Here's a bit of fun. I've been posting on Youtube a few recordings I made at the All-Ireland Fleadh in Buncrana, Co. Donegal in 1976, and came across this video, from a year earlier, 1975 :
There's a young flute player playing "The Bucks Of Oranmore" at 3m 13 secs. I'm fairly certain I know who he was - anyone care to take a guess ?
https://youtu.be/1NCWGJ6gCZM?si=FqjJGHeYO_O1vUV4
Name that flute player
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Name that flute player
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Re: Name that flute player
back in the day when he had hair 
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As did we all.
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"Rama" knows. 125 views - nobody going to take a punt ?, Aw, go on, go on..... Or do I have to ask "thesession.org" ? 
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Conal ?
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Too easy, eh ?
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I had been weighing 'possibles' but initially ruled him out on age grounds. He was fourteen in 1975.. 
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That would be right, Mr.G. His name is in the 1976 programme as winner of both flute AND whistle in the 11 - 14 age group from the previous year, ie 1975. He won the 14 - 16 flute competition in 1976, and as I recall, got a standing ovation for his performance, the only time I've ever seen that in any competition. Mind you, maybe there was a bus load up from Cork that year ?
"There's fast music and there's lively music. People don't always know the difference"