Fort of the Jewels
Released in 2004, Fort of the Jewels features Brian McNamara with Guest musicians Benedict Koehler (piper) and Grainne Hambly (harper). On this recording, Brian plays a ‘concert-pitched’ set of pipes made in 2001 by Benedict Koehler and David Quinn and a ‘flat’ set pitched in ‘C’ made by Geoff Wooff in 1997.
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(The physical CD package includes a booklet with detailed information on tunes featured on the recording).
Sample the Album
Track Listing:
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Jigs: Paddy from Portlaw / Handsome Young maidens / I love you not and I care not (4:13)
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Hop Jigs: Top the Candle / Do it Fair (2:26)
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Reels: Captain Locker / Gladstone’s Bill (2:32)
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Air: Dún na Séad (Fort of the Jewels) (4:29)
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Reels: Patsy Touhey’s Favourite / Fr. O’Grady’s Visit to Bocca (2:16)
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Single Jigs: Hug the Bundle / Maloney’s / Thomas Reilly Clerk of Fore (3:30)
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Hornpipes: Mrs Crotty’s / The Humours of Tullycrine (3:08)
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Air / Reel: A stór mo Chroí / Biddy from Muckross (4:00)
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Piece: The Humours of Glynn (3:14)
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Jigs: Paddy Fahey’s / The King of the Pipers (3:54)
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Reels: The Spike Island Lasses / Dr. Taylor’s Favourite / The Green Garters (4:12)
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Slip Jigs: Hardiman the Fiddler / The Arra Mountains / Redican’s Mother (3:38)
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Reels: Hobble the Botches / Sandy over the Lea (2:26)
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Air: Táimse im’Chodladh (3:45)
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Reels: Ormond Sound / The Connaught Heifers (2:44)
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