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problems
Fraher's jig on Uilleann pipes with drones (learned first from Terry Moylan) ...................................................... Right-click here to download ('Save link as') ( 136 K )
The Cliffs of Moher (G version) on pipes (jig learned from Tommy Keane. The first part should of course be played twice but I was afraid of running out of recording time) ..................Right-click here to download ( 88 K )
Kitty come down to Limerick on pipes with drones (three-part slip jig learned from Nollaig Mac Carthaigh) ....... Right-click here to download ( 152 K )
The Queen of the Rushes on pipes with drones (three-part jig learned from Colm de Brún, my first piping teacher. Tús maith leath an oibre ...................................................... Right-click here to download ( 169 K )
The Moving Bog on pipes (reel learned from Colm de Brún) ...................................................... Right-click here to download ( 158 K )
The Frieze Breeches on pipes with drones (five-part jig learned from Nollaig Mac Carthaigh) .............................. Right-click here to download ( 320 K )
Concertina tunes played on 30-key C/G Lachenal (c. 1879)
The Stranger on concertina (Hornpipe learned from Mrs Crotty's CD) ........................ Right-click here to download ( 158 K )
Scatter the Mud on concertina (nice version of this jig learned from the late Tommy McCarthy) .............................................Right-click here to download ( 120 K )
Bonaparte's Retreat on concertina (Hornpipe set dance based on version played by the Slieve Luachra box-player Johnny O'Leary) .................Right-click here to download ( 158 K )
The Bag of Potatoes on concertina (reel learned on pipes from Nollaig Mac Carthaigh. I like the way he ends up the second part) .......................................................... Right-click here to download ( 147 K )
Kerry Slide (my favourite) on concertina (learned from my friend Mary Doyle who started me off on my concertina playing: Tús maith leath an oibre) .................................................. Right-click here to download ( 98 K )
Tony Crehan's slide on concertina (learned from the lovely playing of the late Tony Crehan in his workshop in Milltown Malbay, 1990. I never heard anyone else play this but see Ceol Rinnce na hÉireann 2, no 83: 'Gan Ainm', from Junior Crehan) ........................................... Right-click here to download ( 88 K )
