web01.fireside.fm Sat, 25 Apr 2026 17:27:52 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music Podcast - Episodes Tagged with “Trad” https://blarneypilgrims.fireside.fm/tags/trad Wed, 27 Nov 2019 23:45:00 +1100 The Blarney Pilgrims Podcast is a weekly journey to the heart of Irish music. We interview players of Irish music about how they first came to the music and the place it occupies in their lives now. We use the word ‘heart’ intentionally, because heart is what this music, and the people who play it, are all about. It’s a funny, warm and often unexpected journey – and the tunes are crackin' too. NOTE: Hey there - it's Darren and Dom here. So...we want to let you know that last week was the last episode (Ep 94) of the Blarney Pilgrims Podcast for now. We've come to a point where we've both decided to take a long pause and focus on a few other things. Knowing how much the podcast means to you all, it's a decision we've been really reluctant to take. What we DO know is how massively grateful we are for every text, every thumbs up, every raised eyebrow of support we've had over the past two years. You are all legends, and we're forever in your debt. Thanks especially to everyone who's become a Patron Saint and supported us through the toughest of economic times, and thanks most especially to the musicians. To those who have been so generous to share their tunes and stories with us, and to those who've welcomed us into pub sessions and festival gatherings and house sessions and campsite sessions. Wherever in the world we've chatted with players of the music, we've been made to feel like lifelong pals. It's a testament to the open heartedness of the communities who keep the music going wherever they are, and we can't thank you all enough. We hope this archive will remain of use to people even as we're taking a pause. So - please do stay in touch, don't be a stranger, and if you see us out and about, do say hello. And we'll see you when we see you. Dom and Darren. en-gb episodic A weekly journey to the heart of Irish music. Darren O'Mahony, Dominic Black The Blarney Pilgrims Podcast is a weekly journey to the heart of Irish music. We interview players of Irish music about how they first came to the music and the place it occupies in their lives now. We use the word ‘heart’ intentionally, because heart is what this music, and the people who play it, are all about. It’s a funny, warm and often unexpected journey – and the tunes are crackin' too. NOTE: Hey there - it's Darren and Dom here. So...we want to let you know that last week was the last episode (Ep 94) of the Blarney Pilgrims Podcast for now. We've come to a point where we've both decided to take a long pause and focus on a few other things. Knowing how much the podcast means to you all, it's a decision we've been really reluctant to take. What we DO know is how massively grateful we are for every text, every thumbs up, every raised eyebrow of support we've had over the past two years. You are all legends, and we're forever in your debt. Thanks especially to everyone who's become a Patron Saint and supported us through the toughest of economic times, and thanks most especially to the musicians. To those who have been so generous to share their tunes and stories with us, and to those who've welcomed us into pub sessions and festival gatherings and house sessions and campsite sessions. Wherever in the world we've chatted with players of the music, we've been made to feel like lifelong pals. It's a testament to the open heartedness of the communities who keep the music going wherever they are, and we can't thank you all enough. We hope this archive will remain of use to people even as we're taking a pause. So - please do stay in touch, don't be a stranger, and if you see us out and about, do say hello. And we'll see you when we see you. Dom and Darren. no Irish music podcast, Irish, music, podcast, Irish Music, Irish Music Podcast, Traditional Irish Music, Irish Traditional Music, Trad, Irish, Traditional, Celtic, Tunes, Songs, Fiddle, Banjo, Whistle, Pipes, DADGAD, Guitar, Accordion, Ceol, Craic, Ireland, Music, Bodhrán, Uilleann Pipes Darren O'Mahony, Dominic Black omahony.darren@gmail.com Episode 25: Tony McTigue Interview (Banjo) https://blarneypilgrims.fireside.fm/25 59fe8c94-89a5-449e-9558-9a9659392679 Wed, 27 Nov 2019 23:45:00 +1100 Darren O'Mahony, Dominic Black 25 Tony McTigue Interview (Banjo) full Darren O'Mahony, Dominic Black Music is the opposite of work. Learning and re-learning how to play. And practicing as far away from the rest of your family as possible. A cracking chat with banjo player Tony McTigue.  1:15:18 no Music is the opposite of work. Learning and re-learning how to play. And practicing as far away from the rest of your family as possible. A cracking chat with banjo player Tony McTigue.  Tony plays the following tunes: The Donegal Lass / The Black Frog / The Sanctuary The Green Mountain / The Road to Rio / and something Tony can't remember the name of The Moving Cloud and A Barn Dance Set Thanks for taking time out of the Sunday session Tony. And thanks for the intro chat Lisa Phillips. ... If you liked this episode and think you got some worth from it, then please pledge $2 over at www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims. Of course, you don't have to become a patron to listen, but we guarantee you'll enjoy each episode more because you'll be safe in the knowledge that you're a deadset legend. If you can't afford to pledge on Patreon, and we totally understand if you can't, all is not lost. You can still support the show by sharing it on your socials, posting about it in your favourite forums or simply by telling your mates about it down the pub. Till next time. Darren & Dom www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims www.blarneypilgrims.com facebook.com/BlarneyPilgrimsPodcast @blarneyPilgrimsPodcast Irish Music, Blarney Pilgrims, Traditional Irish Music Podcast, Irish Music Podcast, Irish Traditional Music Podcast, Blarney Pilgrims Podcast, Banjo, Irish Banjo Music, Last Jar, Melbourne, Trad, Irish Traditional Music, Irish Music Australia, Tony McTigue Music is the opposite of work. Learning and re-learning how to play. And practicing as far away from the rest of your family as possible. A cracking chat with banjo player Tony McTigue. 

Tony plays the following tunes:
The Donegal Lass / The Black Frog / The Sanctuary
The Green Mountain / The Road to Rio / and something Tony can't remember the name of
The Moving Cloud
and
A Barn Dance Set

Thanks for taking time out of the Sunday session Tony. And thanks for the intro chat Lisa Phillips.
...

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]]> Music is the opposite of work. Learning and re-learning how to play. And practicing as far away from the rest of your family as possible. A cracking chat with banjo player Tony McTigue. 

Tony plays the following tunes:
The Donegal Lass / The Black Frog / The Sanctuary
The Green Mountain / The Road to Rio / and something Tony can't remember the name of
The Moving Cloud
and
A Barn Dance Set

Thanks for taking time out of the Sunday session Tony. And thanks for the intro chat Lisa Phillips.
...

