The Annual World Fiddle Day Recital which takes place each May in Scartaglin Village Co Kerry is a fun event and features players of all ages,boys and girls, women and men sitting down together for a chat and a tune.The “Setlist” each year is chosen in advance so fiddle players can learn the tunes ahead of time.
The idea is simple , to honour the Sliabh Luachra  musicians of old and the music they played and to re- introduce some tunes back into the Community.
This year’s World Fiddle Day Scartaglin Fiddle Recital ‘ Handed Down … Through the Airwaves’ will be presented by  fiddle players Aoife Nic Chormaic and her husband Steve Larkin and their son Cuan
They have selected their choices from the Archives and  it’s going to be a great occasion with the following musicians honoured 
Willie O Connell, Sonny Riordan , Paddy Cronin, Julia Clifford , Mick Culloty,Seán Abeyta, Billy Clifford , Bridgie Kelliher, Denis Murphy , Seamus Ennis .
Aoife presents the Rolling Wave RTE Radio 1 programme every Sunday night at 9 pm .
She will follow in the footsteps of Seamus Ennis, Andrias O Gallachóir , Ciarán O MacMathuna, Pat Feeley and Peter Browne who all came from Radio Eireann to record in Scartaglin . 
They can be accessed on the Handed Down Sliabh Luachra Archive on SoundCloud or through the website worldfiddledayscartaglin.ie
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Bio info on the musicians on worldfiddledayscartaglin.ie

World Fiddle Day Scartaglin 2022 Fiddle Recital “SETLIST” Sat May 21

Set 5 Scatter The Mud,McMahons Fav,Tonra ‘s  JIGS

Tunes slightly slowed to aid learning.
O Rourke’s,Galtee Rangers,the Woman of the House

Set 4 Reels  May  1949  Dublin

Set 3 The Munster Jig And Tell Her I Am   JIGS

This was recorded in the eighties by a visitor to Bridgie’s house , he was an American Sliabh Luachra enthusiast called Jim Marsh .  Bridgie was of course a sister of Julia and a fine fiddle player herself .

Set 2 The Star Above The Garter And The Lisheen SLIDES

Set 1 Con Thadgos,The Gullane,Mikey Buckleys   POLKAS

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Set 4 Reels May 1949 Dublin

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