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This Jig was penned by my friend Mike Dugger, and has been recorded by a number of different folks. About this tune Mike writes "I wrote the tune in 1997 in my garage when I lived on 10580 Gillette Street, in Overland Park, Kansas. I don't know where it came from but I had just met Rick Cunningham from Hoover, Alabama at the Swannanoa Gathering and we became, and still are, fast friends....

Alabama Rick’s (A) This Jig was penned by my friend Mike Dugger, and has been recorded by a number of different folks. About this tune Mike writes “I wrote the tune in 1997 in my garage when I lived on 10580 G…

Ballisodare is a small town in County Sligo, with an adult (over 20) population of 1389, and about half are male. At last count, concerning those from babies to 19 years, there are 179 girls, and 186 boys. So, one might say there are 186 boys of Ballisodare. Alternatively, if we take "boys" to include all males, there is in the neighborhood of 880 boys of Ballisodare....

Boys of Ballisodare Ballisodare is a small town in County Sligo, with an adult (over 20) population of 1389, and about half are male. At last count, concerning those from babies to 19 years, there are 179 girls, and …

In addition to this reel, there is a song, a novel, and a movie with the same title title. None bear any close relation to the tune, save the name, the concept of which is itself a deeply ensconced in Irish consciousness. There’s also many-a CD that contains the tune. The song is an Irish ballad by Robert Dwyer Joyce (1836–1883), about a young Wexford boy who is about to sacrifice his relationship with his beloved to join the 1798 Irish rebellion. ...

Wind that Shakes the Barley In addition to this reel, there is a song, a novel, and a movie with the same title title. None bear any close relation to the tune, save the name, the concept of which is itself a deeply ensconced…

The title of this tune does not refer to the jacket worn while peeling potatoes, carrots, or cucumbers. Rather, it is an eponym (not an aptonym!), since part of a person's name is used to refer to a thing, specifically an occupation; but it is also a synecdoche since one man (a part) is used to refer to a group (the whole). ...

Peeler’s Jacket The title of this tune does not refer to the jacket worn while peeling potatoes, carrots, or cucumbers. Rather, it is an eponym (not an aptonym!), since part of a person’s name is used to re…

Happy to announce that Slowplayers.org is back up!

Slowplayers.org has been moved to a new server, and encountered some glitches. They have been delt with severely. It will be back up shortly.

Happy Holidays!

Some of you may have noticed that links to Slowplayers.org, especially from some search engines end up taking you elsewhere -- like to an ED site. I believe that this has been rectified. Also, note that Slowplayers.org is now a secure (encrypted) site, so if you were to type in the address you'd use https.

Ennis is a town in co. Clare, just south of Galway, and has a resident population of around 30,000. It can be a busy little very town in high season, easily tripling the population. If you're there, you'll want to go down O’Connell Street, the heart of Ennis. It's a narrow, curved one-way street, lined with about seventy-seven establishments, many being period buildings, and has a distinctive commemorative pillar topped with a statue of Daniel O’Connell at one end -- O'Connell was elected MP for Clare in 1828. [ 651 more words ]

A Night in Ennis Ennis is a town in co. Clare, just south of Galway, and has a resident population of around 30,000. It can be a busy little very town in high season, easily tripling the population. If you’…

I'm happy to announce that we have relaunched the KC School of Irish Music and are currently holding classes on Tune-Learning and on Beginning Bodhrán -- the next tune-learning class will start on Monday, March 25th at the KC Irish Center.
What this means for Slowplayers.org is that I'll be putting up some new tunes (FINALLY!)

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Sounds like a great attitude to live with to us!! :-D