If you liked this episode and think you got some worth from it, then please pledge $2 over at www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims.

Of course, you don't have to become a patron to listen, but we guarantee you'll enjoy each episode more because you'll be safe in the knowledge that you're a deadset legend.

If you can't afford to pledge on Patreon, and we totally understand if you can't, all is not lost. You can still support the show by sharing it on your socials, posting about it in your favourite forums or simply by telling your mates about it down the pub.

Till next time.
Darren & Dom

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]]> Episode 16: Angus Barbary Interview (Fiddle) - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music Podcast https://blarneypilgrims.fireside.fm/16 06d83066-02a5-4ae5-b2be-a6c23dfb43ff Tue, 24 Sep 2019 17:00:00 +1000 Darren O'Mahony, Dominic Black 16 Angus Barbary Interview (Fiddle) - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music Podcast full Darren O'Mahony, Dominic Black Finding the grove, making people dance and socio-spatial crossovers. Hmmm... we cover a lot in this episode. Thanks Angus. 53:30 no The National Museum of Australia video where Angus plays his great-great grandfather's violin can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGGPfZXdA Angus plays fiddle with Caity Brennan, Connor Hoy and Rhys Crimmin in the band Austral which we caught up with in a previous episode. It's a banger, and definitely worth checking out. You'll find it here when you're ready: https://blarneypilgrims.fireside.fm/7 To Follow Angus on social go here: https://www.facebook.com/australmusic/ https://www.facebook.com/gus.barnaby To buy Austral's music, including "Hoedown Throwdown" go here: https://australtradmusic.bandcamp.com/ Again, thanks so much for your time Angus. ... Now, here's Dom's notes. Angus’ first tune, The Musical Priest, is one of the first tunes I ever learned. Me and Tony Murray used to play it as a whistle two-fer, with little fragments of harmony wound in and around the main strands of the melody. It’s a session staple, anchored around the B natural that gives it a sort of wintry quality, I always think. But as Angus plays it, it has a warmth to it and, as he says himself, a swing. Anyway, when I was 16 or 17 that was a tune we’d play in The House Of McDonnell, more usually known as ‘Tom’s’ after the owner, Tom O’Neill. Our first regular gig as a band, in the tiny back room that’d regularly be crammed – and I mean crammed – with people down from Belfast for the holidays, or from Corrymeela (a sort of retreat center outside town where Catholic young people from troubled parts of the north could get together with Protestant young people from troubled parts of the north for cross-community groping sessions. Heavy petting for peace. ‘See? We ARE actually all the same after all!’) One of the youth workers accompanying them one night wore a mini skirt made from a black bin liner, and black leggings. I was entranced and frightened in equal measure. ‘So THAT’S why mum and dad are always talking about how dangerous it is in Belfast...’ Then for some reason I can’t remember, that gig ended. I was distraught, in a teenage kind of a way. And as was my habit in those days, I’d dive headfirst into my grief by lying on the dining room floor of our house with my head between the speakers of the ITT stereo system we’d inherited from Mrs Buntane, a friend of my dad’s. On the first Friday night after we no longer had a gig, in the throes of my despair, I was listening to Barclay James Harvest Live in Berlin (probably the most embarrassing thing I have yet admitted to in these notes to date) when I got a phone call to say we’d been asked to play in the Boyd Arms instead. Seriously? I was ecstatic. In the Boyd Arms’ front room with its curved wall behind us, beside the fireplace, we played quiet Friday nights when a few punters would stick their heads around the door then head into the main bar, and other nights where you could hardly move for the people. It was great. Without that chance to play every Friday night, and the other gigs that came from it, I have no idea how I’d have spent my teenage Friday nights. Oh, wait, yes I do. Listening to Barclay James Harvest Live in Berlin. Anyway, me and Darren often talk about having the chance to listen to players at close quarters and how cool that is. And that’s true – there’s something very unique about having the opportunity to really listen to a player working through a tune on their own. It’s dramatically different from the habitat of a session – it’s exposed and honest, a human being articulating what a tune is about for them, in that moment. Thanks again, Angus Barbary. ... If you liked this episode and think you got some worth from it, then please pledge $2 over at www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims. Of course, you don't have to become a patron to listen, but we guarantee you'll enjoy each episode more because you'll be safe in the knowledge that you're a deadset legend. If you can't afford to pledge on Patreon, and we totally understand if you can't, all is not lost. You can still support the show by sharing it on your socials, posting about it in your favourite forums or simply by telling your mates about it down the pub. Till next time. Darren & Dom www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims www.blarneypilgrims.com facebook.com/BlarneyPilgrimsPodcast @blarneyPilgrimsPodcast Blarney Pilgrims, Traditional Irish Music Podcast, Irish Music Podcast, Irish Traditional Music Podcast, Blarney Pilgrims Podcast, Angus Barbary, Fiddle, groove, swing, Hoedown, Throwdown, socio-spatial, banger, dance, Sydney, Melbourne, trad, classical, The National Museum of Australia video where Angus plays his great-great grandfather's violin can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nGGPf_ZXdA

Angus plays fiddle with Caity Brennan, Connor Hoy and Rhys Crimmin in the band Austral which we caught up with in a previous episode. It's a banger, and definitely worth checking out. You'll find it here when you're ready: https://blarneypilgrims.fireside.fm/7

To Follow Angus on social go here:
https://www.facebook.com/australmusic/
https://www.facebook.com/gus.barnaby

To buy Austral's music, including "Hoedown Throwdown" go here: https://australtradmusic.bandcamp.com/

Again, thanks so much for your time Angus.

...

Now, here's Dom's notes.

Angus’ first tune, The Musical Priest, is one of the first tunes I ever learned. Me and Tony Murray used to play it as a whistle two-fer, with little fragments of harmony wound in and around the main strands of the melody. It’s a session staple, anchored around the B natural that gives it a sort of wintry quality, I always think. But as Angus plays it, it has a warmth to it and, as he says himself, a swing.

