Fleadh Cheoil Sligo August 1989

This is an old broadcast recapping the Fleadh Cheoil that had taken place in Sligo at the time. I thought, with it being 30 years since this happned, it was the perfect time to share it. It shows some clips on the streets of Sligo I presume but its a shame a lot of the recorded footage is in closed off areas where you CAN'T see random faces of the local area.

[@tadhgmulligan]

Great Video! Really enjoyed watching this. The early days of Dervish with Liam Kelly (flute) Shane Mitchell (accordion) Martin McGinley (Fiddle) Michael Holmes (Bouzouki)Brian McDonagh (mandolin). The late Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin. John Tunney. Sharron Shannon on fiddle and Steve Wickham from The Waterboys in session. Flute Maker Sam Murray . Tyrone Fiddle player Cathal Hayden.Seamus Horan and the man himself Jim Mckillop. Talking about fiddle making. The second one he made in 1981. 30 years later he made my own in 2011. A young flute player at the time, Dave Sheridan bought a tape at this fleadh but only learned the tunes off one side!

[@andrewsqual]

I put this up during the Fleadh last year and I sent it on to the Sligo Facebook page but I don't think they did anything with it lol. I haven't checked on the video in a while but all of a sudden it has 2000 views now, so obviously somebody saw it and reposted it on some online boards or social media locations so at least relevant people that are interested have seen it now. :)

[@rf7802]

Hi all, I wondered if anyone knew the name of the tune played by Jim McKillop at 29 min 40seconds approx. Beautiful but never heard it before. With many thanks.

[@rd264]

Yeats died in southern France and was buried there not in Ireland and at some point his remains were exhumed and lost.