Irish+Music

**Irish Music **
Joe Mooney Summer School on TG4 =** Tunes **= Saddle the Pony, Leitrim Jig, Blind Mary, Si Bheag Si Mhor,Insiheer (Guitar) Siúil a Rún

LC Irish Essays
 * 1) Intro to Irish music: []
 * 2) ====[|www.rte.ie/radio1/inconcert/] ====
 * 3) == [] ==
 * 4) [|www.][|**irish-music.net**]
 * 5) The Session: [|http://www.thesession.org/sessions]
 * 6) [|http://comhaltas.ie/]
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TV Programmes
Anam an Amhráin

Instruments
====Lists of instruments & players [|http://www.fortunecity.com/bally/carlow/122/irish/gear.html#low%20whistle] ====

**Traditional**
Banjo [] [] Fiddle, How to Play [] Concertina: Breda Shannon [] Concertina //The Plains of Boyle// [] Mandolin [] [] How to Play [] Uilleann Pipes - notes - [] Making reeds [] Bouzouki [] [] [] [|www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTcN0zVg9YA]
 * The Bodhrán:** Junior Davey (Questions) John Joe Kelly

**Performers**
Matt Molloy, Flute, Roscomon Reel (2nd tune), Mo Ghile Mear (with Sting) With Sinead O'Connor, He Moved through the Fair, The Foggy Dew With The Rolling Stones The Rocky Road to Dublin
 * From the album, //The Long Black Veil//**

Clare Bohan [] [] Brian McNamara [] [] [] === John Carthy, Fiddle [] === Ben Lennon [] [] Lisa Ward [] Ceolus Céilí Band [] The Moylurgh Céilí Band [] Liam O'Flynn, Pipes (O'Rourke's Reel) [] Tommy Keane, pipes [] Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, Piano Woodbrook John McKenna [] [] [] The Chieftains //Lots of Drops of Brandy// [] //I Know My Love// []
 * Groups**

**C****ollectors & Preservation**
Comhaltas Ceoltóiri Éireann [] [] [] [] Bunting [] Bunting and Lynch, part 1,part 2, Francis O'Neill George Petrie

**Sean Nós Singing**
TG4 Sean Nós Station [] [] @http://comhaltas.ie/music/treoir/detail/amhranaiocht_ar_an_sean_nos/ @http://leavingcertmusic.weebly.com/sean-noacutes-singing.html @http://leaving-cert-helpnotes.blogspot.ie/2012/06/leaving-cert-irish-traditional-music.html Una Palliser, Mo Ghile Mear on Specsavers' Ad Fionnuala Maxwell Eleanor Shanley Róisín Elsafty - []

**Love Songs**: //Bríd óg Ni Mháille//
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**Work Songs**: //Tuirne Mháire//
[] Gartan's Mothers Lullaby [] [] **Comic**//:// //An Poc ar Buile// [] @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KsMIJAn5PM **Drinking Song**s: //Níl sé 'ná Lá// [] (Luke Kelly, //Preab San Ól//) [] [] = Lament S eán Ó Duibhir an Ghleanna= [] [] = Aisling ** : **** Róisín Dubh **= [] [] = Patriotic Songs: = Óró sé do Bheatha Abhaile @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7rrorzOkaA B oolavogue [] [] Kevin Barry [] =**Children's Play Songs:**= Beidh Aonach Amárach []
 * Lullaby**: Hó-Bha-in []
 * Macaronic**: Siúil a Rún (also a love song), Celtic Woman, []
 * Religious Songs ** : // Caoineadh na dTri Mhuire (also a lament) // []

**Tune Search**
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**Dances**
Info [] ====//The Leitrim Jig// (Uilleann Pipes) [] ==== ====//The Roscommon Reel// (Trad Flute) [] ==== //Hornpipes: The Plains of Boyle,// Concertina, Willie Clancy on Pipes. Plains of Boyle Harvest Home

Fusion version by Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin [|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nLHWUqFDEI]

Slip Jig: //<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">The Whinney Hills of Leitrim ,( // also called //<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">L ////<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">eitrim Town) //<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">From //<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">O'Riada as Gaiety //

//The Leitrim Polka //

//The Leitrim Fancy// (Hornpipe) //The Plains of Boyle// is the first tune on this recording.

Fusion version by Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin [] Slip Jig: //<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">The Whinney Hills of Leitrim,( //also called//<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"> L ////<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">eitrim Town) //<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0); line-height: 1.5;">From //<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0); line-height: 1.5;"> O'Riada as Gaiety // //The Leitrim Polka// //The Leitrim Fancy// (Hornpipe) //The Plains of Boyle// is the first tune on this recording.

**Sean O'Riada**
[] Mise Eire, 2 (Other versions of //Róisín Dubh2)// //O Neill's March//

Ornamentation and ** Regional Styles **
Regional Style, part 1, part 2 (Donegal),part 3 (Clare),part 4 (Fermanagh),part 5 (North Connaught), [|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean-n%C3%B3s_song#Regional_variation] [] Listen to Ornamentation Some Tin Whistle Ornaments Morrison's Jig with Rolls John McSherry, Harvest Home (Triplets), Conemara: "<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Coinleach Glas an Fhómhair” Róisín Elsafty <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Munster:"Caoineadh na dTrí Muire" (The Lament of the Three Marys), Iarla O'Lionaird <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Donegal: Lillis Ó Laoire

Essay @http://leavingcertmusic.weebly.com/ornamentation.html

**Fusions**
Essay @http://leavingcertmusic.weebly.com/fusion.html James Galway: Brian Boru's March Jazz; Lewis Nash Quintet, Eleanor Plunkett, Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin; Woodbrook (The Plains of Boyle hornpipe) Dé Danann "Teacht na Banríona Sheba" (Baroque Piece), 2,, Kila The Corrs & The Chieftains The Horslips: The High Reel Sean O'Riada, Mise Eire, 2 Thin Lizzy: Whiskey in the Jar, Metallica

**Regional Style**
Fiddle []

**Riverdance**
Riverdance, First Ever Broadcast, Michael Flatley and Jean Butler : [] Riverdance was first performed during the 7-minute interval of the Eurovision Song Contest at the Point Theatre, Dublin on April 30, 1994. This first performance featured Irish Dancing Champions Jean Butler & Michael Flatley, the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and the Celtic choral group Anúna. The score was written by Bill Whelan. Riverdance was converted into a full length musical show first performed in February 1995 which travelled all over the world.

**The Irish Harp**
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Early Irish Harp, 2, Walls of Liscarrol on the early Irish harp

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4. 5. Paul Dooley Michael Rooneywith Alan Kelly

Other Essay Topics
Changes @http://leavingcertmusic.weebly.com/changes-developments.html