Kilfenora Fiddle Ceili Band

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9½ Decades In 1908, the parish of Kilfenora was in debt. The new priest, Canon Cassidy from Moughana set to clearing the debt and refurbishing the church. At the fundraising dances he held in the schoolhouse, members of the old Brass & Reed band (see above) like John Joe Lynch, (fiddler and drummer) and Jim Mulqueeney (fiddler) were involved, though were deferential in the presence of the senior players such as fiddle master Michael Slattery. Fr. Fabian McCormack in this following extract describes the atmospheres at those early céilís. "…My father and mother were teenagers then and both loved those dances. My father complained to me that Canon Cassidy was always present and very strict on any wild "wheeling" or jumping in the set; everything had to be sedate… The '20s core group consisted of Jim Mulqueeney, Jim McCormack, John Joe Lynch, Austin Tierney and Lynch's sister, Mrs. Brigid McGrath, on concertina. Tom Ward - (fiddle) Lil McCormack, (piano), Paddy "Pepper" Linnane, Tommy Mulqueeney, Pat Madigan (banjo, clarinet, bass), Jimmy Leyden (drums), brother and sister Paddy and Nora "Marshall" McMahon (flute and fiddle respectively) and Maureen Kelly (piano). By the thirties, there were already a couple of radios in Kilfenora village. The first broadcast by the band was in 1932 from Athlone. The radios were taken out in the open, as the crowd of listeners was as big as when Eamon de Valera came to the village for the Clare election in 1917. There was another broadcast in Jun

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