On eBAY: Hugh Shields: Tunes of the Munster Pipers

Jim McGuire · Post by **Jim McGuire** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 9:57 pm

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Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 4:36 am

Jim, any comments about this publication? Good? Bad? Apathetic?

djm · Post by **djm** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 5:20 am

Tunes of the Munster Pipers is an NPU publication and available from them for 19€, which is about US$24.40, so the eBay current price of US$18.95 is not bad. Lots of tunes you never heard of before, collected by a UPiper from UPipers.

djm

AlanB · Post by **AlanB** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 6:12 am

There's some great tunes and mostly needs 'interpretation' (meaning: place your own ornamentations etc.,). I like it like that.

Jim McGuire · Post by **Jim McGuire** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 8:19 am

An absolutely great book. Breandan Breathnach had wanted to publish the Goodman collection himself but the project went to Hugh Shields after Breandan passed away in 1985.

djm · Post by **djm** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 8:25 am

I vaguely recall a show Mick O'Brien did on RTÉ 1 that featured a bunch of tunes from this book. Can't rememebr the name of the show now ....

djm

Harry · Post by **Harry** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 9:45 am

Can't remember the name of that show either, but the sequel was definitely called "Revenge of the Monster Pipers"

djm · Post by **djm** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 11:25 am

A Munster piper:

djm

MikeyLikesIt · Post by **MikeyLikesIt** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 3:49 pm

The show was, interestingly enough, called "Tunes Of the Munster Pipers", broadcast by RTE a few years back. Mick O'Brien and others were recorded playing a slew of the tunes found in the Goodman collection. A lot of these obscure and seldom heard (if ever before heard) tunes are absolutely fantastic! Here's the link to Mr' D'Arcy's site where you can find the program under the Late Session which aired on 2/2/03. Enjoy.

http://uilleannobsession.com/links_radio.html

-Mike

djm · Post by **djm** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 9:04 pm

Good eye, Mikey! I knew if I mentioned it someone would find it for me.

I see that RTÉ 1 has done a second summer series of The Bloom of Youth. This year includes appearances by Cormac Cannon and Mikey Smith. Fr. Pat will have to get busy once again.

djm