Life, love and lore of the Irish Travellers is a tribute to the sub-culture of the travelling people of Ireland. The Irish travellers are a nomadic minority with a distinctive way of life. They have unique rituals, customs and are highly superstitious.

The thriving Irish folk and dance community of today would hardly have emerged that strongly in the sixties and seventies, if some travellers families would not have held onto their tradition.

They demonstrated to the rest of the Irish and then the World how unique Irish traditional music, song and dance are. Some of the greatest Irish musicians, singers and dancers are from a travelling background.


1) Listen Listen
2) Session By the Campfire (Reels)The Hunter's House/Man of the House/Dinky's.
3) Raggle Taggle Gypsy
4) Travelling Rhythms (Slip Jig)Gusty Frolics/Reaping the Rye/Nancy's Letterbox.
5) The Old Tin Can (Jigs) Johnny O'Leary's/Peter Byrne's/The Mouse in the Kitchen.
6) The Last Of The Travelling People
7) Lilting / Blue Eyes / A Lovely Madness
8) Woman Of No Place
9) Kilkenny Races (Set Dance and Reels) Kilkenny Races/Lad O'Beirne's/Queen of Rangoon/Red Haired Lass.
10) A Traveller I've Always Been
11) Step Back In Time (Polkas) O'Keefe's
12) Wexford
13) Storyteller Time (Historic Narration)
14) Clattering Hooves (Bodhran and Dance Duel)
15) Born In The Middle Of The Afternoon
16) Freedom Is Just Another Name For Nothing Left to Lose (Reels).Sally Gardens/Mischief/Come West along the Road/Castle Kelly/Foxhunters.

Life, love and lore of the Irish Travellers is a tribute to the sub-culture of the travelling people of Ireland. The Irish travellers are a nomadic minority with a distinctive way of life. They have unique rituals, customs and are highly superstitious.

The thriving Irish folk and dance community of today would hardly have emerged that strongly in the sixties and seventies, if some travellers families would not have held onto their tradition.

They demonstrated to the rest of the Irish and then the World how unique Irish traditional music, song and dance are. Some of the greatest Irish musicians, singers and dancers are from a travelling background.

Lineup

Musicians:
Geraldine MacGowan - Vocals & Bodhran
Niamh Dunne - Vocals & Fiddle
Damien McKee -Accordion
Niall Carey - Drums & Percussion
Ian Smith - Vocals & Guitar
Liam Bradley - Keyboards.

Dancers:
Amy Hunt
Anna McGuire
Bianca Smith
Charlotte O'Boyle
Clodagh Roper
Emma-Louise Fitzsimmons
Gillian Monaghan
Holly Dalton-Heath
John Fitzgerald
Joseph Fee
Liam Tigh
Luis Sanchez
Niamh O'Brien
Rachel Hallahan
Sergey Nazarow
Shannen Kenney
Tara Blade
Tomas O'Se.