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Robert Morton Appreciation

  • 9 Songs
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Níl na lá, air / Cathal McConnell, flute ; Robin Morton, concertina

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  • Níl na lá, air / Cathal McConnell, flute ; Robin Morton, concertina

    • https://staging.itma.ie/blog/robin-morton-an-appreciation/?track=1
  • The lady heiress, song / John Maguire, singing in English

    • https://staging.itma.ie/blog/robin-morton-an-appreciation/?track=2
  • Tim the turncoat, hornpipe ; Quarrelsome piper, hornpipe / John Rea, dulcimer ; Sean McAloon, uilleann pipes

    • https://staging.itma.ie/blog/robin-morton-an-appreciation/?track=3
  • Mysterious seven, song / Unidentified, singing in English

    • https://staging.itma.ie/blog/robin-morton-an-appreciation/?track=4
  • Mellon Green, song / Davy Menish, singing in English

    • https://staging.itma.ie/blog/robin-morton-an-appreciation/?track=5
  • Darling baby, song, speech in English / Arthur Whiteside, singing in English, speech in English

    • https://staging.itma.ie/blog/robin-morton-an-appreciation/?track=6
  • Here's a health, song / Elly Mullarkey singing in English

    • https://staging.itma.ie/blog/robin-morton-an-appreciation/?track=7
  • Jimeen Gannon's delight, reel ; Dowd's no. 9, reel / Seamus Tansey, flute ; Tony McManus, guitar

    • https://staging.itma.ie/blog/robin-morton-an-appreciation/?track=8
  • Ellen's dreams, air / Alison Kinnaird ; The Battlefield Band

    • https://staging.itma.ie/blog/robin-morton-an-appreciation/?track=9
Tommy Gunn from the ITMA Image Collection
Folksongs sung in Ulster / compiled by Robin Morton. (Mercier, 1970)
Come day, go day, God send Sunday : the songs and life story, told in his own words, of John Maguire, the traditional singer and farmer from Co Fermanagh / collated by Robin Morton (Routledge, 1973)
An Irish jubilee / Cathal McConnell and Robin Morton (Topic Records, 1976)
The Harp Key: Crann Nan Teud / Alison Kinnaird (Temple Records, 1978)
Seamus Tansey, ITMA 2021

“So, it is clear that, for all his success, huge success, in Scotland, there was no taking the Irishness out of the man. Devoted to the idea of quality in music, he valued his early and formative experiences.”

John Moulden
Robin Morton Collection ITMA
(1939–2021) / Pete Heywood, photographer
  • 14 Songs
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The very man ; The bee in the bonnet / Kevin Rowsome

Kevin Rowsome,

2016

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  • The very man ; The bee in the bonnet / Kevin Rowsome

    • https://staging.itma.ie/playlists/contemporary-compositions/?track=1
  • Reverie / Notify

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  • Ouch it’s Francie ; The yellow tinker / Buille

    • https://staging.itma.ie/playlists/contemporary-compositions/?track=3
  • An ghaoth sa bhiobhóg ; Cornphíopa Shraith Salach / Mick Kinsella, harmonica ; Steve Larkin, fiddle ; Donal Siggins, bouzouki

    • https://staging.itma.ie/playlists/contemporary-compositions/?track=4
  • Hatchet field / Slow Moving Clouds

    • https://staging.itma.ie/playlists/contemporary-compositions/?track=5
  • First flight / Josie Nugent ; Matt Weir

    • https://staging.itma.ie/playlists/contemporary-compositions/?track=6
  • Veronica McNamara’s ; The professor ; Charlie Dolan’s / Oisín Mac Diarmada ; Samantha Harvey

    • https://staging.itma.ie/playlists/contemporary-compositions/?track=7
  • Courting at the crossroads / Des Cafferkey ; various performers

    • https://staging.itma.ie/playlists/contemporary-compositions/?track=8
  • Pomegranate, song / Ye Vagabonds

    • https://staging.itma.ie/playlists/contemporary-compositions/?track=9
  • Postman Pa ; and other airs / Gráinne Brady ; Tina Jordan Rees ; Paul McClure

    • https://staging.itma.ie/playlists/contemporary-compositions/?track=10
  • Junior’s lament ; Caisleán an óir ; Heron jig ; Raga Asawari / AnTara

