Another Ennis archive gem

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Another Ennis archive gem

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Not sure if it has already been posted or not, but here is Mr. Ennis at the Willie Clancy summer school in 1978. :D


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What do you get when a piano falls down a mine shaft ?


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A flat minor. Yes, it was up earlier, but who'd ever get tired of watching it? :)
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Ceann Cromtha wrote:A flat minor. Yes, it was up earlier, but who'd ever get tired of watching it? :)
I was there at the time with my new ckanter, bag and bellow. My tutor was Brendan Breathnach who was using the whistle to learn us the chanter.
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