Trevor has sent what is possibly the oldest known recording of Irish fiddle playing......

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"An 1890's wax cylinder recording of Edward Cronin playing Banish Misfortune as was transcribed by O'Neill for his '1001'. I've cleaned up the mp3 to remove as much crackle and hiss as possible. This is possibly the oldest known recording of Irish fiddle music. The old wax cylinders weren't labeled, especially those recordings made by amateurs, as this one was (domestic recording wax cylinder players were readily available, if expensive), so someone, usually the artist, would say at the beginning what was about to be played. On this one you can hear Edward Cronin shouting into the horn. I can't quite make out all the words, but I think he may have been saying the Irish name of the tune ("dibir an mio-adh")."

Xmas / New Year Holiday 2008
Yoga - Traditional Irish Music - Ceramics - Singing Try one or taste the lot!.
Date: Wed 24th Dec. - Tue 1st Jan


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Bob Warrick  suggests a visit to this site.  "My brother hangs out at this place and helps to run the Mummers group, the only one in Ireland.  They had a bad fire last year but the place has been rebuilt and has just reopened".
 
http://www.seamusenniscentre.com/
 

A couple of people have suggested this is a good link

http://www.rte.ie/tv/thefullset/series1.html