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Gussie Russell – The Swallow’s Tail / The First House In Connaught (Reels)

Gussie Russell - The Swallow's Tail, The First House in Connaught

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This track comes from “Ceol agus Foinn – Music and Songs from the Willie Clancy Summer School”, a compilation album released in 2008 by Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the summer school. This is track 20 of disc 2, played by Gussie Russell. The compilation also includes two tracks from Micho Russell.

The track is listed as “Ríl an chonsairtín” (The Concertina Reel), but in fact Gussie Russell plays two different reels: The Swallow’s Tail and The First House In Connaught.

Sincere thanks to Harry Hughes of the Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy committee for allowing us to include this track on the website and for his help with the project.

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RTÉ Radió na Gaeltachta

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Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy

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