maggie Brown (jig) - Man of the House (reel)
[9]	hornpipes	Cuckoo - Scent of the Bog - Lad O'Beirne's
[10]	mixed	Begley's (slide) - Baile an tSamhraidh (slide) - Kitty's Wedding (hp)

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HUGH GILLESPIE - Topic 12T364
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Hugh Gillespie [1906 - 1986] was born in Ballybofey, Co. Donegal. He emigrated to the US in 1928 and settled in the New York area, where he worked as an engineer for the local electric company. He became a protegé of Michael Coleman and performed regularly with him over the years. These recordings are from the years 1937 - 1939 and clearly demonstrate that Gillespie deserves his place alongside Coleman, Morrison, and Killoran in the pantheon of great Sligo-style fiddlers.

Gillespie returned to Ballybofey and passed away there in 1986. His son Hughie remained a firm supporter of the New York Irish music scene (and a personal friend of mine) until his own passing a few years back.

track	type & link to MP3	titles / alternate names
[1]	jigs	CONTENTMENT IS WEALTH FINLEY'S (a/k/a/ East at Glendart, Humors of Glendart)
[2]	reels	DONEGAL TRAVELLER - MISS MONTGOMERY
[3]	reels	DOWD'S #9 - JACKSON'S
[4]	reels	DOWD'S FAVORITE
[5]	reels	FAREWELL TO LEITRIM (a/k/a Lawson's) TOM STEELE (a/k/a/ Hand Me Down the Tackle)
[6]	hornpipes	FINNEA LASSES - GURREN'S CASTLE
[7]	reels	GIRL THAT BROKE MY HEART DICK COSGROVE'S (a/k/a/ Yellow Tinker, Flowers of Limerick)
[8]	waltz	IRISH MAZURKA
[9]	jigs	JACKSON'S FAVORITE KIP'S (a/k/a/ Doherty's Favorite)
[10]	reel	JENNY'S WELCOME TO CHARLIE
[11]	hornpipes	LIVERPOOL HENNESSY'S (a/k/a/ Pretty Maggie Morrissey)
[12]	jigs	MASTER CROWLEY'S FAVORITES
[13]	reels	MASTER CROWLEY'S REELS
[14]	hornpipes	MOUNTAIN STREAM (a/k/a/ Western, Athlone) PARKER'S FANCY
[15]	reels	PADDY FINLEY'S FANCY (a/k/a/ Galway Rambler) JOE O'CONNELL'S DREAM

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JERRY O'SULLIVAN & THE SUPPORT GROUP: LIVE AT THE BLACKSTONE RIVER THEATER
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Recorded November 2003; musicians Jerry O'Sullivan, pipes; Mike Reynolds, box; Seán Reynolds, fiddle; Bill Black, guitar/bouzouki; Pat Black, bodhrán. A great night at a great venue! (No mix here - recorded straight off the board.)

You can tell this gang likes playing reels!

track	type & link to MP3	titles
[1]	reels	Cooley's - Maid Behind the Bar - Kilmaley
[2]	reels	Copperplate - Tinker's Daughter - Lad O'Beirne's
[3]	reels	Cregg's Pipes - Lucy Campbell - Come West Along the Road
[4]	reels	Golden Keyboard - Sheila Coyle's - Father Kelly's #1
[5]	reels	Granny Quinn's - Irish Embassy
[6]	reels	Green Gates - Star of Munster
[7]	jigs	Kerfunten - Woodcock - Tonra's
[8]	jigs	Luck Penny - Trip to Athlone - Cliffs of Moher
[9]	reels	Martin Wynne's #1 - Trim the Velvet - Speed the Plough
[10]	jigs	Rose in the Heather - Bride's Favorite - Carraroe
[11]	hornpipes	Western (Athlone) - Cuckoo

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DE DANANN LIVE - NEW YORK 1977
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Frankie Gavin, fiddle/flute
Alec Finn, bouzouki
Charlie Piggott, banjo/melodeon
Ringo McDonagh, bodhrán
Johnny Moynihan, mandolin/whistle/vocals

Recorded by John Dillon.

Some of the best Irish traditional music I have ever heard; for me the band was never quite the same after Charlie Piggott left it. By the way - I would have been at the show except I had to baby-sit that night!