Anyway, when I was 16 or 17 that was a tune we’d play in The House Of McDonnell, more usually known as ‘Tom’s’ after the owner, Tom O’Neill. Our first regular gig as a band, in the tiny back room that’d regularly be crammed – and I mean crammed – with people down from Belfast for the holidays, or from Corrymeela (a sort of retreat center outside town where Catholic young people from troubled parts of the north could get together with Protestant young people from troubled parts of the north for cross-community groping sessions. Heavy petting for peace. ‘See? We ARE actually all the same after all!’) One of the youth workers accompanying them one night wore a mini skirt made from a black bin liner, and black leggings. I was entranced and frightened in equal measure. ‘So THAT’S why mum and dad are always talking about how dangerous it is in Belfast...’

Then for some reason I can’t remember, that gig ended. I was distraught, in a teenage kind of a way. And as was my habit in those days, I’d dive headfirst into my grief by lying on the dining room floor of our house with my head between the speakers of the ITT stereo system we’d inherited from Mrs Buntane, a friend of my dad’s. On the first Friday night after we no longer had a gig, in the throes of my despair, I was listening to Barclay James Harvest Live in Berlin (probably the most embarrassing thing I have yet admitted to in these notes to date) when I got a phone call to say we’d been asked to play in the Boyd Arms instead. Seriously? I was ecstatic.

In the Boyd Arms’ front room with its curved wall behind us, beside the fireplace, we played quiet Friday nights when a few punters would stick their heads around the door then head into the main bar, and other nights where you could hardly move for the people. It was great. Without that chance to play every Friday night, and the other gigs that came from it, I have no idea how I’d have spent my teenage Friday nights. Oh, wait, yes I do. Listening to Barclay James Harvest Live in Berlin.

Anyway, me and Darren often talk about having the chance to listen to players at close quarters and how cool that is. And that’s true – there’s something very unique about having the opportunity to really listen to a player working through a tune on their own. It’s dramatically different from the habitat of a session – it’s exposed and honest, a human being articulating what a tune is about for them, in that moment.

Thanks again, Angus Barbary.

...

If you liked this episode and think you got some worth from it, then please pledge $2 over at www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims.

Of course, you don't have to become a patron to listen, but we guarantee you'll enjoy each episode more because you'll be safe in the knowledge that you're a deadset legend.

If you can't afford to pledge on Patreon, and we totally understand if you can't, all is not lost. You can still support the show by sharing it on your socials, posting about it in your favourite forums or simply by telling your mates about it down the pub.

Till next time.
Darren & Dom

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www.blarneypilgrims.com
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]]> The National Museum of Australia video where Angus plays his great-great grandfather's violin can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nGGPf_ZXdA

Angus plays fiddle with Caity Brennan, Connor Hoy and Rhys Crimmin in the band Austral which we caught up with in a previous episode. It's a banger, and definitely worth checking out. You'll find it here when you're ready: https://blarneypilgrims.fireside.fm/7

To Follow Angus on social go here:
https://www.facebook.com/australmusic/
https://www.facebook.com/gus.barnaby

To buy Austral's music, including "Hoedown Throwdown" go here: https://australtradmusic.bandcamp.com/

Again, thanks so much for your time Angus.

...

Now, here's Dom's notes.

Angus’ first tune, The Musical Priest, is one of the first tunes I ever learned. Me and Tony Murray used to play it as a whistle two-fer, with little fragments of harmony wound in and around the main strands of the melody. It’s a session staple, anchored around the B natural that gives it a sort of wintry quality, I always think. But as Angus plays it, it has a warmth to it and, as he says himself, a swing.

Anyway, when I was 16 or 17 that was a tune we’d play in The House Of McDonnell, more usually known as ‘Tom’s’ after the owner, Tom O’Neill. Our first regular gig as a band, in the tiny back room that’d regularly be crammed – and I mean crammed – with people down from Belfast for the holidays, or from Corrymeela (a sort of retreat center outside town where Catholic young people from troubled parts of the north could get together with Protestant young people from troubled parts of the north for cross-community groping sessions. Heavy petting for peace. ‘See? We ARE actually all the same after all!’) One of the youth workers accompanying them one night wore a mini skirt made from a black bin liner, and black leggings. I was entranced and frightened in equal measure. ‘So THAT’S why mum and dad are always talking about how dangerous it is in Belfast...’

Then for some reason I can’t remember, that gig ended. I was distraught, in a teenage kind of a way. And as was my habit in those days, I’d dive headfirst into my grief by lying on the dining room floor of our house with my head between the speakers of the ITT stereo system we’d inherited from Mrs Buntane, a friend of my dad’s. On the first Friday night after we no longer had a gig, in the throes of my despair, I was listening to Barclay James Harvest Live in Berlin (probably the most embarrassing thing I have yet admitted to in these notes to date) when I got a phone call to say we’d been asked to play in the Boyd Arms instead. Seriously? I was ecstatic.

In the Boyd Arms’ front room with its curved wall behind us, beside the fireplace, we played quiet Friday nights when a few punters would stick their heads around the door then head into the main bar, and other nights where you could hardly move for the people. It was great. Without that chance to play every Friday night, and the other gigs that came from it, I have no idea how I’d have spent my teenage Friday nights. Oh, wait, yes I do. Listening to Barclay James Harvest Live in Berlin.

Anyway, me and Darren often talk about having the chance to listen to players at close quarters and how cool that is. And that’s true – there’s something very unique about having the opportunity to really listen to a player working through a tune on their own. It’s dramatically different from the habitat of a session – it’s exposed and honest, a human being articulating what a tune is about for them, in that moment.

Thanks again, Angus Barbary.

...

If you liked this episode and think you got some worth from it, then please pledge $2 over at www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims.

Of course, you don't have to become a patron to listen, but we guarantee you'll enjoy each episode more because you'll be safe in the knowledge that you're a deadset legend.

If you can't afford to pledge on Patreon, and we totally understand if you can't, all is not lost. You can still support the show by sharing it on your socials, posting about it in your favourite forums or simply by telling your mates about it down the pub.

