Dympna osullivan and danny o mahony playing during feakle festival 2011. I am putting together a revised version of my alternative anglo concertina tutor, and introducing various extra ways to perform rolls. Dympna osullivan, willie kelly, and eimear arkins youtube. Florence is the daughter of martin fahy, and has also benefited from great teachers including the late dympna o sullivan. And just when the session seemed to trail away, shay fogarty picked up another. Dympna o sullivan of lisseycasey, one of clare and irelands loveliest concertina players, has passed away. It is said that musicians do not choose instruments, but the instruments choose the. I learned this set from bean chairdin by dympna o sullivan.
Other teachers i would have taken lessons from include tim collins, brid meaney and michael o raghailligh. Sliabh russell, the mug of brown aleold man dillon. Alot of water has passed under the bridge in both musical and personal terms,lots of battles have been fought and won and she has come out the other end fortified and enriched. She continues the clare tradition of concertina music. Dympna osullivan concertina, willie kelly fiddle, and eimear arkins fiddle play two hornpipes the golden castle comp. Dympna o sullivan from west clare and danny o mahony playing during feakle festival 2011. Dympna osullivan rip general concertina discussion. There is some disdain towards them in some quarters but i have to say my first experience playing in one was an absolute. Recordings and book sources for the reel known as old torn petticoat, the, the old torn petticoat i got in mullingar, the lass from mullingar, the old torn jacket, touch me if you dare no. A nights taping of willies playing gives me a year of study to do when i get back home. I have always had mixed feelings about ceili bands. Recorded informally in an ennis kitchen with great natural acoustics, mrs.
The concertina that i bought for the first time is a cg lachenal anglo concertina. Joan hanrahan and dympna osullivan with a set of reels. Joan hanrahan ar fidil agus dympna o sullivan, a cailleadh go hog. Composed by accordion player and singer joe carey for the late dympna o sullivan, concertina player from lissycasey, co. Releases releases annual 2018 irish music magazine. Dympna is very much part of the strong tradition of musicians that have come from this area. Kitty hayes concertina, with martin hayes fiddle, peter laban pipes, josephine marsh fiddle, accordion, mick kinsella harmonica, concertina, dympna o sullivan concertina, tim dennehy vocals, eoin o neill bouzouki, dennis cahill guitar. A mandolin playing friend of mine is doing a gig with dympna and joan at the feakle festival right now as i type and i am nowhere near feakle. From an early age, l was both attracted to and fascinated by the wealth of music around me. Jigs this is a lovely jig that i learned from cathy custys beautiful album an ceoltoir fanach. Concertina players and all those who appreciate the concertina in irish music will be saddened to hear of the death of dympna osullivan. The event had added poignancy as it celebrated and honoured a much loved daughter of lissycasey, concertina player, dympna o sullivan, who so sadly passed away last year. An included text by eoin o neill written after the recording session.
A noted concertina player and stalwart of the ennis music scene, i met her briefly and played in a couple of sessions with her last year. Dympna showed musical talent from an early age and her style of playing. Angry peeler was learnt from a field recording of tipperary accordeonist willie fogarty. Sadly, lissycaseyborn concertina player dympna o sullivan passed away this week.
Dympna showed musical talent from an early age and her style. Fourth national concertina convention in ennis the clare. Kitty hayes concertina, with yvonne casey fiddle, dympna o sullivan concertina, eoin o neill bouzouki, kitty and angela connaughton vocals source and other information. She had been unwell for some time but the hope was always there that she would recover. Bill malleys mary macnamara its not often that ones work on an interesting project results, some years later, in an equally interesting project emerging as an outcome but this is the case here. Clare, universally considered the heartland of traditional irish folk music.
Laid back, very steady and sparse but sweet ornamentation. I was born and raised in lissycasey, country clare, in an area steeped in traditional music and song. Dympna osullivan was born in lissycasey in west clare in an area steeped in traditional music and song. Hayes plays in a simple and direct manner, beautifully complemented at times by the concertina of dympna o sullivan, the fiddle of yvonne casey ceili bandits, and the bouzouki of eoin o neill. From a very young age her parents encouraged her musical talent. Custys traditional irish music shop is situated in the midwest town of ennis, co. The same might be said of clare concertina player dympna o sullivan, from whom i collected green fields of woodford.
Launched at the old ground hotel in ennis on 29th november,2014, this comes seven years after the launch of her maiden solo album, bean cairdin. Im now listening to this weeks edition of coisle an cheoil, which features the interview with dympna and. Enriched saibhriu by dympna o sullivan on the session. Join facebook to connect with dympna o sullivan and others you may know. Concertina rolls technique an invitation on the session. Irish flute and anglo concertina i enjoy playing irish traditional music reels, jigs, hornpipes, polkas, slides and set dances. I learned the first house in connaught from a one of doolins legends, concertina player packie russell. These events will be followed by open sessions for teenage players of all instruments sessions, tunes and stories in memory of dympna o sullivan and tom carey. Dympna o sullivan of frure, lissycasey, was laid to rest last sunday, after a twoyear battle with cancer, which took her life at 49 years. My concertina teacher dympna o sullivan was a wonderful lady and teacher who taught me so much and really encouraged and developed my style of playing. I learned the jig donnybrook fair from the playing of concertina player dympna o sullivan. The event had added poignancy as it celebrated and honoured a much loved daughter of lissycasey, concertina player, dympna osullivan, who so sadly passed away last year. This tune is played quite regularly in sessions around doolin. The clare herald breaking news for clare people at home and abroad.
You could not fail to like her and to be inspired by her playing. Dympna o sullivan was born in lissycasey in west clare in an area steeped in traditional music and song. Aoibheann and pamela queally beyond the bellows and the bow. Dympna was a beautiful person and one of the leading exponents of irish music on the. Well known fiddle player and clare fm presenter joan hanrahan is joined by concertina player dympna o sullivan for a set of three reels. Joan hanrahan on fiddle and the late dymnpa o sullivan on concertina, 2005. I love her concertina playing on the sancturary sessions. Dympna osullivan new concertina cd concertina videos. It is a common session tune, which was also recorded by josephine marsh on the album to meet a friend with cyril o donoghue. All of ennis and the broader clare and irish music communities were saddened by the untimely death of dympna o sullivan. Clare musicians, tola custy, fiddle, joan hanrahan, fiddle and the late dympna o sullivan on concertina in friels pub lynchs, milltown malbay in 2005.