[1]	reels	Collier's Reel / Paddy Fahy's
[2]	jigs	Trip It Upstairs / Trip to Athlone (Newport Lass)
[3]	jig	Kitty Lie Over (The Frost Is All Over)
[4]	reels	Drowsy Maggie / Flax in Bloom
[5]	jigs	Flowers of Spring / Jackie Small's
[6]	song	Nancy's Whiskey
[7]	reels	Congress / Star of Munster
[8]	mixed	unidentified - Paddy Clancy's [jigs] Copperplate - Hunter's Purse [reels]
[9]	air	O'Carolan's Draft
[10]	jigs	Mac's Fancy / Mist-Covered Mountain
[11]	reels	Broken Pledge / Jenny's Welcome to Charlie
[12]	mixed	Blackbird [h'pipe] Jolly Clamdiggers / Killarney Boys of Pleasure [reels]
[13]	jigs	Hag's Purse / Collier's
[14]	slides	The Clog / Knocknagree (Terry Teahan's)
[15]	reels	bodhrán solo / Devaney's Goat
[16]	reels	Strawberry Blossom / Humors of Tulla
[17]	reels	Kerry Reel / Toss the Feathers
[18]	jigs	unidentified / My Love in the Morning
[19]	reels	Four Courts / Paddy Taylor's
[20]	jigs	Walls of Liscarroll / Jolly Corkonian
[21]	flings	Primrose Lass / Green Grow the Rushes
[22]	h'pipes	Love Will You Marry Me? / Byrne's
[23]	mixed	Tom Billy's / Castle [jigs] Sandmount / Clogher

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JOHNNY CRONIN and JOE "BANJO" BURKE
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Recorded in 1976 and released (LP only - no CD) by Shanachie (#29005). Now out of print.

Johnny (from Kerry) and Joe (from Kilkenny)  were great NY musicians in the 70's and 80's who played at any pub that featured traditional music, including the legendary Bunratty on Kingsbridge Avenue in the Bronx. Joe was also a fine singer with a great baritone voice that could be heard for miles. Sadly neither are still with us; Johnny died in 1991 and Joe in 2003.

I was privileged to have known and played with both men, and was also honored to be able to say a few words at Joe's induction into the Comhaltas Northeast Hall of Fame shortly before his death (from Parkinson's disease).

[1]	reels	Ships are Sailing - Longford Collector
[2]	slides	Cat Rambles to the Child's Saucepan - Bunratty Boys
[3]	reels	Wise Maid - Toss the Feathers
[4]	polkas	Knocknaboul - As I Went Out Upon the Ice - Ballydesmond
[5]	reels	Wynne's #1 - Pride of the Bronx
[6]	jigs	Top of Cork Road - Wandering Minstrel
[7]	reels	Miko Russell's - Old Copperplate
[8]	slides	Worn Torn Petticoat - Dingle Regatta
[9]	reels	Drag Her Round the Road - Wynne's #2
[10]	h'pipes	Plains of Boyle - From Galway to Dublin (First Sign of Light)
[11]	reels	Farewell to Ireland - Blackthorn Stick
[12]	slides	Bill the Weaver's - Denis Murphy's

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CONNACHT CEILI BAND
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Recorded Boston 1966. Thanks to Mike Connolly for the CD.

Personnel:
Mike McDonagh, box (and band leader)
Martin McDonagh, box
Tommy Sheridan, box
Eddie Irwin, piano
Maurice Toole, string bass
Frank Hannon, fiddle
Brendan Tonra, fiddle
Pat Martin, flute
Gene Preston, flute
Frank Neylon, flute
Tom Kelly, flute
Millie Allen, vocals

[1]	reels	Redican's - Jackson's - Copper Plate
[2]	jigs	Frieze Britches - Garret Barry's
[3]	song	Lovely Leitrim
[4]	hornpipes	Kildare Fancy - Honeysuckle
[5]	reels	Dublin Lasses - Tansey's Favorite
[6]	marches	Captain's Whiskers - (Shane) O'Neill's
[7]	reels	Jolly Tinker - Silver Spear
[8]	song	Homeward Bound
[9]	jigs	New York - Lark on the Strand
[10]	reels	Merry Harriers - Cashmere Shawl
[11]	waltz	Joe Connolly's Favorite (waltz)
[12]	reels	Congress - "New Steamboat" (? Packet)

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JOE COOLEY
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These cuts are from a tape made at a pub ceili somewhere in Ireland. Not the greatest sound quality but you get a good idea of Joe's playing style.  I don't know the date of this recording or who the banjo player is.