Till next time.
Darren & Dom

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]]> Episode 12: John Carty Interview (Banjo) - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music Podcast https://blarneypilgrims.fireside.fm/12 0b16c4cc-4fec-48b4-970f-0bd14608c261 Tue, 27 Aug 2019 13:00:00 +1000 Darren O'Mahony, Dominic Black 12 John Carty Interview (Banjo) - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music Podcast full Darren O'Mahony, Dominic Black Banjo in Irish music, where "the session" was born, musical accents and so much more. While in Drogheda to receive The Flanagan Brothers' Award, John Carty stopped past Darren's Mam and Dad's to sit down, chat and play us some tunes. 1:07:23 no Banjo in Irish music, where "the session" was born, musical accents and so much more. While in Drogheda to receive The Flanagan Brothers' Award, John Carty stopped past Darren's Mam and Dad's to sit down, chat and play us some tunes. The tunes played in this episode are: The Jolly Beggerman/(unknown)/Paddy McGinty's Goat The Jug O' Punch/Eddie Kelly's The Geese in the Bog Peelers Creek/(Unknown - Verona Ryan Tune) To follow John Carty go here: https://www.facebook.com/Johnpatrickcarty https://twitter.com/johncartymusic To buy his amazing albums go here: http://www.johncartymusic.com/music.asp Thank you so much for your time John, and congrats again on the award. ... If you liked this episode and think you got some worth from it, then please pledge $2 over at www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims. Of course, you don't have to become a patron to listen, but we guarantee you'll enjoy each episode more because you'll be safe in the knowledge that you're a deadset legend. If you can't afford to pledge on Patreon, and we totally understand if you can't, all is not lost. You can still support the show by sharing it on your socials, posting about it in your favourite forums or simply by telling your mates about it down the pub. Till next time. Darren & Dom www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims www.blarneypilgrims.com facebook.com/BlarneyPilgrimsPodcast @blarneyPilgrimsPodcast Blarney Pilgrims, Traditional Irish Music Podcast, Irish Music Podcast, Irish Traditional Music Podcast, Blarney Pilgrims Podcast, John, Carty, Banjo, Fiddle, Drogheda, Fleadh, Flanagan Brothers' Award, London, Sligo, Ireland, Irish, Trad, Sessions, Music Banjo in Irish music, where "the session" was born, musical accents and so much more.

While in Drogheda to receive The Flanagan Brothers' Award, John Carty stopped past Darren's Mam and Dad's to sit down, chat and play us some tunes.

The tunes played in this episode are:

The Jolly Beggerman/(unknown)/Paddy McGinty's Goat
The Jug O' Punch/Eddie Kelly's
The Geese in the Bog
Peelers Creek/(Unknown - Verona Ryan Tune)

To follow John Carty go here:
https://www.facebook.com/Johnpatrickcarty
https://twitter.com/johncartymusic

To buy his amazing albums go here:
http://www.johncartymusic.com/music.asp

Thank you so much for your time John, and congrats again on the award.

...

If you liked this episode and think you got some worth from it, then please pledge $2 over at www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims.

Of course, you don't have to become a patron to listen, but we guarantee you'll enjoy each episode more because you'll be safe in the knowledge that you're a deadset legend.

If you can't afford to pledge on Patreon, and we totally understand if you can't, all is not lost. You can still support the show by sharing it on your socials, posting about it in your favourite forums or simply by telling your mates about it down the pub.

Till next time.
Darren & Dom

www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims
www.blarneypilgrims.com
facebook.com/BlarneyPilgrimsPodcast
@blarneyPilgrimsPodcast

]]> Banjo in Irish music, where "the session" was born, musical accents and so much more.

While in Drogheda to receive The Flanagan Brothers' Award, John Carty stopped past Darren's Mam and Dad's to sit down, chat and play us some tunes.

The tunes played in this episode are:

The Jolly Beggerman/(unknown)/Paddy McGinty's Goat
The Jug O' Punch/Eddie Kelly's
The Geese in the Bog
Peelers Creek/(Unknown - Verona Ryan Tune)

To follow John Carty go here:
https://www.facebook.com/Johnpatrickcarty
https://twitter.com/johncartymusic

To buy his amazing albums go here:
http://www.johncartymusic.com/music.asp

Thank you so much for your time John, and congrats again on the award.

...

If you liked this episode and think you got some worth from it, then please pledge $2 over at www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims.

Of course, you don't have to become a patron to listen, but we guarantee you'll enjoy each episode more because you'll be safe in the knowledge that you're a deadset legend.

If you can't afford to pledge on Patreon, and we totally understand if you can't, all is not lost. You can still support the show by sharing it on your socials, posting about it in your favourite forums or simply by telling your mates about it down the pub.

