The Terry Rafferty Collection

The entire Rafferty Collection consists of ca. 250 hours of video footage and for this exhibition we have selected thirty clips recorded between 1986 and 1992, featuring a wide range of ages. These women and men, including Mike Rafferty, Jack Coen, Paddy Reynolds and younger players such as Joanie Madden, Jerry O'Sullivan and Deirdre Connolly to name but a few, left a rich legacy in the Irish traditional music community in New York.

9 July 1989

To set the scene for this Collection we begin with a light-hearted moment. It's the 9th of July 1989 and Mayo have just beaten Galway in the Connacht Football semi-final replay, a year that Mayo were defeated by Cork in the All-Ireland Final. Mike Rafferty, dressed in his Sunday best, plays the hornpipe 'The flowing tide' and the music is followed by an exchange with Tony, a native of County Mayo.

Click on 1/30 on the top right of the video player above to access individual videos

1. The flowing tide, hornpipe / Mike Rafferty, flute
   
2. Rigney's, reel ; Ambrose Moloney's, reel / Maureen Fitzpatrick, fiddle ; John Fitzpatick, accordion
   
3. Doctor Gilbert's, reel ; The star of Munster, reel / Maureen Fitzpatrick, fiddle ; undentified, guitar
4. The rambling pitchfork, jig ; The bride's favourite, jig / Deirdre Connolly ; Martin Connolly
5. Money Musk, highland ; untitled, highland ; untitled, highland / Tom Doherty ; Maureen Macken
6. The bucks of Oranmore, reel / Various performers
7. Maurice O'Keeffe's no. 2, polka ; The Cobbler, polka / Chris Norman, flute ; Billy McComiskey, accordion
8. The boys of the lough, reel ; The boys of Ballisodare, reel / Jerry O'Sullivan ; Linda Hickman ; Tony DeMarco
9. Master McDermott's, reel ; Hand me down the tackle, reel / Paddy Reynolds, fiddle
10. Farewell to Erin, reel / Jack Coen ; Mike Rafferty ; Paddy Reynolds ; Billy McComiskey
11. The Doon reel / Mike Rafferty, flute ; Paddy Rafferty, lilting
12. The duke of Leinster, reel / Jack Coen, flute ; Mike Rafferty, flute ; Billy McComiskey, accordion
13. The star of Munster, reel / Mike Rafferty, flute ; Jack Coen, flute
14. The frost is all over, jig ; The Connacht man's rambles, jig / Mike Rafferty ; Tom Doherty ; Felix Dolan
15. PJ Moloney's favourite, hornpipe ; Dunphy's hornpipe / Mike Rafferty, flute ; Mary Rafferty, accordion
16. Devanney's goat, reel ; Eddie Moloney's, reel / Mike Rafferty, tin whistle ; Mary Rafferty, tin whistle
17. The fox on the town, reel ; Micho Russell's, reel / Mike Rafferty, jew's harp ; Mary Rafferty, tin whistle
18. The burren, reel / Deirdre Carney, tin whistle
19. Jack Coughlan's reel / Mike Rafferty, flute ; Don Meade, harmonica
20. O'Donnell's hornpipe / Don Meade, harmonica
21. Gerry Commane's reel ; Paddy Taylor's reel / Mike Rafferty ; Willie Kelly ; Billy McComiskey
22. Annie's favourite, hornpipe ; Wade Hampton's, hornpipe / Joanie Madden ; Joe Madden ; Felix Dolan
23. Unidentified, waltz ; The orphan, jig / Joanie Madden, flute ; Joe Madden, accordion ; Felix Dolan, piano
24. The Rainy day, reel ; Jackie Fitzpatrick's reel / Micho Russell, tin whistle
25. The jig of Port Fleadh [comp. Seán Ryan] / Jack Coen, flute
26. The duke of Leinster, reel / Mike Preston, flute
27. Jim Conroy's reel ; The pullet, reel / Jack Coen, flute ; Fr. Charlie Coen, concertina
28. Scatter the mud, jig ; The Nova Scotia jig / Jack Coen, flute ; Billy McComiskey, concertina
29. Humours of whiskey, slip jig ; Take the bull by the horns, jig / Tom Doherty, accordion ; Martin Connolly, speech
30. The dances at Kinvara, barndance ; If there weren't any women in the world, barndance / Don Meade, harmonica