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Píobaire, An, Volume 5, Issue 1, Page 11

Píobaire, An, Volume 5, Issue 1, Page 11
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Na Píobairí Uilleann
periodical Editor
Chairman, NPU
periodical Title
Píobaire, An
volume Number
5
issue Content
11Three books have been publishedrecently with an interest for pipers – acollection of photographs of IrishTraveller life from the photographer andmusic collector Alen MacWeeney, a biogra-phy of the Conamara sean nós singerSeosamh Ó hÉanaí by Liam Mac ConIomaire, and Tony Kearns’ photographiicessay on the Willie Clancy Summer School.Irish Travellers, Tinkers No MoreAlen Mac Weeney(New England College Press, ISBN 978 0 9790130 0 3)Availability : www.alenmacweeney.comAlen MacWeeney is a Dublin-born photog-rapher whose work with Travellers startedin 1965 when he came across a Travellerencampment near Dublin city. He pho-tographed and recorded the lives and music ofthe people he met for a number of years, andthis publication contains the results of hiswork. Bundled with the book is a Cd recordingof Traveller music and song, which includesseveral tracks by members of the Keenan andFurey families – “Dunphy’s Hornpipe”, “TheMunster Cloak”, “An Chuilfhionn” and“Sliabh na mBan” by Paddy Keenan, and “NaConnerys” and “The Sligo Maid / Down theBroom” by the Furey family.Seosamh Ó hÉanaí – Nárfhágha mé bás choícheLiam Mac Con Iomaire(Cló Iar-Chonnachta, ISBN 978 1 905560 20 2)Availability : www.cic.ieLiam Mac ConIomaire is a well-known and respectedsinger himself, and hisbiography of Ó hÉanaí iswritten with a singer’sslant. The book is mostlyin Irish, although there area large number of inter-views and other excerptsin English. It comes witha CD containing mostly recordings of Ó hÉanaí’ssinging, but also including two tracks by SéamusEnnis – “Port na Giobóige” and “Amhrán RinnMhaoile”.Music & Light / Ceol & SolasTony Kearns(Silver Spear Press, ISBN 978 0 95604 920 9)Availability : www.tonykearns.netTony Kearns has been creating superb photo-graphic images of the world of traditionalmusic for many years. He has now gatheredmuch of his best work together in this volume,which focuses on the Willie Clancy SummerSchool, and includes many images of pipers.
issue Number
1
page Number
11
periodical Author
[Periodical]
issue Publication Date
2009-02-09T00:00:00
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Píobaire, An, Volume 5, Issue 1

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