This album
has now been deleted from the Tara Music catalogue
Tracks
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O'Keeffe's (Slides)
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The Plough And The
Stars (Reels) |
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The Rose of Aranmore
(Song) |
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Apples in Winter
(Jigs) |
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The Taylor's Barndance
(Barndances) |
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Easter Snow (Slow
Air) |
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The Cuas Polkas (Polkas) |
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8. |
I Courted A Wee Lass
(Song) |
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Kitty In The Lane
(March/Reels) |
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A Night At The Fair
(Jigs) |
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Iníon An Fhaoit
Ón nGleann (Song) |
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12. |
Greencastle Hornpipe
(Hornpipe/Reel) |
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Notes
MUSICIANS
Paul McGrattan -
Flutes.
Paul O'Shaughnessy - Fiddle
Brendan Begley - Accordion and Vocals
Noel O'Grady - Bouzouki.
With
Arty McGlynn - Guitars
Triona Ní Dhomhnaill - Keyboards, Vocals.
Maighread Ní Dhomhnaill - Vocals.
Colm Murphy - Bodhran.
Recorded principally
at Harmony Row Recording Studios, Ennis, Co. Clare with
extra recording at Keystone Studios, St. Stephens Green,
Dublin, November 1997
Engineered by Martin Murray assisted by Debbie Smith
in Dublin
Mixed in Harmony Row Studios by Martin Murray
Produced by Beginish and Martin Murray
Mastered and pressed by Robyn Robins, Mid Atlantic
Digital, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh.
Notes by Paul O'Shaughnessy
Design by Red Dog Graphics, Photography by Paul McCarthy
Paul McGrattan's flutes are made by Hammy Hamilton, Cúil
Aodha, Macroom, County Cork.
Track Notes
1. O'Keeffe's Number 1 -
O'Keeffe's Number 2 - Thadelo's : (slides)
Johnny O'Leary the famous Sliabh Luachra box player is the
source of these three tunes.
Trad arr. Beginish, Arty McGlynn and Colm Murphy
2. The Plough And The Stars - The Kilfenora Reel - Maids
of Galway - McGoldrick's : (reels)
The four reels in this set are among Brendan's long standing
favourites.
Trad arr. Beginish, Arty McGlynn and Colm Murphy
3. The Rose Of Aranmore : (Song.)
Brendan learned this beautiful love song from Seán
Garvey, a singer and musician from Caherciveen in County
Kerry. The song is also associated with the County Clare
based singer Sean Tyrell.
Trad arr. Beginish and Triona Ní Dhomhnaill
4. Apples in Winter - The Peacock's Feather - Hennigan's
: (jigs)
The four part version of the first jig again comes from
Johnny O'Leary, a great source of tunes to us all.
Trad arr. Beginish
5. The Taylor's Barndance - Ansty's Barndance : (barndances).
These lively barndances were composed by Paul McGrattan
who named them after the famous West Cork couple, The Taylor
and Ansty.
Composed Paul McGrattan, arr. Beginish and Triona Ní
Dhomhnaill
6. Easter Snow : (slow air).
A favourite tune of the great uilleann piper, the late Seamus
Ennis, after which he named his home in North County Dublin.
Trad arr. Beginish and Triona Ní Dhomhnaill
7. The Cuas Polkas : (polkas).
Brendan composed the second of these polkas which gives
its name to the set.
Cuas polka composed Brendan Begley, arr. Beginish
8. I Courted A Wee Lass : (song)
Maighread and Triona learned this song from their grandmother,
Maggie Chonaill from Rann na Feirste in County Donegal.
Trad arr. Maighread Ní Dhomhnaill and Triona
Ní Dhomhnaill
9. Kitty in The Lane - The Hawk - The Templeglentaun
Reel : (March/Reels)
Used as an introduction here, the march was traditionnaly
a 'lead around' for dancers in the middle of the first reel.
John Doherty and Dermot McLaughlin are the sources of the
first two reels.
Trad arr. Beginish, Arty McGlynn and Colm Murphy.
10. A Night At The Fair - Bill The Weavers - Síos
Chun NA Trá : (jigs)
Bill the Weaver was the father of Denis Murphy and Julia
Clifford, two of the great Kerry fiddle players while the
third tune is from Seán Coughlan, a box player from
West Kerry.
Trad arr. Beginish, Arty McGlynn
11. Iníon An Fhaoit Ón nGleann : (song)
Unrequited love for "White's Daughter from the Glen" is
the theme of this song from the Kerry Gaeltacht (Irish speaking
area).
Trad arr. Beginish
12. Greencastle Hornpipe - Miss Patterson's Slippers
: (hornpipe/reels).
Once again we learned the hornpipe from Johnny O'Leary and
we have known the two Donegal reels for as long as we can
remember.
Trad arr. Beginish and Colm Murphy
Thanks to:
Anne Muarry, Nuala Monaghan and Paul O'Driscol for
their hospitality, To Mary Doherty for the hot coffee on
a cold Saturday in January to Conor Byrne for the loan of
a flute, to Kevin Doherty and Se´n Connolly for wardrobe
assistance, to Custy's Traditional Music Shop and Busker's
in Ennis when keyboards were need at short notice, to Peter
Reid and Caoimhin Mac Aodh for help in naming the tunes
and to NA Piobairí Uilleann and the Irish Traditional
Music Archive whose facilities have always been available
to us.
Special thanks to Catherine, Marion, Cathy, and Caroline.
