Episode 81: SMASH HITS 2020 (PART 1)

All the best of the tunes and songs from the last year of Blarney Pilgrims Podcast. And by way of thanks, the conferring of titles on the Patron Saints who've supported the podcast over the last year and a half. 'Out of the blue, maybe thirty, forty birds come and they all start singing beautiful, that was the feeling it had like, you know...' Thank you, above all, to the musicians who were so generous to chat with us over the past year. Featured in this episode... Karen Dolan - Calliope House and Fi's Frolics Aifric Boylan - The Golden Castle / Mickey Callaghan's Fancy Daithi Gormley - My Love is Fair and Handsome and The Maid of Mount Cisco Kevin Crawford - Old John's and The Longford Tinker Luke Plumb - The Cornerhouse, The Lady's Pantalettes and The Bird in the Bush Jack Brennan - Garrett Barry's Jig Caity Brennan - Roll Out The Barrel / Christmas Eve / Castle Kelly Catherine McEvoy - East of Glendart / The Green Fields of Woodford Theresa O'Grady - The Milky Way (Vincent Broderick) Ken Fleming - three polkas, one unnamed and The Blackwater 1 and 2 Eoghan O'Ceannabhain - A song Eoghan learned from his father and grandmother - Meiriceá Merran Moir - The Longford Collector / Castle Kelly Úna Monaghan - Mammy's Mick Doherty - The Stack of Barley and The Bantry Bay Hornpipe and finally, to finish, Bush Gothic (from June 2019) and Joe Fitzgerald - Andy's Gone With Cattle -- To listen, stream or download simply click a link below: Our website: https://blarneypilgrims.com iTunes: https://apple.co/2A6tUPm Google Podcasts: http://bit.ly/3cPTkis Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3eIwBFy Or alternatively, simply search your favourite podcast app for the Blarney Pilgrims. -- Become a Patron Saint of the Blarney Pilgrims Podcast. We want the podcast to be free to listen to for as many people as possible. But without the support from at least some of you we couldn’t keep putting out an episode a week. That’s why we’re asking you to become a Patron (Saint) of the podcast. www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims So, for the price of a pint, or a half pint for that matter, you can help keep this show on the road and be safe in the knowledge you have a halo above your head. For your good deed you will secure your place in traditional Irish music podcast heaven. But most importantly, you’ll have helped pay for the other 99% of listeners that don’t or can’t chip in. And that, my friend, is a hell-of-a-nice thing to do. Darren & Dom www.blarneypilgrims.com www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims www.facebook.com/blarneypilgrimspodcast www.instagram.com/blarneypilgrimspodcast www.twitter.com/BlarneyPodcast