tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47340300572547940292024-03-28T18:55:03.706-07:00The Irish WhistleA blog dedicated to the Irish tin whistle or pennywhistle.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger116125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4734030057254794029.post-70625905558836852232024-01-05T02:41:00.000-08:002024-01-05T02:42:00.068-08:00Best Tin Whistles in 2024 - Buying Guide A buying guide of the best tin whistles in 2024, with some practical information on choosing a tin whistle:https://www.tradschool.com/en/irish-music/tin-whistle-buying-guide/Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4734030057254794029.post-3165090520941373452016-01-21T13:07:00.002-08:002016-01-21T13:07:38.465-08:00Beginners Tin Whistle lesson - Denis Murphy's SlideUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4734030057254794029.post-33608899684481070702014-02-14T01:16:00.001-08:002014-02-14T01:43:24.984-08:00Seán Potts: Funeral of former Chieftains musician to take place (BBC News)
The funeral of Seán
Potts, who was a founding member of Irish band The Chieftains, is due to
take place in his native Dublin later on Friday.
He died on Tuesday aged 83.
Potts was best known for playing the tin whistle with the
world-renowned traditional music group that he helped form in Dublin in
1962.
He left The Chieftains in 1979 and later became the honorary presidentUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4734030057254794029.post-20089549336639977892013-09-02T07:27:00.001-07:002013-09-02T07:27:51.188-07:00Ards cce - tin whistle soloUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4734030057254794029.post-40149861431581630452013-02-18T00:51:00.002-08:002013-02-18T00:51:25.248-08:00The Last Pint - Kevin Crawford and Cillian Vallely
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4734030057254794029.post-22127904985746450412013-02-15T02:43:00.000-08:002013-02-15T02:43:45.048-08:00Tin Whistle Tutor Book - Tradschool
Whistle tutor book available at: http://www.tradschool.com/en/tin-whistle-tutor/
Learn to play Irish traditional music on the whistle with this new tutor book from Tradschool
286 pages; with 429 accompanying audio tracks
104 tunes (28 children's & folk tunes + 76 traditional tunes)
This tutor book, with its accompanying audio files, is intended to give a complete introduction to playing Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4734030057254794029.post-63859857487223926792013-01-16T00:43:00.000-08:002013-01-16T00:43:22.315-08:00Carmel Gunning in Concert with John Regan, Seamus O'Kane and Joe Grady at Aras An Mhuilinn, MullingarWell known musician and singer Carmel Gunning has teamed up with some other well known musicians for some gigs at home and abroad in 2013 - namely the well known accordion player John Regan from Dublin and originally from Sligo, bodhran player Seamus O'Kane from Derry and fiddle player Joe Grady from Kilmovee, Co. Mayo. Their programme consists of folk and traditional music plus traditional and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4734030057254794029.post-30648623690668831622012-12-03T06:59:00.001-08:002012-12-03T06:59:46.997-08:00Hark The Herald Angels Sing - Christmas Carol for Tin Whistle
Christmas carol on tin whistle from Tradschool. Other songs available :
Angels We Have Heard On High
Deck The Halls
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Good King Wenceslas
Hark The Herald Angels Sing
The Holly And The Ivy
I Saw Three Ships
O Come, All Ye Faithful
The First Noel
We Wish You A Merry Chrismas
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Related Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4734030057254794029.post-69720804317392542592012-10-12T02:19:00.000-07:002012-10-12T02:19:13.251-07:00Irish Music Classes in Áras Inis Gluaire, BelmulletMusic classes continue every Wednesday at 7pm in Áras Inis Gluaire, Belmullet. Lessons are available in tin whistle, accordion, keyboard, guitar, fiddle, and flute. Beginners from 7pm to 8pm, advanced from 8pm to 9pm. For information contact 097 81079
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4734030057254794029.post-75563844204081099822012-09-04T22:13:00.000-07:002012-09-04T22:13:54.741-07:00Moate whistler wins FleadhComhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Moate musician Audrey Ní Mhurcú has won the slow airs competition on the tin whistle for over 18s at this year’s All-Ireland Fleadh Cheoil in Cavan on Saturday, August 18.
She also managed a very creditable second place in the whistle competition for the same age group in the Breffni capital.
Over the three days of the weekend 3,000Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4734030057254794029.post-71365870381162732882012-08-07T02:07:00.001-07:002012-08-07T02:07:08.190-07:00Gary Gould plays the Harmonic Minor Whistle
Performing his 1-man klezmer concert for Temple Beth Shalom of Indio, CA, Gary Gould follows up a number played on a traditional Irish penny whistle with this selection performed on his untraditional "Jewish penny whistle." Special thanks to Danial Bingamon and Jubilee Music Instruments of Kings Mills, Ohio for his work on this very special whistle.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4734030057254794029.post-38569543848203124002012-08-06T03:55:00.000-07:002012-08-06T03:55:50.034-07:00Hundreds at writer Binchy's funeral (Photo credit: Wikipedia)The life, love, talent and generosity of acclaimed best-selling novelist Maeve Binchy have been remembered at her funeral.
