An Irish Hornpipe.

Trad (Reel) - I learned this reel from a Bothy Band album. Flatpicking acoustic guitar - backup in DADGAD, tune played in standard.

This was a favourite tune of Chief O'Neill (you don't say!) an Irish police captain in the USA who used to enlist Irish musicians into the police force so they could play music sessions together.

An old scottish song. Also sung by Luke Kelly of the Dubliners.

This is my cover version of a recently written song about famine era Passage West, a port town in Co. Cork, Ireland. Written by John Spillane and released in 2009. John Spillane's myspace page is http://www.myspace.com/johnsp illane

What can I say? I just always feel this way this time of year. Done with the Goodall fitted with a Sunrise pickup and the usual toys and loopers.

Quick recording of a new set of pipes I'm working on. Long winded explanation- prior to the late 19nth century most Irish pipes featured very small bores and finger holes and were pitched well below modern concert pitch. I've always loved them…

A song sang by all the old reliables - Christy Moore, the Pogues, the Wolfe Tones, the Dubliners and many more besides. From Wikipedia: ""Spancil Hill" is a song written in a traditional Irish folk style by Michael Considine. It bemoans the…