Pictures taken at Éigse Mrs Crotty

Concertina Summer School, Kilrush, Co Clare 2005

by Shay Fogarty of Dublin

Full report by Shay

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


Full report by Shay

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