Till next time.
Darren & Dom

www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims
www.blarneypilgrims.com
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]]> Episode 5: Maggie Carty Interview (Banjo, singing) - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music Podcast https://blarneypilgrims.fireside.fm/5 e072ca47-61ac-4f66-8073-ee5908048175 Tue, 09 Jul 2019 20:00:00 +1000 Darren O'Mahony, Dominic Black 5 Maggie Carty Interview (Banjo, singing) - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music Podcast full Darren O'Mahony, Dominic Black Maggie Carty plays a few tunes and chats about being immersed in the music all her life, custodianship, and the musicians that made the biggest impact on her playing. 41:40 no Recorded live at the National Celtic Festival in Victoria, Australia. Maggie Carty joins us for a few tunes and a chat about being immersed in the music all her life, custodianship, and the musicians that made the biggest impact on her playing. The songs and tunes performed are as follows: The Moving Bogs/Sydney Bogs (please correct me if this is wrong) Lough Erne Shore The Nightingale The Mist Covered Mountains/The Gallowglass Jig Stór Mo Chroí ... So it won't be a surprise to anybody who's listened to a few episodes already that my first acquaintance with Lough Erne Shore, which Maggie Kate sings in Episode 5 of The Blarney Pilgrims Podcast, was via the Paul Brady and Andy Irvine Purple Album...worth a listen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UiBO1MT65g And here is a great song Maggie performs with John Carty (her dad) and Francis Gaffney: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzLKI9B67-M The Mist Covered Mountains, which Maggie plays, got me all nostalgic for Scotland as I was listening to her. And bagpipes. So many bagpipes at the National Celtic Festival Australia Official, some of which you can hear floating on the breeze behind Maggie as she's chatting with us on a sunny Saturday morning. And which put me in mind of other sunny Saturday mornings in Stirling, Scotland, when I worked in a wine and whiskey store and would hear two competing pipers busking from either end of the same street. A very interesting phenomenon, the effects of competing bagpipe music floating on the breeze on one's psyche... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n72XebBaMeI Louis MacNeice's poem Bagpipe Music (what an accent that guy had - you'd hardly guess he was born in Carrickfergus.) Louis worked for a long time at the BBC, and is fondly remembered by Andy Irvine, who knew him from drinking in The George in London, before he (Andy) found his way to Ireland... https://www.andyirvine.com/bio/chapter1.html Maybe everything, always, eventually comes back around to...you know...Andy Irvine. Louise Mulcahy, one of the Mulcahy sisters who Maggie cites as an influence: https://www.facebook.com/louise.mulcahy.330/ And a fascinating clip of (I think) Bryan Rooney - the Godfather: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EopvuL9T8W4 One last note, Maggie was chatting about the London Irish music scene...I'm trying to track down an old BBC Radio 4 docco about just that, so hopefully in the next few weeks we'll be able to share it with you. Seriously - has a banjo ever sounded so good? Thank you Maggie Kate for a lovely Saturday morning. You can buy Maggie's CDs here: johncartymusic.com/music.asp (BTW, CDs are on sale for €10 with free postage to anywhere in the world for the month of July.) And you can follow her here: www.facebook.com/maggie.carty.3 www.instagram.com/maggiekatemusic/ I (Darren) would like to say a massive thank you to Jim Patton, who, after listening to the episode got in contact with me via Facebook to let me know some more info about Maggie's banjo. So, for those of you interested in such things, here are the deets. It is a Jim Patton Banjo. The tone ring is made from 3/8" square brass tube rolled to fit the rim. And the wood is American black walnut. It's a beautiful banjo! You can contact Jim here: https://www.jpbanjos.co.uk/ And you can follow him here: https://www.facebook.com/jim.patton.946 Thanks again to Una McAlinden for having us at the National Celtic Festival and to everyone that came along to watch and support. Also a HUGE thank you to Dave At Screenwave for becoming a Patreon. You're some sound man Dave! If you want to be sound like Dave, please head over here and shout us a pint - you know we're worth it - www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims Blarney Pilgrims, Traditional Irish Music Podcast, Irish Music Podcast, Irish Traditional Music Podcast, Blarney Pilgrims Podcast, Irish, Trad, Maggie, Carty, John Carty, Melbourne, Blarney, Pilgrims, National, Celtic, Festival, Banjo, Settle out of Court, Jim, Patton Recorded live at the National Celtic Festival in Victoria, Australia. Maggie Carty joins us for a few tunes and a chat about being immersed in the music all her life, custodianship, and the musicians that made the biggest impact on her playing. The songs and tunes performed are as follows:

The Moving Bogs/Sydney Bogs
(please correct me if this is wrong)
Lough Erne Shore
The Nightingale
The Mist Covered Mountains/The Gallowglass Jig
Stór Mo Chroí

...

So it won't be a surprise to anybody who's listened to a few episodes already that my first acquaintance with Lough Erne Shore, which Maggie Kate sings in Episode 5 of The Blarney Pilgrims Podcast, was via the Paul Brady and Andy Irvine Purple Album...worth a listen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UiBO1MT65g

And here is a great song Maggie performs with John Carty (her dad) and Francis Gaffney:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzLKI9B67-M

The Mist Covered Mountains, which Maggie plays, got me all nostalgic for Scotland as I was listening to her. And bagpipes. So many bagpipes at the National Celtic Festival Australia Official, some of which you can hear floating on the breeze behind Maggie as she's chatting with us on a sunny Saturday morning. And which put me in mind of other sunny Saturday mornings in Stirling, Scotland, when I worked in a wine and whiskey store and would hear two competing pipers busking from either end of the same street. A very interesting phenomenon, the effects of competing bagpipe music floating on the breeze on one's psyche...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n72XebBaMeI

Louis MacNeice's poem Bagpipe Music (what an accent that guy had - you'd hardly guess he was born in Carrickfergus.) Louis worked for a long time at the BBC, and is fondly remembered by Andy Irvine, who knew him from drinking in The George in London, before he (Andy) found his way to Ireland...

https://www.andyirvine.com/bio/chapter1.html

Maybe everything, always, eventually comes back around to...you know...Andy Irvine.

Louise Mulcahy, one of the Mulcahy sisters who Maggie cites as an influence:

https://www.facebook.com/louise.mulcahy.330/

And a fascinating clip of (I think) Bryan Rooney - the Godfather:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EopvuL9T8W4

One last note, Maggie was chatting about the London Irish music scene...I'm trying to track down an old BBC Radio 4 docco about just that, so hopefully in the next few weeks we'll be able to share it with you.

Seriously - has a banjo ever sounded so good? Thank you Maggie Kate for a lovely Saturday morning.

You can buy Maggie's CDs here:
johncartymusic.com/music.asp
(BTW, CDs are on sale for €10 with free postage to anywhere in the world for the month of July.)

And you can follow her here:
www.facebook.com/maggie.carty.3
www.instagram.com/maggiekatemusic/

I (Darren) would like to say a massive thank you to Jim Patton, who, after listening to the episode got in contact with me via Facebook to let me know some more info about Maggie's banjo. So, for those of you interested in such things, here are the deets. It is a Jim Patton Banjo. The tone ring is made from 3/8" square brass tube rolled to fit the rim. And the wood is American black walnut. It's a beautiful banjo!

You can contact Jim here: https://www.jpbanjos.co.uk/
And you can follow him here: https://www.facebook.com/jim.patton.946

Thanks again to Una McAlinden for having us at the National Celtic Festival and to everyone that came along to watch and support.

Also a HUGE thank you to Dave At Screenwave for becoming a Patreon. You're some sound man Dave!

If you want to be sound like Dave, please head over here and shout us a pint - you know we're worth it - www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims

]]> Recorded live at the National Celtic Festival in Victoria, Australia. Maggie Carty joins us for a few tunes and a chat about being immersed in the music all her life, custodianship, and the musicians that made the biggest impact on her playing. The songs and tunes performed are as follows:

The Moving Bogs/Sydney Bogs
(please correct me if this is wrong)
Lough Erne Shore
The Nightingale
The Mist Covered Mountains/The Gallowglass Jig
Stór Mo Chroí

...

