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Brian McGrath

January 22, 2019 By Ken Fleming

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This will be Brian McGrath’s first time teaching at O’Flaherty’s.

Brian McGrath comes from Brookeborough, Co. Fermanagh, an area steeped in traditional music. Brian’s first professional work was with Dervish. He then joined Four Men And A Dog and played on the award-winning album Barking Mad. Moving on in his career, Brian accompanied Noel Hill, Paul Brock, and Frankie Gavin, among others, before joining the Sean Keane Band as pianist. Brian then joined De Dannan, where he stayed till the band broke up in 2003. Brian now plays with At The Racket, and is much sought after as a session musician on piano, banjo, and mandolin. He has toured extensively, playing with all the biggest names in Irish traditional music, including Frankie Gavin, Noel Hill, John Carty, Matt Molloy, Paul Brock, Charlie Lennon, Joe Burke, Sean Maguire, Brian Rooney, Cathal Hayden, Joe Derrane, Arty McGlynn, Alec Finn, Alan Kelly, Dolores Keane, Maura O’Connell, Tommy Fleming, Steve Cooney, and Eleanor Shanley.  He also works extensively in TV and media.

Brian
McGrath

Instructor – Brian McGrath

2019

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Of all the wonderful aspects of the retreat, though, I think the most wonderful and the most memorable was seeing the effect it had on my son. Andrew really got into the music and into playing in a way that I have never seen in him. When we got home, he and I told the rest of the family about our experiences and then went right out into the front yard and started playing music. No amount of money

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