A clip for the RTÉ program “Tangents” from 1973 featuring Packie Russell on concertina and Marcus Walsh on Bodhrán. The two tunes are “The Milliners Daughter” and “The First House in Connaught”. Filmed in O’Connor’s Pub, by the fireplace which was actually built by Packie Russell.
Packie Russell plays “De Valera’s Jig”
In this video from 1975 in Gus O’Connor’s Pub, Packie Russell talks about his memory of reading about Éamon de Valera’s lifestory and of a tune in particular, which he then plays on the concertina.
