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Thread #118007   Message #2547671
Posted By: GUEST,Peter Laban
24-Jan-09 - 05:09 AM
Thread Name: Seamus Ennis Appreciation Society
Subject: RE: Seamus Ennis Appreciation Society
There is more than the book of field diaries edited by Rionach ui Ogain (which is due for release in translation as 'Going to the well for water' shortly). Pat Mitchell transcribed Seamus' dance music in a massive volume published by Na Piobairi Uilleann and a further volume, by Jimmy O Brien-Moran, with the airs, songs and misc is planned for the future.

Ennis did sometimes come out as a fiddler, he played the fiddle in the Ha'penny Bridge Quartet which also featured Sean Keane on Fiddle and Liam Og O Floinn on the pipes (the fourth member slips my mind now, it's early yet). Willie Clancy however is on record saying that while there was always the question of who was the best piper, himself or Seamus, there was little question about who was the better fiddler (Willie). Ennis had nice touches reminiscent of Padraig O Keeffe in his fiddle playing though.