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26/04/2024

Celebrating the Donegal Fiddle Tradition

BBC Radio Foyle - The Mark Patterson Show, Celebrating the Donegal Fiddle Tradition

Celebrating the Donegal Fiddle Tradition. 

Feile na hInse is upon us. Mark meets acclaimed Donegal fiddlers Roisin McGrory and Clodagh Warnock. Also featuring harpist Joleen McLoughlin from the Henry Girls. 

This weekend, Carndonagh in Donegal comes alive to the tunes and glad tidings of ‘Feile na hInse’ – (‘The Festival of the Island’). Acclaimed Donegal fiddlers Roisin McGrory and Clodagh Warnock play live in studio. We remember Clodagh’s old band Deanta, and airplay Roisin’s new album ‘Por’. Also featuring harpist Joleen McLoughlin from the Henry Girls . West Tyrone man Mervyn Kinloch with a clarion call for nature loves round his way. 


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