Joe Ryan plays Paddy O’Brien’s and The Few Bob (hornpipes) during Maire O’Keefe’s fiddle class at the Willie Clancy summer school in 2002.
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CaitlĂn Nic Gabhann (dance) & Ciarán Ă“ Maonaigh (fiddle) in Galway, 2013.
Anne and Nicky McAuliffe play a  tin whistle  duet.
Mary Bergin was born in Dublin in 1949, and starded playing the whistle at the age of 9, after hearing Willie Clancy (Uilleann Pipes) in concert. She moved to Spiddal, where she still lives today. She plays with Alec Finn (De Danann) and the group Dordan, and teaches the whistle.
The group Boys of the Lough was formed in 1967, and is still making music today. Their first album, Boys of the Lough, was released in 1972 with Cathal McConnell (flute, song) Robin Morton (song, bodhran, concertina) Aly Bain (fiddle) and Dick Gaughan (song, guitar)
Their music mixes the Irish and Scottish traditions with outside influences like Scandinavian music. In a career spanning over 30 years, they have released 20 albums.