Sliabh Luachra's Cultural Riches article continued

The Dance

The composer of many tunes, Bryan wrote a polka of special significance this year, in tribute to a central character in the set dancing tradition of Sliabh Luachra, Anne Keane, who died in July (2020).

“Every year we used play for a set in Milltown Malbay and Anne used to be the main woman, inside at the Westbridge which used to be seen as the Sliabh Luachra bar in Milltown. My mother and father, Ellen my aunt, and Eileen Buckley and Ger Connor used to form the set and it was a reunion for them after Dan Connell’s [bar in Knocknagree] closed."