There's one track that I had to scrub because of EBN syndrome [= Excessive Bodhrán Noise]. The player isn't bad but he's obviously seated closer to the microphone than Joe is. I tried a lot of tricks to get rid of - or at least balance - the sound, but nothing worked.

[1]	reels	Wise Maid - Last Night's Fun
[2]	jig	Daniel O'Connell (Larry O'Gaff)
[3]	reels	Crowley's Reels
[4]	reel	New Custom House
[5]	reels	Blackthorn - Boyne Hunt
[6]	reels	Humors of Tulla - Skylark - Roaring Mary
[7]	reel	Bucks of Oranmore
[8]	jigs	Queen of the Fair - Carraroe
[9]	reel	My Love is in America
[10]	reel	Farrell O'Gara
[11]	reels	Ships are Sailing - Morning Star (incomplete)
[12]	reel	Dowd's #9 (Summer in Ireland)
[13]	reel	The Dawn
[14]	reel	Sailor on the Rock

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KATHLEEN COLLINS
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Traditional Music of Ireland (Shanachie 29002 from 1976, reissued as 34010 in 1995 and still available)

Accompanist: Jimmy Mahon

Kathleen (sister of Shanachie's Dan) is a fine fiddler and dance teacher who lives in the New York area. As these tracks make abundantly clear, she was exposed to the "New York Sligo style" of fiddling as exemplified by Lad O'Beirne, Louis Quinn, Andy McGann, Paddy Reynolds, and other exponents. Kathleen was the first American-born fiddler to win the All-Ireland(1966) and has numerous other competition awards to her credit.

To my knowledge, this is the only recording Kathleen made until quite recently. I like it because of its great selection of tunes. The piano accompaniment is generally unobtrusive - although I would question a few chord choices here and there, the backup doesn't get in the way of the soloist as happens so often (e.g. Michael Coleman).

In recent years Kathleen has turned her attention more towards the dance aspect of her teaching abilities, but I'm pleased to pass along the fact that she has finally done another recording (late 2009 - early 2010). I don't know the details but if you're interested, google Kathleen Collins and see what happens.

I am including this recording in the Tune Vault because of the lamentable fact that the track listings on the re-issue appear to have been totally fouled up. Of course Amazon and other suppliers - not knowing any better - have followed suit, with the result that (e.g.) the track listed as "Reavy's - Jenny's Welcome to Charlie" is in fact "Dowd's Favorite - Star of Munster".

Naturally this kind of screw-up can't be of any help to musicians trying to learn the tunes, so I'm going to take a chance and include this recording in the Tune Vault. If it suddenly disappears, you'll know that somebody has suggested that I remove it!

[1]	reels	Dowd's Favorite - Star of Munster
[2]	reels	Monsignor's Blessing - Limerick Lasses
[3]	jig	Humors of Ballyloughlin
[4]	reels	Paddy Ryan's Dream - Coleman's Cross
[5]	jigs	Rosemary Lane - The Orphan (Miss Casey's)
[6]	reels	Sergeant Early's Dream - Paddy Fahy's
[7]	reels	Connolly's (Whistling Postman) - Mullingar Races
[8]	reels	Reavy's (The Ireland We Knew) - Jenny's Welcome to Charlie
[9]	reels	Jug of Punch - Eddie Kelly's
[10]	jigs	Seamus Connolly's (O'Meara's) - Father Kelly's
[11]	reels	Morning Dew - Woman of the House
[12]	hornpipes	Old Blackbird - Hogan's Pass
[13]	reels	Private Ass and Cart - Jackson's

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LEG of the DUCK - Shaskeen OS362, cassette tape, 1992
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Joe Burke, accordion
Michael Cooney, pipes
Noreen O Donoghue, harp
Mike Rafferty, flute
Paddy Rafferty, lilting

This recording is a great example of Joe's unequalled box playing on tunes that should be in every traditional musician's repertoire. Unfortunately Cooney, a great musician in his own right, can barely be heard in the duets with Joe, but his solo track (the air "Táimse 'mo Choladh" and reel "Colonel Frazer") gives us at least a taste for his playing. Also unfortunate in my thinking is the use of the harp as a backup instrument for dance tunes, a practice I find adds little - and often takes away a great deal - from otherwise excellent music. Noreen O. might be a fine solo harpist but you wouldn't know it from this recording.

