Pictures taken at Éigse Mrs Crotty
Concertina Summer School, Kilrush, Co Clare 2005
by Shay Fogarty of Dublin
1 Main Street, Kilrush
2 Crotty's pub, the Square, Kilrush
3 The Square, Kilrush, Co Clare
4 Neil Wayne's Wheatstone 46-key anglo in old pitch B flat F
5 Group: Eoin Collins, concertina, Maurice Mullen, flute, Shay Fogarty, Neil Wayne, Tom Mc Elligot, fiddle and Mark Davies.
6 Stephen Chambers giving a lecture on early concertinas, Kilrush, Co Clare, showing his wonderful collection of instruments
7 Members of concertina classes 2005
8 Michael Tubridy, about to give a talk on Mrs Crotty in Crotty's pub, Kilrush, co Clare
9 Group: Michael Tubridy and Mick O'Connor (flutes). Concertina players present were Mark Davies, Michael Murphy, Jackie McCarthy and Shay Fogarty. Jackie's sister Marion also joined in on whistle
10 May Doyle playing her concertina
11 Tommy Brown on whistle with Mark Davies and Shay Fogarty on concertinas
12 Tommy Brown dancing a set with Jackie McCarthy
13 Mick Coyne on uilleann pipes
14 B-flat concertinas played by Mark Davies , Tom Driscoll and Shay Fogarty
15 Three B-flat concertinas close up
16 Three B-flat concertinas (another view)
17 Jurgen Suttner, maker of concertinas, in Crotty's pub
18 Group: Tom O'Driscoll, Mark Davies, Tom Carey and Shay Fogarty outside Crotty's pub
19 Group: Last tunes at the Vandeleur Gardens, Kilrush
20 Musicians at the Vandeleur Gardens, Kilrush
21 Scattery Island photos by Neil Wayne
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