Barney McKenna
Ulster's Flowery Vale
1968 -; BBC REC 28M LP
Side One
Mrs. McLeod's Reel — Sean McAloon (Uileann Pipes), Tommy Gunn (Fiddle) & Cathal McConnell (Flute)
The Lowlands of Holland — Sung by David Hammond
Jig: Drops of Brandy — Barney McKenna (Banjo)
Red Red Rose — Sung by Sarah Makem
Pair of Jigs: The Maid in the Meadow/The Battering Ram — Sean McAloon (Uileann Pipes), Tommy Gunn (Fiddle) and Cathal McConnell (Flute)
The Maid Behind the Bar — Lilted by Michael McCann
Old Arboe — Sung by George Hanna
Reel: The Mason's Apron — Barney McKenna (Banjo) & Sean Maguire (Fiddle)
True Lovers' Discourse — Sung by Jerry Hicks
Pair of Reels: O'Rourke's Reel/The Wild Irishman — Sean Maguire (Fiddle) & Barney McKenna (Banjo)
Side Two
Jig: Paddy's Return — Lilted by Michael McCann
Slow Air: Tá Sí Na Codhladh — Cathal McConnell (Flute)
Reel: The Maid Behind the Bar — Sean McAloon (Uileann Pipes)
Dobbin's Flowery Vale — Sung by Jerry Hicks
Pair of Jigs: The Lark in the Morning/The Wandering Minstrel — Sean McAloon (Uileann Pipes), Tommy Gunn (Fiddle) and Cathal McConnell (Flute)
The Lisburn Lass — Sung by George Hanna
Hornpipe: The Black Swan — Sean Maguire (Fiddle)
The Blackbird of Mullaghmore — Sung by David Hammond
March: The Pikeman — Cathal McConnell (Flute) and Tommy Gunn (Fiddle)
Sailor Cut Down in his Prime — Sung by Sarah Makem
Pair of Reels: Hunters' Purse/The Copperplate — Sean McAloon (Uileann Pipes), Tommy Gunn (Fiddle) and Cathal McConnell (Flute)
Credits
Produced by David Hammond
Music recorded by Michael O'Donnell
First broadcast N.I.H.S. July and August 1968
TAKING PART:
Sarah Makem from Keady, Co. Armagh — Grandmother, singer of a thousand songs.
Tommy Gunn from Derrylin, Co. Fermanagh — Fiddler, Hirer, dancer.
David Hammond from Belfast — Performer and producer.
George Hanna from Derrytresk, Co. Tyrone — Coalminer, head of a singing family.
Jerry Hicks from Armagh — Teacher, singer, poet.
Sean Maguire from Belfast — Musician extraordinary, virtuoso on the fiddle.
Sean McAloon from Rosslea, Co. Fermanagh — "Ireland's natural piper".
Michael McCann from Dromore, Co. Tyrone — A delightful lilter.
Cathal McConnell from Ballinaleck, Co. Fermanagh — Flute player, quietly and totally committed to music.
Barney McKenna from Dublin — "Banjo Barney", lifelong student, superb instrumentalist
Music Liaison: Brian ODonnell
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