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from Compositions by Christy McNamara
This tune is dedicated to my father’s family of Drumbaniff, Crusheen, County Clare. ‘The house at the bridge’ always referred to my father’s home place. Theirs was an open house where neighbours, friends and family went on cuairt after their days work was done. It was a place where music, dancing and singing happened on a regular basis, long before dance halls came along. His father Jim and his mother May were concertina players. Music was carried by them all – it lit them up.
