In 1984, whilst studying at Colchester Institute, I visited the Irish fiddler Julia Clifford at her home in Thetford, England as part of a research project into the traditional music of Sliabh Luachra. This video documents the recording and interview from our meeting.
Since this video has been published, the two unnamed jigs have been identified by Katie Howson, folk musician and researcher:
The Cullen Slide (also known as Mick Mahoney’s No.1 / Johnny O’Leary’s / If I Had a Wife) followed by Kishkeam Lasses (published as Rural Felicity).
Acknowledgements:
It is thanks to Eileen and George Monger that I was introduced to Julia Clifford. Alan Ward's booklet, published by Topic Records, on the ...