    • https://staging.itma.ie/playlists/contemporary-compositions/?track=11
  • The thin place ; Paddy Fahy’s / Aislinn Gagliardi ; Liz Carroll

    • https://staging.itma.ie/playlists/contemporary-compositions/?track=12
  • Ireland’s lovely shore / Veronica Barrett

    • https://staging.itma.ie/playlists/contemporary-compositions/?track=13
  • The arrows that murder sleep / Lorcán Mac Mathúna ; various performers

    • https://staging.itma.ie/playlists/contemporary-compositions/?track=14
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Irish tunes for the Scottish and Irish war-pipes / compiled by William Walsh, Chicago ; arranged by David Glen, Edinburgh

The Irish Nation, air — Norin ni Cullinan (Little Nora Cullinan), march — Fainne geal an lae (The Dawning of the day), air — Fear an marsad (The marketman), air — Gillespie’s, hornpipe — The rambler’s rest, (Tie the bonnet), reel — Rocky road to Dublin, jig — One before we go, march — Kiss me sweetheart, air — How much has she got, jig — Three little drummers, (The tenpenny bit), jig — The black haired lass, reel — Cealleachin Fionn (Little Kelly the fair haired), air — The soldiers’ joy, hornpipe — Scatter the mud, jig — Dan Roger’s favourite, jig — The humours of Tralibane — The Templehouse reel — Rory O’More, jig — Nell Flaherty’s drake, jig or quickstep — Costla Bay, reel — Brian Boru’s, jig — County Down, jig or quickstep — Paddy Whack, jig — Larry Grogan, jig — Cameronian rant, reel — Wearing of the green, air — The peeler and the goat — The highway to Dublin, jig — The Yorkshire bite, reel — The Home Rule, jig — Skiver the quilt, jig — The Morgan rattler, jig — Maid on the green, jig — Paddy’s farewell to America, jig — The devil in Dublin, jig — The steam boat, jig — Saddle the pony, jig — Paddy Carey, jig or quickstep — The mysteries of Knock, jig — Will you come home with me, jig or quickstep — The green garter, reel — The merry harriers (The cup of tea), reel — Jimmy’s return (Dunrobin Castle), reel — Gramachree Molly, air — The spirits of whisky, jig — John Roy Stewart, reel — The thatcher, jig — The gallant Tipperary boys, march — Miss Kelly’s, Reel — Johnny the jumper, jig — The mountaineers’ march — The knee buckle, jig — The rakes of Irishmen (The ranting rake), jig — The boys from Mullingar, air — James O’Neill’s, Quickstep — Dandy Denny Cronin, reel — The flowing bowl, reel — The green linnet, reel — Mickey by the fireside, reel — The Gallowglass (Niel Gow’s lament for his brother), jig — Wasn’t she fond of me, jig or quickstep — The Land League, jig — Black eyed Biddy (John Campbell of the Bank) (The Linlithgow march) (The rock and a wee pickle tow), march — Skin the peeler, jig — Rakes of Mallow, quickstep — Seo slainte do’n piobaire (Here is good health to the piper) (The piper’s maggot), air — An cailin deas donn (The pretty brown girl), jig — Cahirsaveen (Cahirciveen) (Cumberland crew), air — Garry Owen, jig or quickstep — Grandfather’s pet, air — The fisherman’s frolic (Argyll is my name), air — The girl from Ireland, jig — Huish the cat, jig or quickstep — Condon’s frolics, jig or quickstep — The butchers’ march — The minstrel boy, air — Billy Barlow, jig — Fasten the leg in her, jig — Oh, dear what can the matter be, air — Kitty Quinn, air — The night cap, air — The night cap — The last rose of summer, air — Last rose of summer, air — The sporting boys, jig — Deoc an doruis (The parting glass), air — The rushy mountain, air — McDonnell’s rant, jig — Bean a tigh air tar (The woman of the house in the centre), reel — Holland is a fine place, air — Brian Boru’s, march — Big Dan O’Mahony (Fingal’s weeping), hornpipe — Helen O’Grady, jig — Domnall na greine (Donald of the sun) (Thady you gander), jig — The merry soldier, hornpipe — Rocky road to Dublin, jig — The red fox, air — Mrs Macleod of Raasay, reel