In our last playlist we recognised the fiddle player Francie McHugh of Doon Lough, Ardara. This month, we bring to light the music of fellow Ardara native Eddie Keeney. Though a contemporary of Francie, the two fiddle players took very different paths in life, and perhaps, in music. It could be said that Francie was rooted in his native townland and his style and repertoire very much reflected this standing. Eddie, on the other hand was an explorer, even before he left his native parish. Born in 1922, his older sibling was fourteen years his senior and another, older brother, Charlie [Sonny] was, as Eddie described ‘like a young father to me’. It was Sonny who bought Eddie his first instrument at the fair in Ardara for two shillings, a tin fiddle made by the great Travelling fiddler, Alec McConnell. Indeed, Travelling players, including John and Mickey Doherty, among others brought a world of music to Eddie’s house in Gleann Domhain [Deep Glen].