Episodes
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Zoe Conway and John McIntyre at Cúl na Sméar Hall
Another amazing performance at Cúl na Sméar Hall! Zoe's concert was simply lovely. The song she's playing may be frenetic, but she's always relaxed and exudes a calm, controlled air. Where you or I would be frantically scraping away at the fiddle, she remains composed, barely moving her body, yet...
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Conneries Singers Club - October 2007
The Singer's Club roared successfully through the summer. Unfortunately, your archivist missed all of it, what with vacations, family commitments, a flu and suchlike. It's like being back in the bronze age (or 1999, whichever came later) - all that great music lost forever! Worry not. Back in...
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The Carty Brothers and the O'Farrell Brothers Sesiún
Master players John & James Carty were joined on stage for the final minutes of a concert by local lads Sean (fiddle) & Kevin O'Farrell (guitar). About one minute into the first song, it was obvious that the young talent was in tune with the established masters and everyone on stage relaxed and...
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John & James Carty in Concert at Cúl na Sméar Hall
John is the master fiddle and banjo player and his brother James is master of the concert flute, the bamboo flute and any other kind of flute you can name. The brothers play a lovely brand of traditional music and John plays the banjo with a happy grin on his face that you can hear. The podcast…
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Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill in Concert - July 2007 at Cúl na Sméar Hall
What a fabulous concert! Martin Hayes is downright amazing and Dennis Cahill's gentle guitar work is the perfect accompaniment. Hayes plays the fiddle with tremendous physical panache, but the result is some of the most cerebral, yet toe-tapping Irish music to be heard. Cúl na Sméar Hall was…
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Conneries Singers Club - May 2007
The best night yet! This one is a real nice listen. The songs were great and a goodly percentage of them hadn't been sung here yet. Jim O'Brien and Eddie Bennet added a few hilarious recitations, David Power had a new song, Joe Heaney was in full flight, Queenie finally made it to a session, Liam...
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Mulcahey Family Concert - April 2007
Another great concert. The Mulcahey Family - Mick, Michelle and Louise - play so many instruments (and all of them superbly) that it's like having a group of 10. And a few of the audience were called on to perform as well. Alice Fitzgerald is included in this clip - the first 40 minutes of the...
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Conneries Singer's Club - April 2007
What a crowd! Lots of new faces - and voices! There was some lovely and spectacular singing. They're all a joy, but this one is a particularly good listen.
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Jackie Daly in Concert - February 2007
Another superlative concert! Jackie is a superb button accordion player, somehow able to fit in a heart soaring surprise of improvisation in the midst of dense melodies.
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Singer's Club - February 2007
Some new faces - and voices - and the standard crew. Joe Heaney performs Captain Billy, Cam Foley does Michael Collins and Jennifer adds her lovely voice to the mix. And David Power proved that he's more than just a wondrously talented Uillean Pipe player.
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Singer's Club - December 2006
Bridie Dee's and Liam, the barman, were in festive good cheer. So were we as we sat by the turf fire on a frigid night.
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Cathal Hayden and Donal Murphy in Concert - Nov. 2006
Cathal is on the banjo and fiddle, Donal on the button accordion. Donnacha Gough made a special guest appearance. As we always say, this was the best concert yet! The music was so infectious that a fairly spontaneous set was instantly organized and the Adult Set Dancing class provided an extra...
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Second Meeting of the Conneries Singers' Club
Word has spread and there were even more people at the second get-together of the Singers' Club. One thing is clear: the sheer variety and talent of local singers is amazing.
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Ceili House on RTE Radio 1 Recorded Live at Cúl na Sméar
This is the main portion of the recording made live at Cúl na Sméar. It was broadcast on 11th November 2006 to an international audience.
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David Power on Pipes and Ciarán Ó Gealbháin Singing Sean Nós
David spent the days before the concert recovering from jet lag and a miserable head cold andmoving back into his home. It's great to have this most amazing of pipers back home in Cúl na Sméar. While Stateside for the past three years, David appeared in a major broadway production - holding…
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David Power & Ciarán Ó Gealbháin
spent the past few days recovering from jet lag, moving back into his home and recovering. It's great to this most amazing of pipers back home in Cúl na Sméar. While Stateside for the past three years, David appeared in a major broadway production - holding centre stage for the first 10 minutes…
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Tony McMahon on Cúl na Sméar
Tony McMahon is one of the all-time greats of traditional Irish music. This was his third visit to Cúl na Sméar and he started the concert with a few words about the place.
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Coolnasmear Spirit
The students of Coolnasmear School give a rousing final song.
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Father Kennedy at the School Celebration
Father Kennedy's contribution was short and sweet.
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Student's Singing as Gaeilge
A really lovely song sung by the students of the school at the ceremony.
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Bertie Ahern's Speech at the School Celebration
Bertie Ahern's speech, in a few masterful minutes, encompassed the history of the old and new schools. Unfortunately, I pressed the wrong button on the recorder, so I only caught the second half. Better late than.... Scott
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Monsignor Olden at the Cúl na Sméar Opening
Monsignor Olden's prayer and dedication at the official opening of the Cúl na Sméar School extension.
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October 2006 - First Singer's Club
This was the first Conneries Singer's Club get together.
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