You might be interested in hearing a wee sound snippet. It's of two eel fishermen of my granda's generation - Albert Parkes and Jem McAlinden - in conversation with Bobby Hanvey of Northern Ireland's Downtown Radio. I've spliced my jig "Arthur John Donnelly" to the end of the sample. Arthur John Donnelly was my granda on my ma's side and a good friend of Albert.

It's a biggish file (3.5Mb) and takes a while to download if you're using a modem!

Scroll down the page and stop at the first stop press!

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