Live recordings of Irish traditional music sessions from the 1970s featuring Tommy McCarthy, Bobby Casey, Kevin Burke, PJ Crotty, Oliver Mulligan, John Joe Healy, Peggy Healy, Tommy McCarthy Jnr., Martin 'Junior' Crehan, PJ Crotty, Stevie O'Halloran, Joe Ryan, John Kelly, Jnr., John Kelly, Snr., Joe Ryan, Joe Rynne, Sean Keane, Kitty Hayes, Peter Laban, Paddy Galvin, JP Downes, JC Talty, Michael Falsey, Michael Sexton, Ita Crehan and Fergus McTeggart.

Sessions were recorded in London, Lahinch, Crosses of Annagh, Knocknahilla, Miltown Malbay and Dublin.

Clare County Library is grateful to Jim Carroll and Pat Mackenzie for donating material from their extensive collection of audio recordings of traditional music sessions featuring musicians from County Clare. We are also grateful to Peter Laban and Pat Mackenzie for allowing us to use photographs from their collections, and to Mary Custy and Paddy Comber for their help in identifying tunes.

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The Sessions:

Quilty Céilí Band, Dublin, June 1969
  with musicians Paddy Galvin, Martin 'Junior' Crehan, fiddles; JP Downes,
  JC Talty, Michael Falsey, flutes; Michael Sexton, accordion; Ita Crehan,   piano (CM-WC149)

Tommy McCarthy, uilleann pipes & concertina; Bobby Casey, fiddle,   London, 1970s (CM-LI49)
  
Bobby Casey, fiddle, London, 1970s (CM-LI50)

Tommy McCarthy, uilleann pipes & concertina; Bobby Casey, fiddle,   London, 1970s (CM-LI51)

Kevin Burke, fiddle & PJ Crotty, flute & whistle, London, c.1972 (CM-LI53)

Tommy McCarthy, uilleann pipes & concertina; Bobby Casey, fiddle; Oliver   Mulligan, singer, London, 1970s (CM-LI62)

Tommy McCarthy, uilleann pipes, whistle & concertina; Bobby Casey,   fiddle; Oliver Mulligan, singer, London, 1970s (CM-LI63)

Tommy McCarthy, tin whistle & concertina, London, 1970s (CM-LI26)
  
John Joe Healy, concertina & fiddle, & Peggy Healy, talking, London,   1970s (CM-LI46)

Tommy McCarthy, uilleann pipes, whistle & concertina; Tommy McCarthy   jnr., fiddle; London, 1970s (CM-LI64)

Tommy McCarthy, uilleann pipes, tin whistle & concertina, London, 1970s   (CM-LI24)

Fergus McTeggart, fiddle, London, 1980s (CM-LI38/39)

Fergus McTeggart, fiddle, London, 1980s (CM-LI40)

Fergus McTeggart, fiddle, London, 1980s (CM-LI41)

Martin 'Junior' Crehan & John Joe Healy, fiddles, Crosses of Annagh,   September 1973 (CM-WC5)

Martin 'Junior' Crehan, fiddle, Crosses of Annagh, September 1973 (CM-WC6)

PJ Crotty, flute, Lahinch, March 1988 (CM-WC120)

Stevie O’Halloran, tin whistle, Knocknahilla, Mullagh, September 1994   (CM-WC146/7/8)

Fiddle Recital, Willie Clancy Summer School, Miltown Malbay, July 1980
  with Martin 'Junior' Crehan, Joe Ryan, John Kelly, Jnr., John Kelly, Snr., Joe   Rynne, Sean Keane (CM-WC158)

Kitty Hayes, concertina & Peter Laban, uilleann pipes & whistle, Miltown   Malbay, March 2003 (CM-WC209/210/211)

Kitty Hayes, concertina & Peter Laban, uilleann pipes & tin whistle,   Miltown Malbay, May 2003 (CM-WC212/3/4)

Kitty Hayes, concertina & Peter Laban, uilleann pipes, Miltown Malbay,   c.2003 (CM-WC215/216)

See also:
Singers and Songs of County Clare from the Carroll Mackenzie Collection

The Musicians:

Kevin Burke, London (external link)
Bobby Casey, Annagh, Mullagh
Ita Crehan, Bonavella, Mullagh
Martin 'Junior' Crehan, Bonavella, Mullagh
PJ Crotty, Lahinch
JP Downes, Quilty
Michael Falsey, Quilty
Paddy Galvin, Quilty
Kitty Hayes, Shanaway, Miltown Malbay
John Joe Healy, Quilty & London
Sean Keane, Dublin (external link)
John Kelly, Jnr., Dublin
John Kelly, Snr., Rehy West, Cross
Peter Laban, Miltown Malbay
Tommy McCarthy, Shyan, Kilmihil & London
Tommy McCarthy Jnr, London
Fergus McTeggart, Fermanagh, London & Shannon
Oliver Mulligan, Monaghan
Stevie O'Halloran, Knocknahilla, Mullagh
Joe Ryan, Inagh
Joe Rynne, Clouna, Ennistymon (external link)
Michael Sexton, Mullagh
JC Talty, Quilty

PJ Crotty and Paul Boyle, 1970s. Photo © Pat Mackenzie.

Bobby Casey and Tommy McCarthy, 1980s. Photo © Pat Mackenzie

Joe Ryan and John Kelly Jnr, 1999. Photo © Peter Laban