This Sunday 03-11-2024 – Week C
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A typical Sunday (10-03-24) VIDEO” Many’s a Wild Night”
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Just saying. This is day 17 in the country and the warmest temperature so far was 17C.
Oh yeah, and it’s raining. But to be fair yesterday on the summer solstice, midsummers, it had been dreadfully rainy. A solstice with no sun! But by 4:00 the clouds cleared and we had sunshine for the longest day of the year. An interesting coincidence is the Sun set at 22:07 in both Galway and Edmonton.
I took Bus Eireann from Galway City to Letterkenny Co. Donegal. You’ll be happy to hear that with no stops the 248km trip was only 30 minutes shorter that the flight from Montreal to Dublin! (5’40” vs 6’10”). But I’m here reacquainting with Edmonton friend Cathal Tunney and his wife Mary. Had a lovely dinner then picked up his brother Paddy and made the hour trek to Bunbeg at Huidi Beag’s pub. This is in my top 5 best sessions in Ireland, if not the best. Great mix of younger and older musicians. Host with the most Hugh Gallagher (gal-a-her) would jump from fiddle, piano or serving drinks.
Brothers Cathal& Paddy Tunney are great fiddlers and singers. Other musicians included well known harpist Janet Harbison -https://www.janetharbisonharp.com. She was very good!
Gearóid Ó Maonaigh (Mooney) played his beautiful Guild guitar. He is the brother of Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (fiddle and vocals) of Altan and father of Ciarán Ó Maonaigh (fiddle) former young traditional musician of the year.
Young Cillian was ripping up the box.
And young Molly Mooney of the Altan lineage was playing every tune. Played til 1 than an hour home.
These are tunes that are currently popular in Ireland (I’ve played at least one time) * denotes tunes played at Jay’s Irish Session
…and MANY MANY more! I will add to this list incrementally
The first week has flown by! Galway City, SW Donegal for 3 nights, now back in Galway.
Met up with old friend, fiddler and fisherman Adrian Murray. Adrian had bought 2 of my CD’s and was a big fan of Georgia’s Canada Day Waltz. He had me play it at every session and it went over very well.
here’s the link (at long last- it was nowhere to be found).
Georgia’s Canada Day Waltz -1994
For the record: there are more than 3 musicians in Galway City. But if you’re going to play at the Big 3 (Taaffe’s Tigh Coili’s and the Crane) you’ll often be playing with Johnny O’Halloran, Anders Trajberg and Declan Corey.
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I am having a great summer and I hope you are too.
Jay
Will have my last session of this trip tonight in Crusheen, Co. Clare with friends Dave Harper (banjo & flute) and Yuka Sawa (flute). But first a stop in Ennis where John Culliney is hosting a dinner in my honour. The local Irish radio is having a phone in; What about this trend of people wearing their pajamas in public… That’ll do, so.
A lovely last night in Kearney’s. Tony Halsall played some mighty stuff. It was quiet enough so Jackie & I played loads of our tunes. Bouasque is always a show stopper.