Donncha O'Briain was a tin whistle teacher and performer, from a musical family from Dublin, with brothers Mick (pipes) Tom (fiddle) Andrew (fiddle) and John (pipes)

He was a member of CCE Cluain Tarbh, and taught and played regularly with the branch.He released a collection of tunes called the Golden Eagle, and an excellent whistle album which was recently re-released on Gael-linn, under the title Irish Traditional Airs on Tin Whistle / Ceol ar an bhFeadóg Stain.

Donncha suffered from muscular dystrophy and passed away in 1990, aged just 30.

Cork FM Community Radio is a volutarily run, community based radio that broadcasts on weekends from midnight Friday. They also have a series of downloadable mp3 podcasts on their website, including trad programme The Traditional Hour, that airs on Saturdays from 6 to 7pm. The Traditional Hour is hosted by musician and music teacher Jessie Cawley and features Irish traditional music with a Cork flavour, along with local music news and updates. Saturday 28th January featured music from Niall Vallely, Karan Casey, Bela Fleck, Paddy Glackin and Caomhin O'Raghaillaigh & Breandan O'Beaglaioch.

Kitty Hayes (concertina, Co Clare) plays 2 reels: The Concert & The Hare's Paw. From the ITMA website.

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Reel from flute and whistle player Jim Donoghue in the book Trip to Sligo; titre "Unknown" dans le livre.

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