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Daire Bracken

February 24, 2019 By Ken Fleming

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Daire Bracken is well known as a creative fiddle player and founding member of the successful bands Slide, Danú and the Munnelly Band. Hailing from a musical family located close the CCÉ Headquarters in Monkstown, Co. Dublin, afforded him great exposure from a young age to some of the country’s finest musicians as they passed through the capital. Absorbing these influences, his exploratory … [Read more...] about Daire Bracken

Myron Bretholz

February 24, 2019 By Ken Fleming

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A native of Baltimore, Maryland, Myron Bretholz has lent his talents as a percussionist to nearly fifty recordings of Irish, Scottish, and other folk music, including albums by Irish fiddlers Brian Conway and Jim Eagan; singers Aoife Clancy, Danny Doyle, Lisa Moscatiello, and Grace Griffith; Uillean piper Jerry O'Sullivan; accordionists Billy McComiskey and Patty Furlong; flutists Jimmy Noonan and … [Read more...] about Myron Bretholz

Chris Buckley

November 4, 2018 By Ken Fleming

Chris Buckley

Christopher Buckley, who grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has been a student of the violin since the age of 3 and began studying Irish fiddle at 14. His classical training culminated with a degree in viola performance at the University of Minnesota and graduate work at UT Austin. His Irish music roots developed under the tutelage of Martin Dowling, Liz Carroll, Brendan Mulvhill, and James … [Read more...] about Chris Buckley

Josh Dukes

February 24, 2019 By Ken Fleming

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Josh Dukes is an All-Ireland champion accompanist and a highly sought after music teacher in the Baltimore/Washington D.C. area. A multi-instrumentalist whose talents embrace the guitar, bouzouki, bodhran, flute, and tin whistle, Josh has established a reputation for providing sensitive, tasteful support for traditional Irish music. As a young high school student, Josh studied the oboe, … [Read more...] about Josh Dukes

Florence Fahy

February 24, 2019 By Ken Fleming

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Florence Fahy is a native of north Co. Clare’s New Quay, just a short trip up the road from Belharbour, home to famed and late concertina player Chris Droney and the center of an unusually rich tradition of concertina playing in Ireland. Florence was inspired to play the concertina by her father, a great concertina player himself, Martin Fahy. From a young age, Florence remembers her father Martin … [Read more...] about Florence Fahy

Marla Fibish

November 4, 2018 By Ken Fleming

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One of the prominent voices of the mandolin in Irish music, Marla Fibish brings a deep and distinctive sensibility to the music on one of its lesser-heard instruments. Her playing is featured on her 2020 album The Bright Hollow Fog, the 2017 Noctambule release A Sweetish Tune, and The Morning Star, a duo CD with legendary Irish singer and bouzouki player Jimmy Crowley, as … [Read more...] about Marla Fibish

Laura Flanagan

February 24, 2019 By Ken Fleming

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Laura Flanagan is an outstanding fiddler from Lubbock, Texas. She's traveled widely in the U.S. and Ireland to study with fiddlers Randal Bays, John Carty, James Kelly, Martin Hayes, and Brendan Larrissey. She's performed and taught at several music camps and holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, where she teaches Irish fiddle and is a high school orchestra … [Read more...] about Laura Flanagan

Patty Furlong

February 24, 2019 By Ken Fleming

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Patty Furlong, originally from Bronx, New York, plays the Irish button accordion in the key of C#/D and B/C. In her teen-age years, as a student of Martin Mulvihill, Patty won numerous New York titles as well as All-Ireland titles. She has played with the world renown group "The Chieftains" as well as being an original member of "Cherish the Ladies". Patty and members of her … [Read more...] about Patty Furlong

Eileen Gannon

February 24, 2019 By Ken Fleming

Eileen Gannon

Eileen Gannon has been lighting up the St. Louis music scene for many years. Eileen, a St. Louis native, is one of the top Irish harp players in the world. She has won numerous accolades including the highly coveted Senior Harp title at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann (World Irish Music Championships). She has a bachelor’s degree in Music Performance from St. Louis University and a master’s degree in … [Read more...] about Eileen Gannon

Kieran Hanrahan

February 24, 2019 By Ken Fleming

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Kieran Hanrahan is a renowned Irish tenor banjo player and is hugely respected as one of the pioneers of the instrument in Irish traditional music since the 1970s. He was a founder member of the traditional music group, Inchiquin, with Noel Hill, Tony Linnane and Tony Callanan. He is also a founder member of Stockton’s Wing with whom he made many highly-acclaimed recordings as tenor banjo and … [Read more...] about Kieran Hanrahan

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This was my first time to attend the Retreat. I was highly impressed with how well run it was, how well organized it was and how friendly and helpful everyone was. I have attended other Irish music schools in Milwaukee and Elkins, West Virginia and the O'Flaherty's Retreat was "top notch" from start to finish.

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