C modal reel edit

Reel in D (fiddle)

Pipes and fiddle originally recorded with Megan McGinley on Fiddle and Cian McGrory on pipes.
Guitars and mix by Cian McGrory.

Young Tom Ennis.Kitty Lie Over

A rough instrumental of an interpretation of a song

SRV instrumental Lenny

This is the final track from my recently released recording of my own compositions "The Waylaid Man". This track features myself and my brother Dónal. The first tune, I hope, is influenced by Tommy Peoples' playing style. The second was written when Donal recieved The Gradam Ceoil award and the last title I found reading a Tom Waits story.

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The St Johnston / The Gradam / The Crooked Tree - Reels

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Hornpipe & Reel: Hills of Coore/ Willie Clancy's

Recorded @ Railway Bar, Newry. 

Feabhra 2025

An Baitsiléir

Le Chéile-Yellow Tinker mix

A couple of reels originally recorded together by Arty on the incredible 1979/1980 album "Mc Glynn's Fancy". This is my own favourite section of the CD. These are two massive piping tunes with the first being quite related to Seamus Ennis' version of the tune. Arty's playing of them shows that, even back then, when he wasn't involved in playing traditional music in public that he had his ear to the ground with an indepth knowledge and appreciation for the art of uilleann piping and, in particular, the playing of Seamus Ennis. 

It would have been seen as outrageous enough at the time for that astonishing level of reel playing on a guitar to be possible let alone a virtually unheard of player in the traditional scene to so closely emulate the piping style on the guitar.

Arty has, without doubt, been the greatest influence on accompaniment in traditional music as well as being one of the greatest exponents and caretakers of the music in its history. What I have here is only a small, poorly mimicked, appreciation of his music.

Homage To Mc Glynn - Miss Monaghan's & The Flags of Dublin

A hornpipe in the key of G major written 3 years ago in October 2014. Influenced very much by piping music and has more of a feel of a set dance about it than a hornpipe really, aside from the fact that the second part is not lengthened in the fashion of a set dance, which is 12 bars. In particular, I wrote this tune imagining it being played in the style of the duet playing of Peter Carberry and Padraig Mc Govern.

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Cian McGrory

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