The worlds of the arts, journalism and politics joined forces to pay tribute to Ireland's national treasure, who died on Monday.
Her husband, writer Gordon Snell, brother William and sister Joan led hundreds of mourners including Oscar-winningUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4734030057254794029.post-45487033332292454102012-08-04T12:52:00.002-07:002012-08-04T14:33:35.747-07:00Traditional Irish Music Workshop Announced for October, 2012 in the West of Ireland with John Carty, Arty McGlynn and Others - Yahoo! NewsCover of Arty McGlynnConnemara Ireland Workshops offers 5-day traditional Irish music workshop with some of Ireland's most distinctive musicians, including John Carty, Arty McGlynn, Jimmy Higgins. The workshop is scheduled for October 19-23, 2012 in Connemara, Ireland.
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Fiona Cuthill and Stevie Lawrence, two veteran performers from Scotland who are in the midst of a North American tour promoting their new album, A Cruel Kindness, provided the imported Celtic, traditional folk music that is Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4734030057254794029.post-58139140668864124782012-07-28T07:33:00.008-07:002012-07-28T12:55:38.639-07:00New Tin Whistle Tutor BookTin Whistle
A Complete Guide to Playing Irish Traditional Music on the Whistle286-page pdf ebook and 420 accompanying mp3 files
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This tutor book and its accompanying multimedia Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4734030057254794029.post-50060966417175567922012-04-25T09:36:00.001-07:002012-04-25T09:40:59.589-07:00Waterford Today - Jack O’Neill’s Pages from The PastWaterford News
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Waterford Characters what about Francie Cahill? This query appeared on the margin of a copy of the "Waterford News" which my friend, Mike Fitzgerald, of Santa Maria, California, received from a Mrs. Englehart, whose address is 1845 Fifth Avenue, San Diego, California and who stated that she had recently returned from a ten months’ holiday in Waterford. She is quite Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4734030057254794029.post-46626074003668180532012-04-23T06:43:00.000-07:002012-04-23T06:43:24.149-07:00Bealtaine Festival 2012 Set for Roscommon Arts Centre This SummerLocation of County Roscommon on island of Ireland (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Roscommon Arts Centre is shortly announcing its Summer 2012 line-up with details of many events already available online at www.roscommonartscentre.ie.
The new Summer Programme of Events will be published in the coming weeks with copies delivered to homes across the region and also available in shops and businesses. A Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4734030057254794029.post-84946462204808418912012-04-17T01:02:00.000-07:002012-04-17T01:02:26.901-07:00Young tin whistle player’s got talent - Napanee Guide - Ontario, CAThirteen-year-old Devon might not have been playing for long, but his four years of tin whistle experience have gone a long way when it comes to his abilities on the traditional Irish instrument.
He can wrap his fingers around Irish tunes quite effectively and make the $12 tin whistle sing in a way that many can’t. And his parents aren’t the only ones who think so.
“Dev’s a big where ever he Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4734030057254794029.post-33705598649616000022012-01-22T09:29:00.000-08:002012-01-22T09:34:33.763-08:002 reels from Mick O'BrienUilleann piper Mick O'Brien at the South Wales Uilleann Pipers 2011 Celtic Night Concert. Two reels played on the C whistle, The Mason Apron and Ralthin Island, composed by Peter Browne.
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Village tunes in for Ceol Chairlinn (Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4734030057254794029.post-89986857352167198302012-01-17T05:28:00.000-08:002012-01-17T05:30:54.675-08:00Singer Bridie Gallagher buriedImage via WikipediaALMOST 500 mourners gathered yesterday for the burial of renowned singer Bridie Gallagher.
Ms Gallagher was buried at Doe Cemetery outside her beloved birthplace of Creeslough in Co Donegal.
A lone tin whistle player sounded the tune of The Town I Loved So Well as mourners braved wind and rain for the burial.
A funeral Mass had taken place earlier at St Bridget’s Church, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4734030057254794029.post-32568089863121049202012-01-03T08:34:00.000-08:002012-01-03T08:34:51.291-08:00Jacob Fournel - Reel Gan Ainm & Jolly TinkerUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4734030057254794029.post-28756253187711130152011-12-16T08:34:00.000-08:002011-12-16T08:35:37.034-08:00Pioneering ensemble lends Celtic spirit to holidaysWhen the holidays roll around, Joanie Madden has plenty to cherish.
Her Celtic music ensemble, Cherish the Ladies, last year celebrated a quarter-century of performances — far beyond what the flutist and award-winning tin-whistle player anticipated.
“It’s great to be accepted and respected,” said Madden, 46, a New York native who speaks with a slight Irish lilt. “We were here before Riverdance,Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0