We're back over the currently invisible border into Northern Ireland. County Fermanagh is famous for its lakes and it is where songwriter Mickey MacConnell hails from. Born in 1947 in Bellanaleck near Enniskillen, after a career as a journalist he moved to Kerry and devoted his life to music. He recorded only 3 CD's, 2 of them currently unavailable, but his often humorous songs are recited in sessions up and down the land. The following song, The Ballad of Aldi & Lidl, has not made it onto any recordings, but went viral on YouTube:
In the County of Tyrone we meet The Whistlin' Donkeys, a band combining traditional Irish tunes with upbeat Celtic rock influences. This is their song of their home town Pretty Little Girl From Omagh, off their 2013 album Kiss My Ass.
From Derrytresk in County Tyrone hails singer and guitarist Niall Hanna. Here is a song about Lough Neagh, the largest lake on the British Isles, part of its shore is in County Tyrone. This is a photo of me with my dog and a Colombian friend on the shores of Lough Neagh.
The song appears on the 2017 album Autumn Leaves.
From Dungannon hails uilleann piper Jarlath Henderson, who was the youngest ever BBC folk musician of the year in 2003. Here he is playing a rousing live set with long time collaborator Scottish piper Ross Ainslie:
Finally I can't go to Dungannon without visiting my friend singer-songwriter Wendy Jack, although she actually lives on Rathlin Island these days. She once played in my yurt in Portaferry back in May 2015.
My favourite song by her is called Fairies, which is on her recently released album Sunsets available on bandcamp.
That's it for today. As usual you can follow my virtual journey on Tripline. See you next time in Donegal.
The song appears on the 2017 album Autumn Leaves.
From Dungannon hails uilleann piper Jarlath Henderson, who was the youngest ever BBC folk musician of the year in 2003. Here he is playing a rousing live set with long time collaborator Scottish piper Ross Ainslie:
Finally I can't go to Dungannon without visiting my friend singer-songwriter Wendy Jack, although she actually lives on Rathlin Island these days. She once played in my yurt in Portaferry back in May 2015.
My favourite song by her is called Fairies, which is on her recently released album Sunsets available on bandcamp.
That's it for today. As usual you can follow my virtual journey on Tripline. See you next time in Donegal.
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