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176. Daoirí Farrell: Traditional Singer & Musician

176. Daoirí Farrell: Traditional Singer & Musician

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Episode 176 Musician Daoirí Farrell chats with Fender Jackson in Galway when he was performing as part of the Galway Folk Festival on 7th June 2025.


Conversation includes: a performance of 'Foggy Dew'; introductions; Derry Tangney and the Tangney family from County Kerry; early life; Dessie Farrell; Caitriona O'Connor; favourite music acts; John Mooney; entry into music; first music lessons; being an electrician; Joe Foley and O'Donoghue’s; Brian Hickey’; studying Ceoltóir in Ballyfermot in 2008; Paul McGrattan, Pat Daly, Niamh Parsons and Brian Ó hUiginn; arranging ‘The Creggan White Hare’; Fender’s friend Declan Doherty aka ShakyHorse; rawness and honesty; arranging songs; Andy Irvine; Seamus Molloy and his son in the Hill of The O’Neill in Dungannon, Tyrone; Mark Knopfler; Donal Lunny and Liam Óg O Flynn; Liam Weldon; the parallels of being a musician and an electrician; Andy Tobin’s Bouzouki; a performance of 'The Creggan White Hare' and other topics.


Relevant Links

https://daoiri.com/

Ep. 176 Playlist


Additional Links

https://galwayfolkfestival.com/

https://tobininstruments.co.uk/

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