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The varied selection of instrumental duets recorded on video and presented here with the kind permission of the performers come from recent years:
Robbie Hannan of Co Down on uilleann pipes and Jesse Smith, originally from Baltimore, Maryland, on fiddle were recorded by Irish Traditional Music Archive staff at an Irish Music Study Day held in the School of Music & Sonic Arts, Queen’s University Belfast, in May 2012.
Padraig McGovern of the Cavan-Leitrim border area on uilleann pipes and Peter Carberry of Co Longford on accordion were recorded by ITMA staff in the Market Theatre, Armagh, at the William Kennedy Piping Festival of November 2014.
Brid Harper of Co Donegal on fiddle and Harry Bradley of Belfast on flute were recorded by ITMA staff at Scoil Gheimhridh Ghaoth Dobhair, Gaoth Dobhair, Co Donegal, in December 2014.
The duet recordings of Dublin harpers Anne-Marie O’Farrell and Cormac De Barra were kindly donated to the ITMA collections by the performers in 2014.
For further information on the performers and their recordings see websites for Jesse Smith, Peter Carberry & Padraig McGovern, Harry Bradley, Anne-Marie O’Farrell, and Cormac De Barra.
With thanks to all the performers, and to the organisers of the various events for facilitating the recordings.
Nicholas Carolan, Treasa Harkin, Piaras Hoban & Danny Diamond, 1 February 2015
