The Máirtín O'Connor Band play 'The Home Ruler': Traditional Irish Music from LiveTrad.com

Fiddle player Cathal Hayden takes the lead in this wonderful rendition of 'The Home Ruler' by the Máirtín O'Connor Band, which was performed at Glór in Ennis, Co. Clare on May 26th 2012, as part of the Fleadh Nua Festival.
Live streamed on LiveTrad.com, the Máirtín O'Connor Band comprises Máirtín O'Connor on button accordion, Cathal Hayden on fiddle and Séamie O'Dowd on guitar.

[@washerdryer3466]

So this is what world class musicians look and play like. :).

[@dfmontgomery91]

THIS IS MY 'NEW' FAVORITE TUNE....DESERVES A GRAMMY NOMINATION...!

[@caoimhinmacgiollabhride888]

Warning-maestro at work.Entitled to their opinion but I have often heard criticism of the likes of Martin Hayes also from the guardians of purity.They are performers doing what all artists should strive for .Freshness and vigour of approach.Magnificent .

[@padjo59]

Normally I don't like to hear players getting too 'fast and loose' or even 'slow and loose' with traditional tunes, but these three make me realise that if it's right, it's absolutely right. And when they play it sounds so natural and instinctive that it can only be the result of playing these tunes for years and years and loving what you are playing. Sublime.'

[@shteamroller]

isnt it amazing how the master can take a simple hornpipe and turn it into a classic....

[@nf54551]

Could listen to this forever.

[@CaptainSeaCelt]

Me too

[@GraeneyMac]

This goes very deep. Truly soulful and all on board. Go raibh míle!

[@germyldon]

Sublime.. 10/10 in every way. Cathal's playing on this never fails to move me

[@handstandish]

Gorgeous music. Cathal, Martin and Seamie, well done. Love this, one of my favourite pieces of music for sure. Live too! The best way for sure.

[@nf54551]

A timeless classic, an absolute masterpiece.

[@matthijsruhrup8869]

Truly stunning lyricism, tone quality and phrasing, Cathal Hayden!

[@gabrielkeown38]

Beautifully haunting fiddle playing

[@columhickey]

Doesn't get much better...great version

[@PadhraicinN]

"Music transports me immediately into the condition of soul in which he who wrote the music found himself at that time". Leo Tolstoy

[@dfmontgomery91]

LEO WAS SPOT ON !!

[@backadahand]

Words can only get us so far, music carries us the rest of the way.

[@patrickkillalea6244]

Three of the most impressive musicians......such a perfect rendition of these tunes...thanks for the music

[@hi-tonebanjo5-stringirishb360]

Takes a great tune and adds soul and longing...

[@keyfeatures]

could listen to this all night

[@lardooley8397]

Stunning playing, and a fabulous rendition, well done Cathal --

[@mkirksmith]

Beautiful

[@olmmbill]

Exquisite! Thank you for reminding me why I love traditional Irish music.

[@charliereed717]

Just absolutely superb 👏🏻

[@dreamer2260]

Stunning. Played with such care, lyricism; free-flowing and inventive.

[@LotteStarck]

... Xtraordinary fine tune and performance, the fiddle strings sounds like 'crispy velvet' - cool! :-)

[@Boveyphil]

He's playing in Eb which is why it sounds so good!

[@loiscody6686]

The most tender a hornpipe ever played I think.

[@mkirksmith]

Yes, it's an extraordinary transformation. Just think what he would do with other session standards.

[@paige040177]

Tears, magnificent!!!

[@dempseycarmel]

beautiful.... fabulous......

[@johnmeehan4341]

Chuala me Cathal ag seinm an tiuin seo rud beag nios luaithe i nDoire ar na maillibh, agus creid no na creid e, bhi se nios fearr na an leagan seo!

[@bdclark1388]

This is beautiful ,Thank you fro m Bridget xxx

[@jamesandmartinabohan7301]

Absolutely brilliant!

[@kathleenmurphy1918]

So beautiful such talent

[@rodallsop7879]

Beautiful.

[@francesayres3697]

Beautiful!

[@shamrock4500]

love this tune, and played so sweetly.

[@mikeo3177]

beautiful

[@solgrimshaw]

So so beautiful 🌅

[@shamrock4500]

that man must have been born with a fiddle in his hands, magical.

[@dorotheaworba4805]

Yeah, this man and Oisin Mac Diarmada!!! They know how to play the fiddle!!! Sleep well. Dorothea

[@bernardbarry4258]

Very impressive!!!

[@BambiLoo]

Yes, goosebumps and moose bumps!

[@CaptainSeaCelt]

Is that moose as in "moose aboot the hoose" as in mus/mouse? Just kidding or joking around

[@paauggie]

Stunning!!

[@siamterry]

Absolutely fantastic, tasty playing by all of them !

[@jullejuhl8167]

Amazing!

[@Boveyphil]

Sublime!

[@siamterry]

Cathal, Thank you so much for your signed poster of the band, now enjoying a prime position in the Shamrock Bar Pattaya, and a great inspiration to my fiddle molesting progress !

[@CaptainSeaCelt]

Well if I'm ever back in Pattaya I know where I'll be going for a pint/wee dram - doon to the Shamrock!

[@Boveyphil]

Just so exquisite.

[@guitarplayercs]

goosebumps!

[@psydoc49]

great

[@user-zr2vb2ml4v]

Завораживающая музыка и исполнение,

[@JelenSim]

Tiszta Forrásvcízből...!!!

[@jdgrahamo]

I wish the camera man and the sound engineer would get together when deciding where to put those bleeding great microphone stands. Great playing, but I would like to see what's going on.

[@jacobsgranddaughter]

❤️🙏

[@norannemichael7128]

The two

[@McSeán02]

Well fair play to ye shams, tis more than glooming, much more. As Tansey would say a RFS to ye boys - Royal Fucking Salute or a Reel Flute Solo. Beautiful .....

[@tomryan4360]

Ta an ceol sin ar fheabhas.nior chuala me a leithead le fada anuas.

[@marcusuadonnghaile1855]

Upyahboyyah!!! 😀

[@bethkelly2209]

Where can I get the notes? Is it in an unusual key?

[@erikferry6500]

Anyone know the name of the reel on the back half of this?

[@Kitiwake]

Thé Maud Millar

[@wms8221]

Anyone know if he has the fiddle tuned up to Eb?

[@joejoemccann1668]

i think so, I'm just learning the tune and I've had to tune my fiddle up, unless he's using some sort of the amp that can change the key?

[@doniekeyesmusic]

Cathal plays in Eb tuning most of the time.

[@dfmontgomery91]

GOOD QUESTION...IT IS IN Eb....I';M GONNA TRY TO LEARN IT IN THAT KEY....

[@liamcairns44]

what's the second tune called

[@yautt]

I believe it is Maud Miller

[@helendeignan520]

Second tune is Maude Millar - reel, with exceptional interpretation by Cathal.. in case you didn't find out before now.

[@tomallen6117]

Maud Miller's

[@1cleandude]

Sorry what is a hornpipe

[@jabrwoky1]

It's a type of Irish dance tune, always in a dotted 4/4 time. However this first tune, which is a very common Irish hornpipe, is masterfully treated here in a much smoother, sultry rhythm than what is commonly played at sessions. If you listen to standard versions of it and compare to this, you'll hear the genius in Cathal's rendition, it's breathtaking.

[@MrZooganopolos]

Chops

[@hempenasphalt1587]

The Home Ruler? I can’t even recognize this tune.

[@Kitiwake]

The Irish ain't pretty but they sure can do music.