Thirteen Arches Item Info
- Title:
- Thirteen Arches
- Sound Cloud:
- Description:
- A thirteen-arched bridge spans the majestic River Shannon as it flows through my hometown of Killaloe, County Clare. On the opposite side of the bridge is Ballina, County Tipperary. As a child I had fun saying, 'I can stand in Killaloe and Ballina at the same time'. I composed this tune in remembrance of my father, Michael 'Mick' Connolly, who, when working as the skipper of a tugboat named the St. Patrick, piloted it underneath the largest of the arches. The young fiddle player Kelsey Lutz, from Ann Arbor, Michigan, was sixteen years old when she recorded the tune for this project. Irish music will forever remain vibrant when young people play our music as Kelsey does.
- Publisher:
- Séamus Connolly, Boston College Libraries
- Creator:
- Lutz, Kelsey Connolly, Séamus
- Type:
- Some transcriptions are based on historical source recordings. More info.
- Subjects:
- Folk dance music Reels Fiddle tunes Connolly, Michael
- Playlist:
- Playlist 02
- Collection:
- Reels
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- Lutz, Kelsey ;Connolly, Séamus, "Thirteen Arches", The Séamus Connolly Collection of Irish Music, accessed June 4, 2025, https://library.bc.edu/ds/connolly/document/590.html.
- Reference Link:
- https://library.bc.edu/ds/connolly/document/590.html
Rights
- Rights:
- This website was created through a partnership with Séamus Connolly and the Boston College Libraries (2016). All materials on this site may be freely shared and adapted according to the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.