Carraigín Ruadh Item Info

Title:
Carraigín Ruadh
Sound Cloud:
Description:
Another composer of fine tunes was fiddle and flute player Brendan Tonra from County Mayo, who immigrated to Boston around 1959. Brendan played this tune, one of his compositions, on a recording made in 1979 by the Boston branch of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann. It may be found in Brendan's own collection, A Musical Voyage, with Brendan Tonra, produced by his friend Helen Kisiel. My setting of this reel can be found on a 1989 recording called Here and There, on the Green Linnet label. The tune is played for this collection by Séamus and Manus McGuire.
Publisher:
Séamus Connolly, Boston College Libraries
Creator:
McGuire, Séamus McGuire, Manus O'Briain, Garry Tonra, Brendan
Type:
Some transcriptions are based on historical source recordings. More info.
Subjects:
Folk dance music Reels Fiddle tunes Tonra, Brendan
Playlist:
Playlist 04
Collection:
Reels
Source
Preferred Citation:
McGuire, Séamus ;McGuire, Manus ;O'Briain, Garry ;Tonra, Brendan, "Carraigín Ruadh", The Séamus Connolly Collection of Irish Music, accessed July 10, 2025, https://library.bc.edu/ds/connolly/document/612.html.
Reference Link:
https://library.bc.edu/ds/connolly/document/612.html
Rights
Rights:
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