So it won't be a surprise to anybody who's listened to a few episodes already that my first acquaintance with Lough Erne Shore, which Maggie Kate sings in Episode 5 of The Blarney Pilgrims Podcast, was via the Paul Brady and Andy Irvine Purple Album...worth a listen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UiBO1MT65g

And here is a great song Maggie performs with John Carty (her dad) and Francis Gaffney:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzLKI9B67-M

The Mist Covered Mountains, which Maggie plays, got me all nostalgic for Scotland as I was listening to her. And bagpipes. So many bagpipes at the National Celtic Festival Australia Official, some of which you can hear floating on the breeze behind Maggie as she's chatting with us on a sunny Saturday morning. And which put me in mind of other sunny Saturday mornings in Stirling, Scotland, when I worked in a wine and whiskey store and would hear two competing pipers busking from either end of the same street. A very interesting phenomenon, the effects of competing bagpipe music floating on the breeze on one's psyche...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n72XebBaMeI

Louis MacNeice's poem Bagpipe Music (what an accent that guy had - you'd hardly guess he was born in Carrickfergus.) Louis worked for a long time at the BBC, and is fondly remembered by Andy Irvine, who knew him from drinking in The George in London, before he (Andy) found his way to Ireland...

https://www.andyirvine.com/bio/chapter1.html

Maybe everything, always, eventually comes back around to...you know...Andy Irvine.

Louise Mulcahy, one of the Mulcahy sisters who Maggie cites as an influence:

https://www.facebook.com/louise.mulcahy.330/

And a fascinating clip of (I think) Bryan Rooney - the Godfather:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EopvuL9T8W4

One last note, Maggie was chatting about the London Irish music scene...I'm trying to track down an old BBC Radio 4 docco about just that, so hopefully in the next few weeks we'll be able to share it with you.

Seriously - has a banjo ever sounded so good? Thank you Maggie Kate for a lovely Saturday morning.

You can buy Maggie's CDs here:
johncartymusic.com/music.asp
(BTW, CDs are on sale for €10 with free postage to anywhere in the world for the month of July.)

And you can follow her here:
www.facebook.com/maggie.carty.3
www.instagram.com/maggiekatemusic/

I (Darren) would like to say a massive thank you to Jim Patton, who, after listening to the episode got in contact with me via Facebook to let me know some more info about Maggie's banjo. So, for those of you interested in such things, here are the deets. It is a Jim Patton Banjo. The tone ring is made from 3/8" square brass tube rolled to fit the rim. And the wood is American black walnut. It's a beautiful banjo!

You can contact Jim here: https://www.jpbanjos.co.uk/
And you can follow him here: https://www.facebook.com/jim.patton.946

Thanks again to Una McAlinden for having us at the National Celtic Festival and to everyone that came along to watch and support.

Also a HUGE thank you to Dave At Screenwave for becoming a Patreon. You're some sound man Dave!

If you want to be sound like Dave, please head over here and shout us a pint - you know we're worth it - www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims

]]> Episode 3: Jamie Molloy Interview (Concertina, guitar, singing) https://blarneypilgrims.fireside.fm/3 e43a1cd4-0a51-41a4-9aab-7857b56d41b6 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 23:00:00 +1000 Darren O'Mahony, Dominic Black 3 Jamie Molloy Interview (Concertina, guitar, singing) full Darren O'Mahony, Dominic Black The Australian bush, Maori pianos, famine roads and sponsored women in the 1830s. Jamie Molloy can really tell a story, not to mention his singing, guitar and concertina playing. Enjoy! 1:18:24 no Maori pianos, famine roads, the Aussie bush to sponsored women in the 1830s. Jamie can really tell a story, not to mention his singing, guitar and concertina playing. As mentioned in the interview, Jamie is one of the performers in The Good Girl Song Project - you can find it here: http://thegoodgirlsongproject.com/ In this episode Jamie plays: Newry Town (Traditional) The Curragh of Kildare (Traditional) Matty (Wally Page) Two Junior Crehan tunes Down The Hall on a Saturday Night (Ken McMaster) Untitled jig I, me, (Dominic), refer in the interview to the story J. M Synge related in the preface to Playboy of the Western World, which I sort of half remembered: "When I was writing The Shadow of the Glen some years ago I got more aid than any learning could have given me from a chink in the floor of the old Wicklow house where I was staying, that let me hear what was being said by the servant girls in the kitchen." I also seem to remember reading something by Colm Toibin in 'New Ways to Kill Your Mother' that the story was sort of...em...not true. But don't quote me on that. It's a pretty great book though - essays on Irish writers and their relationship with their mothers, Ireland and each other. There's a review of the book here: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/feb/26/ways-kill-your-mother-colm-toibin-review Oddly enough, you'll see in this review, too, a reference to Blake Bailey’s biography of American writer John Cheever. Have to say, it’s a cracking book, even if you don't like biographies. It's a cracker. Grim, funny, horrible, fascinating. So. Yeah...fab. For more information on the New Zealand Wars check out Te Ara, The Encyclopedia of New Zealand: https://teara.govt.nz/en/new-zealand-wars ... If you liked this episode, please leave us a 5 star review on iTunes, it REALLY helps us getting the podcast out to more people. You can also support The Blarney Pilgrims on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims www.blarneypilgrims.com facebook.com/BlarneyPilgrimsPodcast @blarneyPilgrimsPodcast Special Guest: Jamie Molloy. Irish, Trad, Jamie, Molloy, Blarney, Pilgrims, Celtic, Guitar, Concertina, Songs, Tunes, New Zealand, Folk, Music, Ireland, Australia, Victoria, Bush, The Good Girl Song Project, Blarney Pilgrims, Traditional Irish Music Podcast, Irish Music Podcast, Irish Traditional Music Podcast, Blarney Pilgrims Podcast Maori pianos, famine roads, the Aussie bush to sponsored women in the 1830s. Jamie can really tell a story, not to mention his singing, guitar and concertina playing.

