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Tony MacMahon seated holding Paolo Soprani button accordion

Pádraic Mac Mathúna’s Monthly Picks | August 2023

In 2023, Pádraic Mac Mathúna began work cataloguing hundreds of hours of recordings from a variety of older collections in the Archive. Each month, he’ll pick out a special selection of tunes he’s discovered from these recordings.

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Lark in the morning, jig ; Joe Cooley's, jig / Tony MacMahon, accordion ; Steve Cooney, guitar

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  • Lark in the morning, jig ; Joe Cooley's, jig / Tony MacMahon, accordion ; Steve Cooney, guitar

  • Cuaichín Ghleann Neifín, song / Nan Tom Teaimín de Búrca, singing in Irish

  • The Chicago reel ; Scotch Mary, reel ; Templehouse, reel / Joe Ryan, fiddle ; Eoin O'Neill, bouzouki

  • Stone in the field, reel ; Laurel tree, reel / Joe Ryan, fiddle ; Eoin O'Neill, bouzouki ; Unidentified, concertina

  • As I roved out, song / Joe Heaney, singing in English

  • Bucks of Oranmore, reel ; Toss the feathers, reel / Tony MacMahon, accordion

  • My trousers turned back, song / Con Greaney, singing in English

  • The kid on the mountain, slip jig / Barney McKenna, banjo