Nice to hear the Rafferty brothers on there too - Paddy (RIP) was as they say a great man for the lilting, and Mike (also sadly RIP) is ... well, he's Mike, God bless him.

The liner notes for this cassette are scanty at best but mention is made somewhere of a follow-up CD release of this recording. Google turned up nothing and a shopping link from session.org went nowhere, so I'm presuming that no CD ever materialized and that the cassette is out of print.

[1]	jigs	Contentment is Wealth - Killimor
[2]	reels	Tim Moloney's - Shannon Breeze
[3]	mixed	Battle of Aughrim (march) - Corner House (reel)
[4]	reels	Duke of Leinster's Wife - Paddy Murphy's Wife
[5]	mixed	Planxty George Brabazon (air) - Bunch of Keys - Silver Spear (reels)
[6]	jig	Delaney's
[7]	reels	Imelda Roland's - Cregg's Pipes
[8]	jigs	Maid at the Churn - Gander at the Pratie Hole
[9]	reels	Sporting Nell - Boys of Portaferry
[10]	jigs	Tipperary - First Night in America
[11]	mixed	Fanny Power (waltz) - Wheels of the World (reel)
[12]	mixed	Táimse 'mo Choladh (air) - Colonel Frazer (reel)
[13]	jigs	Blarney Pilgrim - Humors of Quarry Cross
[14]	reel	New Mown Meadow
[15]	jigs	Butcher's March - Leg of the Duck
[16]	reel	Foxhunter's

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"WE'RE IRISH STILL"
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self-produced LP, Boston 1981

This recording was made in 1981 under the guidance of Séamus Connolly. It features various members of the Hanafin-Cooley CCE branch, presided over then as now by Larry Reynolds.

The recording is interesting not so much for the quality of the playing - most of which is excellent, some of which is not quite - as for its historical value in preserving performances by musicians who have since gone to the Great Session in the Sky.

Also to be noted - as a great credit to Larry and Seamus - is the fact that a number of the musicians to be heard on this LP are still actively performing and teaching in the Boston area, in effect doing exactly as the word "tradition" demands in passing down their knowledge of, and love for, the music to another generation.

The sound quality is what you might expect from various musicians at various skill levels playing in various venues. Considering the fact that recording techniques in 1981 were nowhere near what they are now - studio or live - this LP represents as much a labor of love as anything else, and I'm very pleased to be able to include it in the Tune Vault. (Thanks to Diane Maranchie for doing the vinyl-to-digital conversion.)