As mentioned in the interview, Jamie is one of the performers in The Good Girl Song Project - you can find it here: http://thegoodgirlsongproject.com/

In this episode Jamie plays:

Newry Town (Traditional)

The Curragh of Kildare (Traditional)

Matty (Wally Page)

Two Junior Crehan tunes

Down The Hall on a Saturday Night (Ken McMaster)

Untitled jig

I, me, (Dominic), refer in the interview to the story J. M Synge related in the preface to Playboy of the Western World, which I sort of half remembered:

"When I was writing The Shadow of the Glen some years ago I got more aid than any learning could have given me from a chink in the floor of the old Wicklow house where I was staying, that let me hear what was being said by the servant girls in the kitchen."

I also seem to remember reading something by Colm Toibin in 'New Ways to Kill Your Mother' that the story was sort of...em...not true. But don't quote me on that. It's a pretty great book though - essays on Irish writers and their relationship with their mothers, Ireland and each other. There's a review of the book here:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/feb/26/ways-kill-your-mother-colm-toibin-review

Oddly enough, you'll see in this review, too, a reference to Blake Bailey’s biography of American writer John Cheever. Have to say, it’s a cracking book, even if you don't like biographies. It's a cracker. Grim, funny, horrible, fascinating. So. Yeah...fab.

For more information on the New Zealand Wars check out Te Ara,
The Encyclopedia of New Zealand:

https://teara.govt.nz/en/new-zealand-wars

...

If you liked this episode, please leave us a 5 star review on iTunes, it REALLY helps us getting the podcast out to more people.

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Special Guest: Jamie Molloy.

]]> Maori pianos, famine roads, the Aussie bush to sponsored women in the 1830s. Jamie can really tell a story, not to mention his singing, guitar and concertina playing.

As mentioned in the interview, Jamie is one of the performers in The Good Girl Song Project - you can find it here: http://thegoodgirlsongproject.com/

In this episode Jamie plays:

Newry Town (Traditional)

The Curragh of Kildare (Traditional)

Matty (Wally Page)

Two Junior Crehan tunes

Down The Hall on a Saturday Night (Ken McMaster)

Untitled jig

I, me, (Dominic), refer in the interview to the story J. M Synge related in the preface to Playboy of the Western World, which I sort of half remembered:

"When I was writing The Shadow of the Glen some years ago I got more aid than any learning could have given me from a chink in the floor of the old Wicklow house where I was staying, that let me hear what was being said by the servant girls in the kitchen."

I also seem to remember reading something by Colm Toibin in 'New Ways to Kill Your Mother' that the story was sort of...em...not true. But don't quote me on that. It's a pretty great book though - essays on Irish writers and their relationship with their mothers, Ireland and each other. There's a review of the book here:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/feb/26/ways-kill-your-mother-colm-toibin-review

Oddly enough, you'll see in this review, too, a reference to Blake Bailey’s biography of American writer John Cheever. Have to say, it’s a cracking book, even if you don't like biographies. It's a cracker. Grim, funny, horrible, fascinating. So. Yeah...fab.

For more information on the New Zealand Wars check out Te Ara,
The Encyclopedia of New Zealand:

https://teara.govt.nz/en/new-zealand-wars

...

If you liked this episode, please leave us a 5 star review on iTunes, it REALLY helps us getting the podcast out to more people.

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Special Guest: Jamie Molloy.

]]> Episode 1: Gerry McKeague Interview (Guitar, singing) - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music Podcast https://blarneypilgrims.fireside.fm/1 da7c944e-2d49-4f5d-b2f6-1a10e1ac2894 Wed, 05 Jun 2019 14:00:00 +1000 Darren O'Mahony, Dominic Black 1 Gerry McKeague Interview (Guitar, singing) - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music Podcast full Darren O'Mahony, Dominic Black From Belfast rock bands to The Boston Burglar, Gerry McKeague takes us on a journey from his childhood home in Ireland to Geelong in Victoria, Australia. 56:44 no From Belfast rock bands to The Boston Burglar, Gerry McKeague takes us on a musical journey from his childhood home in Ireland to Geelong in Victoria, Australia. If you'd like to get in touch with Gerry you can reach him at https://www.facebook.com/gerry.keague In this episode Gerry plays the following songs: Fisherman's Day (Written by Brian Connors) Slieve Gallion Braes (Traditional) Voyage for Ireland (Pierre Bensusan) Shipyard Slips (David Wilde of The Men of No Property) Pride of the Springfield Road (Traditional) The Boston Burglar (Traditional) You can catch Gerry and his sister Mary live as “Innisfayle” at the National Celtic Festival on the weekend of the 7th - 10th June: https://www.nationalcelticfestival.com/artists-2019/2019/2/19/gerry-amp-mary-mckeague Thanks to the players and staff at The Last Jar for the jig we use at the opening and closing of the podcast. ... If you liked this episode, please leave us a 5 star review on iTunes, it REALLY helps us getting the podcast out to more people and we absolutely appreciate your help with this. You can also support The Blarney Pilgrims on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims www.blarneypilgrims.com facebook.com/BlarneyPilgrimsPodcast @blarneyPilgrimsPodcast Special Guest: Gerry McKeague. Irish, Trad, Gerry, McKeague, Geelong, The Boston Burglar, Blarney, Pilgrims, Celtic, Guitar, Whistle, Songs, Tunes, Belfast, Antrim, Folk, Music, Ireland, Australia, Victoria, Irish Traditional Music, Blarney Pilgrims, Traditional Irish Music Podcast, Irish Music Podcast, Irish Traditional Music Podcast, Blarney Pilgrims Podcast, celtic podcast, celtic music, celtic music podcast From Belfast rock bands to The Boston Burglar, Gerry McKeague takes us on a musical journey from his childhood home in Ireland to Geelong in Victoria, Australia. If you'd like to get in touch with Gerry you can reach him at https://www.facebook.com/gerry.keague

In this episode Gerry plays the following songs:

Fisherman's Day
(Written by Brian Connors)

Slieve Gallion Braes
(Traditional)

Voyage for Ireland
(Pierre Bensusan)

Shipyard Slips
(David Wilde of The Men of No Property)

Pride of the Springfield Road
(Traditional)

The Boston Burglar
(Traditional)

You can catch Gerry and his sister Mary live as “Innisfayle” at the National Celtic Festival on the weekend of the 7th - 10th June:

https://www.nationalcelticfestival.com/artists-2019/2019/2/19/gerry-amp-mary-mckeague

Thanks to the players and staff at The Last Jar for the jig we use at the opening and closing of the podcast.

