In this episode Barry Plays:

The Holy Trinity Reels: Clancy from Clare / The Rambles of Ennis / Master Rowesome’s
Of Sportsmen Bold
The Chicken Gone to Scotland / Unnamed tune from Fintan Vallely
Johnny Henry's

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Barry, thank you so much, this was a blast.

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The tunes:
The Cat's Meaow (Joanie Madden) and Ward's Jig
The Three Kilfenoras
A Slow Air...
Queen of the Fair
and
Two jigs

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There's a cool video of Tara and her dad here: Tara Howley Traditional Irish Music and Dance
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVMrAJN5UzQ

Thanks Tara. Lovely stuff.

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Darragh Ó Héiligh is a phenomenal uilleann pipe player from Drogheda. He has tirelessly worked to grow and share Irish music, not only within his town with Music At the Gate, but also nationally and internationally with his innovative digital radio station Ceol FM.  

As you'll hear in the episode Darragh is a great man for playing the tunes but the names escape him. So with that said, a huge thank you to Paddy Cummins for sending us the names of these via our website.

In this episode Darragh plays:

Ormond Sound / The Merry Blacksmith - the first tune was composed by Tipperary's Paddy O'Brien and the second is traditional.

The Rambling Pitchfork / O'Sullivan's March - two traditional tunes.

Chief O'Neill's Favourite / Kenmare Bay - the first is traditional and the second was composed by John Dwyer of Co. Cork.

An t-athair Jack Walsh / Speed the Plough / The Coalminer - all of these are traditional tunes. There is another reel also called Speed the Plough and is not related to this one. This one is often called Cronin's too.

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And to get lost in the wonderful world of Ceol.fm go here:
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Right that's it, enjoy!
Darren & Dom

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In this episode Sean plays:

The May Morning Dew / Humours of Ballyloughlin
The Blackbird / Colonel Fraser
Statia Donnelly
The Maid of Mt Cisco

As mentioned, Sean has shared many great docos and links with us over the last few months. You'll find the ones mentioned in this episode here:

COPPERS AND BRASS: The Piping Tradition of Irish Travellers: https://vimeo.com/131638804

TG4 - Na Píobairí Uilleann: https://www.tg4.ie/en/player/categories/top-documentaries/play/?pid=6070299965001

Tunearch: https://tunearch.org/
(Sorry we got the name wrong in the episode intro)

Thanks so much for your time and tunes Sean.

Enjoy!
Darren & Dom

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In this episode Jack plays:

Garrett Barry's Jig
The Blackbird
Mrs McLeod's Reel
Sí Beag, Sí Mór
Cape Clear

Throughout the chat, Jack also mentions Na Píobairí Uilleann (NPU) and if you'd like to find out more about them you can find them here: https://pipers.ie/

If you'd like to know more about Jacks beautiful handmade pipes then check out his website https://www.jackspipes.com/

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Thanks again to Jack for your time and tunes.

And thanks to Lake School of Celtic Music Song and Dance for allowing us to record at your wonderful event. We can't wait for next year.

Enjoy!
Darren & Dom

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Let's start off with who Austral are:
On uilleann pipes and whistle we have Connor Hoy, on fiddle, bouzouki and vocals we have Angus Barbary, on fiddle also we have Caity Brennan, and finally, on guitar, didgeridoo (didgeribone?), cajon, tambourine and other assorted wizardry we have Rhys Crimmin.

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We were so lucky to have a chance to spend an hour with these four at the National Celtic Festival. They even brought a few beers with them. And we started off chatting with Connor about his background because he was in from Adelaide, and it was a good chance to nab him. But the chat soon wondered on to some more other areas - specifically, the momentum and dynamics the band work so hard to create during their live gigs. And which they totally pulled off in front of our audience at the Bendigo Bank Community Room.

And as is customary in Blarney Pilgrim interviews, we scored a direct hit on the Planxty Bingo - the first mention of Liam Og O'Flynn, piper and whistle player, and towering figure in traditional music. (The current tally, since you ask, is something like Andy Irvine 572 mentions, Donal Lunny 16, Liam O'Flynn 1, and Christy Moore 1.)

So Liam O'Flynn - a carrier of the (uileann) piping tradition into the modern era, through his Planxty work and solo projects. One of which was a double header with poet Seamus Heaney at the Royal Concert Hall (I think) in Glasgow. I was there (I think.) On a cold autumn night listening to Liam play unaccompanied, and Seamus Heaney read - that's an intensely lyrical experience. It's hard to put into words (which doesn't mean I won't give it a shot...heh...) But it was...what...the traditions playing off each other seems too narrow a way of describing it, even though that's what was going on. But there was a tonality to it, the combination of the tone of Liam O'Flynn's pipes, and the timbre of Heaney's voice, his intonation and rhythm and swing. In fact, the common ways of describing music and poetry - tone, rhythm, swing - give you an idea of what it was like. One of those experiences that echoes through your system for a long time after.

So hearing Connor mention Liam O'Flynn's impact on him as a young player was really great. And it's always cool to hear the uileann pipes at close quarters. They really work in a room setting - very different to the (Scottish) bagpipes, which a friend of mine used to play in a tiny stone cavern of a bar years ago as a party piece after we finished our main set. Sending the tourists reeling ecstatically out into the night air with ringing ears and blood thundering around their beery bodies. Awesome, fearsome.

And it was so, so great to have a live audience with us - thank you everyone who came along. Including Connor's grandmother, who we'll be chatting with in a future episode. She joined us on stage for a quick tune, and we're really excited about talking to her when we make it to Adelaide in the months to come. Look out, too, for an interview with Angus from the band in a future episode, and with Caity too.

Thanks again to Austral. Find them when you can, and go see 'em - they're not to be missed. And thanks also to the National Celtic Festival, and Una McAlinden in particular, for the chance to record on location.

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