FIRST VIEWING:
If only all television companies were so forward thinking. Or was it just a lucky mistake? Regardless here's another MUST HAVE for any fan of folk music and most certainly of Irish traditional.
52 videos from the archives of RTE filmed through the 1960s to the 1980s featuring a real 'whos who' of all that is good about the music & the musicians & singers.
This is a real living archive. What other DVD or album would open with a female playing a jig on the mouth organ. This all so natural.
There are artistic combinations that were probably 'one-offs' never to be repeated; there are some combinations that, having done this, went on to do other more serious work with now internationally known supergroups.
Yes, it's all here.
And you really much catch the history of hairstyles in Ireland.
We said MUST HAVE. We really meant MUST HAVE!!
And it plays in ALL regions.16.9 Ratio

1) Mary Brogan (Mouth Organ) - Jigs: Blooming Meadows - Sixpenny Money.
2) Frankie Gavin (Fiddle), Jackie Daly (Accordion) & Alex Finn (Bouozouki) - Reels: The Boys of Mallin - An Gliomach.
3) Set Dancers & Musicians: Mullagh Half Set
4) Kevin Burke - Song: Mrs. Gilhooley's Party.
5) Michael Cooney (Uilleann Pipes) - Reels: Belles of Tipperary - Mrs. Galvin's
6) Bridge Ceili Band - Reels: Jackson's - Hunter's House.
7) Bobby & Peggy Clancy - Song: Mrs. McGrath
8) Francis Byrne, John Gallagher, Vincent Campbell, James Byrne, Con Cassidy & Peter Carr (Fiddles) - Reels: Mountain Road - Monymusk
9) Iarla O'Lionaird - Song: Cailin Deas Rua.
10) Liz King (Whistle) - Reels: Jackson's - Colonel McBain.
11) Peadar O'Loughlin (Flute) & Paddy Murphy (Concertina) - Reels: Dublin Reel - Trim the Velvet.
12) Brid Harpur (Donegal Fiddle) - Jigs: Castleblaney Piper - Bank of Turf.
13) Maighread Ni Dhomhnaill - Song: Foill, Foill, a Shagairt
14) Jimmy O'Brien Moran (Uilleann PIpes) - Air: Dark Lochnagar
15) Ella Mae Dwyer (Concertina( - Fling: Behind the Bush in Parkhanna.
16) Reel Union - Song: Craigie Hills.
17) Martin Coyne (Fiddle),Jonhhy Cleary (Accordion) & Phil McTigue (Flute) - Hornpipe: Plains of Boyle.
18) Ronnie Drew - Song: Kerry Recruit.
19) Ormond Ceili Band - Reels: Iniscealtra - Ormond Sound.
20) Danny Kellehar,Diarmaid & Eoini Maidhci & Danny O'Suilleabhain - Song: Glenlea.
21) Micheal O"Raibhaigh (Uilleann Pipes) - Air & Reel: Lament For Staker Wallace - Kiss the Maid Behind the Barrell.
22) Josephine Keegan (Fiddle) - Reels: Micky Fearon's - CRosses of Armagh.
23) Aileach - Song: Bonny Labouring Boy.
24) Paidi Ban O'Broin & Dessie O'Connor (Step Dancing & Whistle).
25) Antoin Mac Gabhann & Feilim O'Raghallaig (Fiddles) - Reel: O'Connell's Trip to Parliament - Green Field og America.
26) Larry McDonagh (Flute) & Tom Munnelly (Collector - Air&Reel: Cat That Ate the Candle - Farewell to Whisky.
27) Irvine, Brady & Lunny - Song: Plains of Kildare.
28) Michael Gallagher (Fiddle) - Reels: Jug of Punch - The Blockers.
29) Triona Ni Dhomhnaill (Vocal) & Liam Rowsome (Fiddle) - Song: Casadh na Feadamai
30) Horslips - Set Dance: King of the Fairies
31) Fionnuala Mac Lochlainn (Vocal) - Song: Little Jimmy Murphy.
32) Enniscorthy Set Dancers & Musicians
33) Martin Reidy - Song: Girl I Left Behind Me.
34) Maire Ni Chathasaigh (Harp) - Air: Taimse im' Chodhladh is na Duistear Me
35) Joe Burke(Accordion) & Paddy Glackin (Fiddle) - Reels: Lord McDonald's - Ballinasloe Fair.
36) Dubliners - Song: Home Boys, Home.
37) McCaffrey Dancers & Musicians.
38) Bobby Gardiner (Melodeon) & Johnny McDonagh (Bodhran) - Jig&Reel: Humours of Glendart - Swallow's Tail
39) Planxty - Song: Little Musgrave
40) Conor Tully (Fiddle), Sean Casey (Banjo) & Frank Hogan (Mandola) - Reels: Pigeon On the Gate - Drogheda Lassies
41) Na Fili - Air: An Londubh is an Cheirseach.
42) Fred Finn (Fiddle) & Peter Horan (Flute) - Reels: Martin Mulhaire's No.9 - Music In the Glen - McFadden's.
43) Michael & Paddy Rafferty (Lilting) - Jig: Queen of the Rushes.
44) Seosamh O'hEanai (Vocal) - Song: Cunla.
45) Arty McGlynn (Guitar) - Jigs: Peter Byrne's Fancy - Creeping Docken.
46) Seamus Ennis (Uilleann Pipes) - Reel: Mountain Thrush.
47) Micheal O'Dhomhnaill (Vocal & GUitar) & Kevin Burke (Fiddle - Song: Casadh an tSugain
48) Packie Russell (Concertina) & Marcus Walsh (Bodhran) - Reels: Milliner's Daughter - First House in Connacht.
49) Con Curtin (Fiddle) - Reel: Off In the Morning.
50) Conal O'Grada (Flute) - Jigs: Eavesdropper - Strop the Razor.
51) Mick Mulkerrins & Seamus O' Mealoid & Rath Caim Musicians: Step Dancing
52) Kilfenora Ceili Band - Single Jigs: Old Kilfenora Jig - Old Favourite - Greensleeves.

FIRST VIEWING:
If only all television companies were so forward thinking. Or was it just a lucky mistake? Regardless here's another MUST HAVE for any fan of folk music and most certainly of Irish traditional.
52 videos from the archives of RTE filmed through the 1960s to the 1980s featuring a real 'whos who' of all that is good about the music & the musicians & singers.
This is a real living archive. What other DVD or album would open with a female playing a jig on the mouth organ. This all so natural.
There are artistic combinations that were probably 'one-offs' never to be repeated; there are some combinations that, having done this, went on to do other more serious work with now internationally known supergroups.
Yes, it's all here.
And you really much catch the history of hairstyles in Ireland.
We said MUST HAVE. We really meant MUST HAVE!!
And it plays in ALL regions.16.9 Ratio

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