I ndíl chuimhne Brendan McGlinchey | The Auld Triangle, Londain |Geantraí 2002 | TG4

The Auld Triangle, Finsbury Park, London : The Gooseberry Bush (Reel 0:00) & Julia Delaney's (Reel 1:44) : The late Armagh fiddler, Brendan McGlinchey (RIP), who was hugely influential to a generation of fiddle players, in a clip recorded for the music series Geantraí, broadcast on TG4 back in 2002.

An laoch fidléara, Brendan McGlinchey atá anois imithe ar shlí na fírinne.

The late Brendan McGlinchey was born in Armagh City. He began playing fiddle at the age of 12 and within a short time had won numerous medals on the Irish traditional scene. It was when he joined the Malachy Sweeny Céilí Band that he was introduced to the music of Michael Coleman, James Morrison and two great fiddle players who greatly influenced his styles of playing -- Paddy Canny and Sean McGuire.

Brendan' McGlinchey's recording "Music of a Champion", is held as an example of complete fiddle playing and a must for all fiddle players. He has also written some excellent well known tunes including Splendid Isolation, Sweeney's Buttermilk and The Floating Crowbar.

He returned each year to Ireland to teach at The Willie Clancy Summer School in Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare and will be sadly missed.

Thosaigh Brendan McGlinchey ag seinnt an fhidil nuair a bhí sé thart ar 12 bliain d'aois agus bhí sé ag seinnt le Banna Céilí Malachy Sweeney agus é fós ina dhéagóir agus ina dhiadh sin le Banna Céilí Johnny Pickering. Chaith sé tréimhse ag seinnt le Bernie Connolly, Seán McGuire & Bobby Gardiner freisin agus bhí an-ghean aige ar stíl an fhidléara Paddy Canny as Co. Chláir. Nuair a chuaigh sé go Londain, is ann a chas sé agus thosaigh ag seinnt le ceoltóirí móra na linne a bhí lonnaithe i Londain, cosúlachtaí Roger Sherlock, an fliúiteadóir as Co. Shligigh, Raymond Roland, an boscadóir, Liam Farrell, seinnteoir bainseó agus an fidléir, Johnny Diskin as oirthear na Gaillimhe. Is iomaí píosa álainn ceoil a chum sé mar, A Splendid Isolation, The Floating Crowbar, Sweeney's Buttermilk agus Farewell to London. Gurbh fada buan a chuid ceoil.

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