Ennis was my introduction to the pipes, my fifteen or sixteen year old self ended up at a concert he was appearing at, in 1971 or 72 or so. I was in the middle of the front row and remember this tall man coming onto the stage and sitting down only may ten feet away from me. He talked a bit, did his mathematical bit about the double jigs in 6/8 and the single jigs in 12/8 and then launched into his first set of tunes.
I was mesmerised, it was literally life changing.

The interesting thing is I only only have a memory of Ennis and Sean 'as Donnchada being there that night. Years later I kept finding people who were playing that night as well : Joe Ryan once told me he was there, Liam O'Flynn and Matt Molloy played and loads more, it was Ennis who left a lasting impression.