Barney McKenna

Ulster's Flowery Vale
1968 -; BBC REC 28M LP

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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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