LP side 1:
[1]	Cooley's Reel - Billy Hanafin's Little Bird on the Tree (reels) Ensemble; narrator: Labhrás O Murchú
[2]	Carraigin Rua - Boston/Sligo (reels) Brendan Tonra - composer/fiddle; Helen Kisiel - piano mislabelled as Gowlane / Christmas in America
[3]	Shaskeen Reel Gene Preston - flute; Mary Irwin - piano
[4]	Cooley's Hornpipe Fr. John McDonagh - fiddle; Ruth Rappaport - piano
[5]	Banshee - Bowling Green (reels) Jimmy Kelly - banjo; Sally Kelly - piano
[6]	Barn Dance Ricky Rackin - concertina and guitar
[7]	Saint Ruth's Bush - Morning Star - Maid of Mount Kisco (reels) Mike McDonagh - accordion; Helen Kisiel - piano
[8]	Planxty Reynolds - Planxty Irwin Máiréad Doherty - Irish harp
[9]	Colonel Frazer (reel) Jerry O'Sullivan - uilleann pipes
[10]	Aililiú (Easter hymn) Fr. John McDonagh - solo fiddle
[11]	Reels from Northwest Clare Frank Neylon - flute; Mary Irwin - piano
[12]	Paddy O'Brien's new reels  (Penny Candle - Donncha's Favorite) Martin McDonagh - accordion; Ruth Rappaport - piano
Side 2:
[13]	Paddy O'Brien's new composition (Fogarty's Kate) - Paddy Fahy's (jigs) Seán and Larry Reynolds - fiddles; Mike Reynolds and Larry Reynolds Jr - accordions; Tom Garvey - piano
[14]	The Gypsy - Kingston (hornpipes) Tommy Sheridan - accordion; Jimmy Kelly - piano
[15]	Bill Lamey's (jig) Maureen Kelly - piano accordion; Sally Kelly - piano; Jimmy Kelly - banjo
[16]	Moll Dubh a' Ghleanna (amhrán sean-nós) Bríd Mhic Gearailt (Brigid Fitzgerald) - vocalist
[17]	Swallow's Tail (reel) Gene Preston - flute; Mary Irwin - piano
[18]	Gowlane - Christmas in America - Jolly Daughters (reels) Brendan Tonra - composer/fiddle; Helen Kisiel - piano mislabelled as Carraigin Rua - Boston/Sligo - Jolly "Sisters"
[19]	Slip Jigs Ensemble of students of the CCE Boston branch teachers
[20]	Hector the Hero (air) - Banjo Breakdown (hornpipe) Tommy Kelly - highland pipes; Sally Kelly - piano; Jimmy Roach - drums - Jimmy Kelly - "SanoVox" accordion (?)
[21]	single jig "gan ainm" Jimmy Hogan - flute; Seán Reynolds - bodhrán
[22]	Thomand (Thomond) Bridge HP Sheila Falls - fiddle; Helen Kisiel - piano
[23]	Gentle Ann - Flynn's (reels) Eamon Flynn - composer/"fiddle" (actually accordion on this track); Helen Kisiel - piano
[24]	Cooley's - Bird in the Bush (reels) ensemble

RIP: Jimmy Kelly, Jimmy Hogan, Frank Neylon,  Mike McDonagh, Martin McDonagh, Gene Preston

? Anybody know what a "SanoVox" accordion is? Sounds like a bathroom fixture!

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MARTIN MULVIHILL
TRADITIONAL FIDDLING FROM COUNTY LIMERICK - Green Linnet 1012
with Mick Moloney, guitar and banjo
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This recording was made in 1978 and is long out of print. Compass Records, who presently owns the Green Linnet catalog, has given no indication of any interest in reissuing this material.

Martin Mulvihill was born in Moyvane, Co. Limerick in 1928, and spent time in the UK before moving to the NYC area. He learned fiddle from his mother and took advantage of the presence of many fine musicians in the Limerick / North Kerry areas to develop a large repertoire of tunes, including many of the slides and polkas that are normally associated with the Sliabh Luachra area of Kerry further south. These musicians are commemorated in many of the tune names included on the recording.

Mulvihill was perhaps best known as a teacher, and many great players in the tradition today undertook their early musical education at Martin's school in the Bronx. His son Brendan and daughters Gail and Dawn are also fine musicians in their own right. Martin was also a fine composer - his tunes are marked with an asterisk in the track list below.

The tune collection that bears Mulvihill's name was never commercially circulated and is hard to find today. Not surprisingly, it also includes many tunes not found anywhere else. My WebABC site has a section devoted to the tunes in the Mulvihill collection.

Mulvihill passed away in 1987 on a trip home to Ireland.

Tunes in following marked with * are Martin's own compositions. (ABCs for these can be found
in my webABC site.)

[1]	jigs	ROAD TO ABBEYFEALE* / LORD KITCHENER'S PIPES
[2]	reels	HIGH ROAD TO GLIN* / LOW ROAD TO GLIN*
[3]	waltz	LIMERICK IS BEAUTIFUL (waltz)
[4]	polkas	PADDY SCANLON'S / BUDDY FUREY'S / KINARD
[5]	slides	MCAULIFFE'S / MAGGIE SHANLEY'S / DENIS ENRIGHT'S
[6]	hornpipes	FLYNN'S / DILLANE'S
[7]	reels	BRIDGET FLYNN'S / STAR OF MUNSTER
[8]	reels	RATHCROGAN / BAG OF SPUDS / O'CONNELL'S TRIP TO PARLIAMENT
[9]	reels	PRIDE OF MOYVANE* / CROSS AT THE WOOD*
[10]	hornpipes	BREEN'S / HANGMAN'S ROPE
[11]	jigs	BALLYGOUGHLIN* / SEAN DUINE DÓITE
[12]	reels	MULHAIRE'S [GRANDPA TOMMY'S] / MORNING MIST
[13]	waltz	VALES OF NEW DIREEN
[14]	jigs	QUEEN OF THE FAIR / LANGSTROM'S PONY
[15]	reels	CON MULLANE'S / DANDO DILLANE'S [a/k/a/ BANKS OF THE ILEN]
[16]	polkas	WALLACE'S CROSS / TARMON / PAT ENRIGHT'S (polkas)

