Thanks for this great resource and great respect to Paddy for the wonderful tunes! 

@ward-irish-music-archives, I always admire the work you do and enjoy your uploads! Just so that you know, I'm constantly working to restore and upload things like this, which might be of interest to you. It's quite the labour of love!

Thanks, this is great!  Is John the box player?

The Very Best of Pecker Dunne

Down by the Liffeyside

This track is from the album Pure Wreckin' Match and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/sasta12

O'Hagan's Set

Here is sneak preview of our matieral. This was recorded live so its not mixed or mastered.

Breaking Trad - Sneak Preview (Reels)

A few tracks from our recently released album "FourWinds"

Con Carthy's, Comb Your Hair And Curl It, The Templehouse

Seamus Connolly's jigs

'The Bright Side of the Moon' is a powerful and emotive song composed by Ennis based singer/songwriter, Cyril O'Donoghue. It is taken from our album 'Notes Between the Lines'. More info at www.fullsetmusic.com 

The Bright Side Of The Moon

The first reel in this set was written by the prolific composer and accordionist, Paddy O’Brien (1922-91), from Newtown in Co. Tipperary. I learned it from banjo player, Theresa O’Grady, in one of the many sessions that we have played at the South Sligo Summer School in Tubbercurry, one of my homes-away- from-home. A favourite of Sligo fiddlers, Michael Coleman (1891-1945), and James ‘Lad’ O’Beirne (1911-80), ‘The Flowery Fields of Scotland’ is a reel that I associate with the great Brian Rooney from Kiltyclogher in Co. Leitrim. He recorded it as ‘Brian Rooney’s’ on The Goldfather in 1998, and it appears on the album Within a Mile of Kilty (2005) under the title listed here. ‘The Sailor on the Rock’ is a popular reel that appears as tune #559 in O’Neill’s 1001 or The Dance Music of Ireland (1907) under the curiously enigmatic title of ‘Johnny with the Queer Thing’. Now for you!

Jack Talty - In Flow - 02 - The Bubbling Wine set

Out On The Ocean

A rare session recording of the late County Clare concertina player Paddy Murphy (1913 - 1992), recorded by John Knight In Ennis, on the 4th October 1972 (recovered from Tape_035/036 in January/April 2020). John's records don't specify who the box player is, but credit to them too for the excellent playing!

Some info on Paddy:
Paddy Murphy (who is regarded as a founding father of modern Irish concertina music) was born in the rural community of Fiach Roe in the musically rich heartland of west County Clare (Ireland). His music developed during a time of unprecedented change in Irish society. Emigration from the Irish countryside was reaching critical mass, but Murphy chose to remain at home on a mountainy farm. During the next fifty years, he would become one of the most celebrated concertina players in Ireland, responsible for developing a unique fingering system and for passing on his skills to a new and eager generation of teachers and performers.

Further information may be found here - http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/music/heartland_clare_concertina/dialects_players.htm

Paddy Murphy et al - Recorded by John Knight in Ennis (October 1972)

Track 56: Paddy Canny: Aonach Bheal Atha Na Slua (reels)

Today's disc is from fiddler Paddy Canny with a set of solo reels - Lord McDonald's/Ballinasloe Fair. These were recorded in 1958 and released on the Gael Linn label (Gael Linn CE18).

From the Ted McGraw Collection, McGraw 78 01-279.

McGraw 78 01-279

Paddy Canny: Aonach Bheal Atha Na Slua (reels)

Track from Colm Phelans album "Full Circle" featuring Tadhg O Meachair on Piano and Aine Mc Geeney on Fiddle.

Treigthe

‘Knight, Briggs et al’ has been set up to house archival recordings of the folk and traditional music associated with the Knight family of Surrey and the Briggs family of Newcastle upon Tyne.

The collection includes music from the Knight Brothers (Simon, Chris, Andrew & Patrick) and the Briggs Sisters (Anna, Lesley, Astrid, Gael, Stephanie & Claire), amongst others.

Furthermore, the archive serves as a platform for John Knight's culturally priceless 1970's and 80's folk club, tune session and kitchen table recordings, which are slowly but surely being digitised by his descendants. More info here - https://soundcloud.com/knight-briggs-et-al/sets/john-knights-tapes

Paddy Murphy et al - Recorded by John Knight in Ennis (October 1972)

Knight, Briggs et al.

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