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Felix Doran in a Ceiidh band 1964?

Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2020 5:43 am
by Steampacket
Just noticed that Felix Doran is playing in what seems to be a ceilidh band here in this BBC video clip from 1964 at the all-Ireland Fleadh Ceoil in Clones, Co Monaghan. Felix can be seen piping starting at 1:21 minutes until 1:26 minutes in the video. Then later on in the video clip playing "The cook in the kitchen" in an outdoor session starting at 3:39 until 4:12 minutes. Another piper I can't identify can be seen playing in a outdoor session starting at 2:59 until 3:16 minutes
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p006vm ... xNg3gLYNdM

Re: Felix Doran in a Ceiidh band 1964?

Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2020 6:01 am
by brianholton
what a fabulous wee film. thank you for posting that.
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Re: Felix Doran in a Ceiidh band 1964?

Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2020 6:59 am
by Steampacket
Yes it is Brian. I believe that it's Josie McDermott and Tommy Flynn playing at 3:13 until Felix starts to play at 3:39 minutes.

Re: Felix Doran in a Ceiidh band 1964?

Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2020 7:56 am
by Mr.Gumby
Always fun looking at these things and trying to find familiar faces, trying to recognise them when they were decades younger than you may have ever seen them. The fluteplayer with the fiddleplayer and piper, playing the First House, Paddy Taylor perhaps? Young Andy Irvine with Luke Kelly and David Hammond putting down the Hot Ashphalt. No others yet after one viewing. \Well, apart from Barney McKenna obviously at the start. Anyone recognise others?

Re: Felix Doran in a Ceiidh band 1964?

Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2020 8:54 am
by Seanie
Hi All

Liverpool Ceili Band at the start - about 1 minute in

Re: Felix Doran in a Ceiidh band 1964?

Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2020 8:57 am
by Seanie
Piper playing with Paddy Taylor looks like Willie Reynolds.

Re: Felix Doran in a Ceiidh band 1964?

Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2020 9:01 am
by Mr.Gumby
Well spotted John.

The fiddle and flute player from the later trio are from their ranks so that should probably make it easier to put a name on them. Not Paddy Taylor then, I suppose.

I played a few tunes with Seán McNamara in Crotty's at one time. An old fella came up to him after a while to talk to him about the Liverpool Ceiliband, almost in tears at the memories it brought up. Opened my eyes to how populat the bands were during the sixties.




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Re: Felix Doran in a Ceiidh band 1964?

Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2020 8:06 am
by rorybbellows
The axe wielding fellow at 2.00 is David Hammond. I also see compelling evidence at 0.40 that coneheads had actually visited this planet before the 90's


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Re: Felix Doran in a Ceiidh band 1964?

Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2020 1:40 pm
by Toofargone
Steampacket wrote:Yes it is Brian. I believe that it's Josie McDermott and Tommy Flynn playing at 3:13 until Felix starts to play at 3:39 minutes.
The musicians around 3.13 are Con Curtain,landlord of the Balloon pub in Lots Rd.London,and the flute player is Paddy Taylor,who made a nice LP about 10 years later, and also lived in London.