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An audio reel, with a piece of tape on it that has Ciarán Mac Mathúna's name written on it.

Pádraic Mac Mathúna’s Monthly Picks | July 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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The boys of Lough Gowna, jig ; New house, jig / Paddy O'Brien, accordion ; Unidentified, piano

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  • The boys of Lough Gowna, jig ; New house, jig / Paddy O'Brien, accordion ; Unidentified, piano

  • Crowley's no. 1, reel ; Crowley's no. 2, reel / Brendan McGlinchey, fiddle ; Johnny Pickering, fiddle ; Kevin McElhatton, piano ; Ciarán Mac Mathúna, speech in English

  • College groves, reel ; Cherry tree, reel / Seán Keane, fiddle ; Bridie Laverty, piano ; Ciarán Mac Mathúna, speech in English

  • Flax in bloom [3 part], reel ; Sean McGuire, fiddle

  • The green groves of Erin, reel ; Bag of spuds, reel ; Swallow's tail, reel / Larry Redican, fiddle ; Joe Burke, accordion ; Jack Coen, flute ; Felix Dolan, piano

  • Spey in spate, reel / Andy McGann, fiddle ; Felix Dolan, piano ; Ciarán Mac Mathúna, speech in English

  • McFadden's, reel ; Mama's pet, reel ; Reavey's, reel / Larry Redican, fiddle ; Andy McGann, fiddle ; Ciarán Mac Mathúna, speech in English

  • Four courts, reel / Seán Seery, uilleann pipes

Larry Redican and Ciarán Mac Mathúna / [unidentified photographer]