Program Description:
Songs from singers in Irish and English; jigs, reels, hornpipes and airs from solo musicians and groups; step dances, set dances, and ceili dances from exhibition and social dancers From the television archives of RTE, this DVD contains more than two hours of outstanding performances spanning from the early 1960s through the late 1980s.
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| HORNPIPE: MULLINGAR RACES |
JIMMY SINNOTT |
| SONG: PRETTY PEG/ REEL: GREGG'S PIPES |
BOTHY BAND |
| STEP DANCING (Paddy Glackin, fiddle), SLIP JIGS: FIG FOR A KISS/ KID ON THE MOUNTAIN |
CELINE HESSION and DONNCHA O MUIMHNEACHAIN |
| SONG: ORO, SE DO BHEATHA ABHAILE |
DARACH O CATHAIN |
| JIG: FRIEZE BRITCHES |
LIAM O'FLYNN (uilleann pipes) |
| REELS: PIGEON ON THE GATE/ FOXHUNTER'S |
TULLA CEILI BAND |
| SONG: LILY OF THE WEST |
ANN BYRNE, JESSE OWENS |
| REELS: CEATHRU CAVAN/ WILD IRISHMAN |
JOHN, JOHN JR., and JAMES KELLY (fiddles) |
| SONG: TEIR ABHAILE RIU |
CLANNAD |
| REELS: JOHN NAUGHTON'S/ TOMMY COEN'S |
MARY MACNAMARA, MARTIN HAYES (concertina and fiddle) |
| MARCH, SONG: TWENTY MEN FROM DUBLIN TOWN |
SWORDS MUMMERS |
| SLIDE: SCATTERY ISLAND SLIDE |
CEOLTOIRI LAIGHEAN |
| SONG: SHAMROCK SHORE |
PAUL BRADY |
| SET DANCERS |
TULLA CEILI BAND |
| AIR: GOL NA MBAN SAN AR |
SEAN KEANE |
| REELS: RAKISH PADDY/ SLIGO MAID |
WILLIE REYNOLDS (uilleann pipes) |
| SLIDES: RATHAWAUN/ HARE IN THE CORN |
KNOCKNAGREE SET DANCERS |
| SONG: AN BAILE ATA LAIMH LEI SIUD |
PADRAIG AGHAS |
| JIGS: TOM BILLY'S/ SEAN RYAN'S; REELS: MICK HAND'S/ HILLS OF CLOGHER |
DE DANNAN |
| SONG: BONNY BUNCH OF ROSES |
COLM WALSH |
| STRATHSPEYS: LAIRD OF DRUMBLAIR (2 versions) |
TOMMY PEOPLES (fiddle) |
| STEP DANCING; HORNPIPE: LIVERPOOL |
JOHN CULLINANE |
| REEL: LIFFEY BANKS |
JULIA CLIFFORD, DENIS MURPHY (fiddles), PADDY MOLONEY (whistle), DES MULKERE (flute) |
| SONG: NA PRATAI DUBHA |
NIOCLAS TOIBIN |
| REEL: WISE MAID |
JOE COOLEY (bodhran), DES MULKERE (banjo) |
| SONG: FOUR GREEN FIELDS |
UNKNOWN BOY |
| REELS: LUCY CAMPBELL'S/ SLIGO MAID |
SESSION GROUP |
| SONG: SILE NI GHADRA |
PAT KEARNEY (vocal), ERIC BENSON (piano) |
| HORNPIPE: HARVEST HOME; REEL: DUKE OF LEINSTER |
WRENBOYS |
| SONG: JOLLY BEGGAR; REEL: WISE MAID |
PLANXTY |
| REELS: CONNAIGHT HEIFERS/ MICHO RUSSELL'S |
PADDY MOLONEY, SEAN POTTS (whistles) |
| SONG: BONNY LIGHT HORSEMEN |
GERRY CULLEN, BRIAN LEAHY, FRAN MCPHAIL |
| REELS: BOYS OF MALIN/ GREEN FIELDS OF TYROL/ GLASS OF BEER |
STOCKTON'S WING |
| SONG: THE BUTCHER BOY |
LUDLOW TRIO |
| SONG: TA NA LA |
SEAN O SE, CEOLTOIRI CHUALANN |
| SONG: I MUST AWAY NOW |
THE DUBLINERS |
| AIR: NI AR CHNOC NO AR ISLEACHT; REEL: FINBARR DWYER'S |
DENIS O'BRIEN (whistle) |
| SONG: LEAVING LIVERPOOL |
TOMMY MAKEM |
| REEL: MAID BEHIND THE BAR |
SESSION GROUP |
| SONG: VALENTINA O'HARA |
FRANK HARTE |
| REELS: DONEGAL REEL/ SHEEHAN'S/ CROGHAN HILL |
TULLYVIN CEILI BAND |
| SONG: RAMBLE AWAY |
AL O'DONNELL |
| DANCE: BRISEADH NA CARRAIGE |
CEILI DANCERS |
| CASADH AN TSUGAIN (dramatization) |
SIASMA TIRE FOLK THEATRE |
| REELS: BUCKS OF ORANMORE |
MATT MOLLOY (flute), DONAL LUNNY (bouzouki) |
Bonus Feature: "Meet The People 1961"
Running time: 145 mins. |
