James Carmichael married my Grandmother Bridie.My mother is Jane Archibald(nee Hughes) who is Bridies only daughter.Eddie Hughes my uncle, is the banjo player in irish folk group cream of the barley.My father Dave Archibald who played in irish bands Pipers Chair,Slipjig & Blarney stone passed away in 1992.

I can remember as a young boy sitting on my grandad Jims knee while he was playing the fiddle,my uncle Eddie playing the Banjo and my nan(bridie) singing along.

Unfortunately my nan passed away in June 2007 at the grand old age of 90.James and Bridie are once again reunited,up there somewhere having a good old sing song.

My mother is away on holiday at the moment but when she returns I will see if she has any old recordings and I will keep you posted.I will also try dig out some old photo's of grandad Jim in his playing days and upload them onto the internet.It would be great to hear more stories & tales.
many thanks.(e-mail a1archie@hotmail.com)