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SHASKEEN

A hard-hitting group from the Galway area, featuring the distinctive banjo playing of Tom Cussen and the box playing of Charlie Harris.


"Joys of Life" - 1983

Tom Cussen - banjo, mandolin
Benny O'Connor - percussion
Seán Conway - flute, whistle, guitar
Mike Fahy = guitar, vocals
Charlie Harris - accordion

track	type & link to MP3	title / type
[1]	jigs	JOYS OF LIFE (a/k/a/ Donnybrook Fair, Humors of DB) - MORRISON'S
[2]	reels	BOY IN THE BOAT - ANDERSON'S
[3]	hornpipes	BALLROOM FAVORITES medley of 2 tunes not separately identified
[4]	song	SHAWL OF GALWAY GREY
[5]	reels	TURNPIKE GATE - TEN POUND FLOAT (a/k/a/ Rathcrogan)
[6]	mixed	BANKS OF LOUGH GOWNA (jig) - JOHN BRENNAN'S (reel) - SLIGO REEL
[7]	reels	VOLUNTEER - SHIPS ARE SAILING - RED-HAIRED (Black-Haired) LASS
[8]	reels	MORNING DEW - COOLEY'S - EARL'S CHAIR
[9]	hornpipes	McCARTHY'S - LAWSON'S
[10]	song	MAY MORNING DEW
[11]	jigs	STRIKE THE GAY HARP - TAILOR'S WEDDING (a/k/a/ Legacy Jig)
[12]	reels	NEW POLICEMAN (a/k/a/ Belles of Tipperary) - LONDON LASSIES
[13]	song	HIGH GERMANY
[14]	reels	PIGEON ON THE GATE - FOXHUNTER'S

"My Love is in America" - 1993

Tom Cussen - banjo, mandolin
Benny O'Connor - percussion
Seán Conway - flute, whistle, guitar
Kevin Rohan - fiddle, vocals
Charlie Harris - accordion

 

track	type & link to MP3	titles and alternate names
[1]	reels	LAST NIGHT'S FUN - LADY ON THE ISLAND - MY LOVE IS IN AMERICA
[2]	jigs	QUEEN OF THE FAIR - DANIEL O'CONNELL (a/k/a/ Larry O'Gaff)
[3]	reels	WALTER SAMMONS' GRANDMOTHER (a/k/a/ Mary Staunton's) BRENDAN McMORRIN'S (a/k/a/ Brendan McMahon's)
[4]	song	LOVELY ANNAGHDOWN
[5]	reels	FLOATING CROWBAR (a/k/a/ Rathcrogan) - MY MARYANN - ASH MALEY HOUSE (a/k/a/ Ashmolean House)
[6]	waltzes	SEAMUS O'BRIEN'S ("unknown" on record jacket) - MRS. KENNY'S
[7]	reels	P.J.CONLON'S (a/k/a/ Lilies of the Field) - TAP ROOM - MOVING BOG
[8]	jigs	PADDY IN LONDON - BUTCHER'S MARCH - ROSE IN THE HEATHER
[9]	reels	CROSSES OF ANNAGH ("unknown" on record jacket) - BILLY BROCKER - CONNEMARA STOCKINGS
[10]	hornpipes	CRONIN'S - HOME RULER
[11]	song	SHANAGOLDEN
[12]	reels	EARLY BREAKFAST (a/k/a/ Up Against the Boughalawns) - DRUNKEN LANDLADY
[13]	reels	MISS MONAGHAN - SAINT ANNE'S - WISE MAID
[14]	hornpipes	BREEN'S (a/k/a/ Sports at Listowel) - ALL-STAR BARN DANCE (a/k/a/ Nova Scotia)