Donegal fiddle tradition/Video

Videos

• Altan play a lively set of reels; Mairead again and Ciaran Tourish on the fiddles here. With Dermot Byrne on accordion.
• Francie Byrne and Peter Carr playing "Dinky Dorian's Reel." From the RTE video Come West along the Road.
• James Byrne, bowing vigorously as usual here, playing "McCahill's Reels," two well-known Donegal reels, along with some other fiddlers, and encouraged by some enthusiastic (and probably drunk) "punters" (pub patrons).
• Canúintí Ceoil begins with James Byrne and a rare and brief, but very nice, snippet John Doherty (playing "The Black Mare of Fanad"). From TG4.
• James Byrne, Tommy Peoples, and Danny Meehan, three of the most respected living Donegal fiddlers, playing the highland "The Cat that Kittled in Jamie's Wig," followed by a bit of "George IV."
• Jimmy Campbell, playing the common Scottish reel on a bus for some sheep (it seems)--probably did not know he was being recorded, but does a fine job anyway.
• Vincent Campbell, Jimmy's brother, playing two mazurkas and a reel, "Bean a Ti ar Lar."
• Bríd Harper at an early age (in 1980, eight years before winning the All Ireland) playing two jigs, "The Castleblayney Piper" and "The Bank of Turf."
• Brid Harper, 26 years later, playing a pair of reels with accordion player Danny O’Mahoney. ComhaltasLive.
• Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh giving a Donegal treatment to the well-known reel "The Foxhunter's."
• Ciaran Mooney playing one version of "The King of the Pipers."
• Francie Mooney (father of Mairead, grandfather of Ciaran) in an interview (in Irish), in five parts. With music from various well-known Irish musicians with connections to Francie. Part 2 (in which Francie himself plays with Altan), Part 3 (singing), Part 4 (featuring Paddy Glackin playing three reels at an uncharacteristically slow pace; at end, Francie playing jigs with daughter and grandson), Part 5 (conclusion of the latter tunes & more). From TG4.
• Tommy Peoples playing two strathspeys, "The Laird of Drumblair" and "William Marshall's." From the RTE video Come West along the Road.
• Tommy Peoples, some 25 years later, playing "The Silver Spire" and a tune of his own composition (both reels).
• Some younger Donegal fiddlers are represented here, including Mick Brown, Tara Connaghan, Ronan Galvin, and Derek McGinley.