Peter Laban

Or see them here:

There was a discussion about the tune on thesession: https://thesession.org/tunes/7028 in it, it was stated : I don't have Sullivan's book although I read it some thirty years ago so can't comment on that any further. I wouldn't rule out there's more than one Planxty Reilly either. Yes Hills of Coore, a bit and several others too like The Stream of the Cats/Humours of Tullycrine, Tuamgraney castle, Napoleon crossing the Rhine (or was it the Alps?) and all of those.

Custy's in Ennis is the obvious one to visit. Most music shops aren't specifically geared towards traditional music and only have generic mass produced stuff (or McNeela things). Powell's in Galway, perhaps, if you are there, for a look at books and cds, I don't recall any interesting concertinas in there. But YMMV, familiarity... and all that. I am limited in my experience with music shops outside the Limerick-Clare-Galway area.

To quote Ptarmigan, elsewhere and some time ago : Planxty O’Reilly of Athcarne … ( Ua Raghallaigh Atha Carna ) Composed by Turlough O’Carolan.

You are advertising this now on three different threads. Don't you think that's a bit much? We got the message the first time.

It's no longer the nineteen seventies.It's a different country now. And the number of concertinaplayers has exploded since.

Can't be, they weren't invented yet 😇 (I'll get my coat... )

Just to add a bit on the Padraig O Keeffe thing. I said it isn't particularly concertina focused but there is a number of concertinaplayers in the line up: Eimhear Flannery, Liam O'Brien, Lily O'Connor, Eoin Begley and Michelle O Sullivan among them. So there's that. You could do a lot worse. They'll probably each have designated sessions in various pubs, if you are into that sort of thing.

The most concertina specific events on the calendar are the Cruinniu and Consairtín, in February and April/May respectively. The big Summerschools are, well, confined to summer, festival season peters out during September and October is pretty much a time of winding down, although there are some outliers like the Cooley-Collins thing around Gort and Padraig O Keeffe in Castleisland (hardly concertina focussed though). There may be some small, local music events but nothing major or concertina specific jumps out right now, but then, I may be overlooking something.

Bolivia and concertina come up on the forum with some regularity, do a search. Here is an older thread with a bunch of videos linked:

Another loverly one. Some six weeks ago I heard a young woman living in Ennis, Niamh ní Cheannabhain, sing a beautiful version of this. The air went on my 'to do list' then. She referred to the song as 'Joe Heaney's version of Lord Randall', which led me back to the old Heaney lp. 'Cé raibh tú ó mhaidin, a dhriotháirín-ó? Cé raibh tú ó mhaidin, a phlúir na bhfear óg? Ag iasgach ‘s a foghlaéaracht, Cóirigh mo leaba dhom Tá mé tinn fó mo chroí, agus béad go deo deo.'

Joe Heaney was the first I heard singing it and he stills ticks all the boxes. This one is fine too and it has Seán McKiernan doing the instrumental version between the verses (which is a bonus, to me anyway):

A Ógánaigh an Chúil Chraobhaigh. It's such a beautiful air, perhaps a bit on the slow side here for me but great stuff. The versions sung by Diarmuid Maidhcí Ó Súilleabháin , Eilis ni Súilleabháin and Máire Ní Chéileachair are among my favourites. Mind you, Jackie Daly made a nice job of it as well.

It, ofcourse, also depends on what model of Lachenal : rosewood ended, metal ended etc etc. Not all concertina were made equal, different ranges of quality, specifications prices etc. So 'Lachenal' in itself is not enough to give e advice on. The only thing for it is to sit down with both concertinas and see which you like best.

A Bess Cronin song, passed on via Iarla O Lionaird to Eithne Ní Uallacháin , who recorded a beautiful version of it. Love it.

It's a great way to let the world know there could be a potentially valuable musical instrument in the car🤗

' I tried to attach files as usual in pdf, midi, musicxml, and xml formats, but this time the site says I have apparently used ALL my allotted attachment allowance.' It makes sense to put these on another site, Dropbox, box.com and places like that, and insert a to link them. Same as for inserting video or images.

Late 19 and early 20th century brass bands used a high pitch A=452.5. I have a bunch of old tin whistles from that period, a lot of term sound about a semi tone sharp, to today's standard, from the pitch indicated on them. So a 'high pitch' Bb/f?

The podcasts of the programme are archived at: https://www.rte.ie/radio/rnag/cuan-an-cheoil/ And, while there, here is a bunch concerts recorded at Consairtín 2023: https://www.rte.ie/radio/rnag/camchuairt-an-chonsairtin/

Charles also has a cd, Aughavinna, and is currently in the process of setting up a website dedicated to the Russells.He had a big interview in the Clare Champion last week: https://clarechampion.ie/sharing-the-spirit-of-the-russells-of-doolin/ He also gigs regularly on Thursday nights at the hotel: Going to Doolin you will probably have to accept the place is fully geared towards the tourist and you best take it as you find it and perhaps even enjoy it for what it is. If you don't fancy the pubs or the hotel there are things like Christy Barry's Music House : https://www.doolinmusichouse.com/

Playing with others is a skill to be learned. I am not sure a session is the appropriate place to do it though. Go to uour session and listen, take it all in. Learn the tunes and perhaps get used to playing them with someone you know and are comfortable with In a private space before venturing out. It's better for your confidence, for one, and you can develop your skill without the additional pressure of doing it in public.

I am a strong believer in letting the tunes 'sink in', let them soak until they're ready to be learned. I listen a lot and am in a musical environment and often find tunes I pick up easily have been floating around, making their way into my subconscious, for some time without me realising it. At some point I'll notice them and they're there, ready to be played, as it were. I like to think of it as tunes finding me when they're ready.

'So if you were a serious player, years ago, you wanted a Jeffries....' Wasn't the volume of the Jeffrey's a significant consideration at the time? And a lot of word of mouth: 'so and so ays a J. so it must be good' There's always a lot of that going on as well. While he probably had several concertinas, I mostly remember Tommy McCarthy playing a Jeff.

I add the Altan version of the tune, some of the notes I linked above, the tune between verses, were taken from this:

No tabs but the notes may get you underway: Dúlamán na binne buí