The Humours of Ennistymon is the debut album from tin whistle player Davoc Rynne.  He gathered some family and friends in the Courthouse Studio in Ennistymon recently.  Great tunes with Johnny Hehir, Trish Dillon, Eoin O’Neill, Luka Bloom, Conor Byrne – a couple of songs from Anne Rynne and a song from Christy Moore.   

The Piper's Despair (Reel) "The Humours of Ennistymon"

I also played these jigs with Hitoshi Ikai on 20 September, 2020.
I learnt the first jig from Tara Diamond, who associated it with P.J. Crotty from Co. Clare. It was composed by Junior Crehan and the third by Vincent Broderick. Both of them are very popular session tunes.
The second jig is my own composition for a cafe, Woodnote in Kyoto, Japan. I enjoy sessions at Woodnote every Monday, the first Friday and the fourth Saturday.

名古屋ライブ＆セッション練習＠猪飼宅 (2020.09.20)

The Sheep in the Boat / A Trip to Woodnote / The Haunted House (jigs)

Nickie and Anne McAuliffe had toured the USA on a Comhaltas tour in the early 1970’s and met Terry “Cuz” Teahan from Glountane Cordal in Chicago . Terry  was among a group of 5 schoolchildren from Glountane who were the first pupils to get lessons from Pádraig O Keeffe . Terry also had early memories of Ó Keeffe’s mother playing Concertina all detailed in his book “ The Road to Glountane “ .He left for Chicago in 1929  and was well known there in musical circles.
This tape pre dates his LP and Nickie and Anne taped him in their own home  and he is playing his own compositions for them . A nice piece of  Sliabh Luachra  history captured by them and thanks to them for donating to the Archive.

The Sheep in the Boat / A Trip to Woodnote / The Haunted House (jigs)

Jun Takahashi

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