...

If you liked this episode, please leave us a 5 star review on iTunes, it REALLY helps us getting the podcast out to more people and we absolutely appreciate your help with this.

You can also support The Blarney Pilgrims on Patreon:
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Special Guest: Gerry McKeague.

]]> From Belfast rock bands to The Boston Burglar, Gerry McKeague takes us on a musical journey from his childhood home in Ireland to Geelong in Victoria, Australia. If you'd like to get in touch with Gerry you can reach him at https://www.facebook.com/gerry.keague

In this episode Gerry plays the following songs:

Fisherman's Day
(Written by Brian Connors)

Slieve Gallion Braes
(Traditional)

Voyage for Ireland
(Pierre Bensusan)

Shipyard Slips
(David Wilde of The Men of No Property)

Pride of the Springfield Road
(Traditional)

The Boston Burglar
(Traditional)

You can catch Gerry and his sister Mary live as “Innisfayle” at the National Celtic Festival on the weekend of the 7th - 10th June:

https://www.nationalcelticfestival.com/artists-2019/2019/2/19/gerry-amp-mary-mckeague

Thanks to the players and staff at The Last Jar for the jig we use at the opening and closing of the podcast.

...

If you liked this episode, please leave us a 5 star review on iTunes, it REALLY helps us getting the podcast out to more people and we absolutely appreciate your help with this.

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Special Guest: Gerry McKeague.

]]> Episode 2: Corinn Strating Interview (Flute) - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music Podcast https://blarneypilgrims.fireside.fm/2 700b7bec-34f6-4a64-8bdc-c1f410c65303 Wed, 05 Jun 2019 14:00:00 +1000 Darren O'Mahony, Dominic Black 2 Corinn Strating Interview (Flute) - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music Podcast full Darren O'Mahony, Dominic Black Billy Far Out - How sitting on a train with Andy Irvine at 13 years old can change your life forever. 53:06 no Billy Far Out - How sitting on a train with Andy Irvine at 13 years old can change your life forever. The Andy Irvine song Corinn talks about is this one, I think: 'Billy Far Out' https://andyirvinelyrics.wordpress.com/2014/02/12/billy-far-out/ We also talk about the song 'O'Donoghues' which is a bloody brilliant chronicling a time and place. When I listen to this it sort of tugs at something in me to do with the optimism of youth, and dreams of a future in music, and stuff like that. Fits pretty sweetly with Corinn's story of chatting with Andy on the train. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3swQZ_avLX0 And a great interview, Andy Irvine talking to The Second Captains, my favorite sports podcast that ventures into other areas from time to time. From October 2018. https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2018/1021/1005709-andy-irvine-profile-folk-awards/ Corinn mentions her friend, flute maker and musician Michael Grinter, who died tragically at the end of 2018. You can find more information about his life and work at his website, here: https://www.grinterflutes.com/ Special thanks to the Last Jar in Melbourne for helping us out with space to record in and chairs to sit on. ... If you liked this episode, please leave us a 5 star review on iTunes, it REALLY helps us getting the podcast out to more people. You can also support The Blarney Pilgrims on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims www.blarneypilgrims.com facebook.com/BlarneyPilgrimsPodcast @blarneyPilgrimsPodcast Special Guest: Corinn Strating. Irish, Trad, Corinn, Strating, Blarney, Pilgrims, Celtic, Flute, Whistle, Songs, Tunes, Belfast, Antrim, Folk, Music, Ireland, Australia, Victoria, Honeyfields, Blarney Pilgrims, Traditional Irish Music Podcast, Irish Music Podcast, Irish Traditional Music Podcast, Blarney Pilgrims Podcast Billy Far Out - How sitting on a train with Andy Irvine at 13 years old can change your life forever.

The Andy Irvine song Corinn talks about is this one, I think: 'Billy Far Out'
https://andyirvinelyrics.wordpress.com/2014/02/12/billy-far-out/

We also talk about the song 'O'Donoghues' which is a bloody brilliant chronicling a time and place. When I listen to this it sort of tugs at something in me to do with the optimism of youth, and dreams of a future in music, and stuff like that. Fits pretty sweetly with Corinn's story of chatting with Andy on the train.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3swQZ_avLX0

And a great interview, Andy Irvine talking to The Second Captains, my favorite sports podcast that ventures into other areas from time to time. From October 2018.
https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2018/1021/1005709-andy-irvine-profile-folk-awards/

Corinn mentions her friend, flute maker and musician Michael Grinter, who died tragically at the end of 2018. You can find more information about his life and work at his website, here:
https://www.grinterflutes.com/

Special thanks to the Last Jar in Melbourne for helping us out with space to record in and chairs to sit on.

...

If you liked this episode, please leave us a 5 star review on iTunes, it REALLY helps us getting the podcast out to more people.

You can also support The Blarney Pilgrims on Patreon:
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www.blarneypilgrims.com
facebook.com/BlarneyPilgrimsPodcast
@blarneyPilgrimsPodcast

Special Guest: Corinn Strating.

]]> Billy Far Out - How sitting on a train with Andy Irvine at 13 years old can change your life forever.

The Andy Irvine song Corinn talks about is this one, I think: 'Billy Far Out'
https://andyirvinelyrics.wordpress.com/2014/02/12/billy-far-out/

We also talk about the song 'O'Donoghues' which is a bloody brilliant chronicling a time and place. When I listen to this it sort of tugs at something in me to do with the optimism of youth, and dreams of a future in music, and stuff like that. Fits pretty sweetly with Corinn's story of chatting with Andy on the train.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3swQZ_avLX0

And a great interview, Andy Irvine talking to The Second Captains, my favorite sports podcast that ventures into other areas from time to time. From October 2018.
https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2018/1021/1005709-andy-irvine-profile-folk-awards/

Corinn mentions her friend, flute maker and musician Michael Grinter, who died tragically at the end of 2018. You can find more information about his life and work at his website, here:
https://www.grinterflutes.com/

Special thanks to the Last Jar in Melbourne for helping us out with space to record in and chairs to sit on.

...

If you liked this episode, please leave us a 5 star review on iTunes, it REALLY helps us getting the podcast out to more people.

You can also support The Blarney Pilgrims on Patreon:
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