Category: Scóir cheoil / Musical scores

The first polka arose out of a piece of music I was commissioned to compose by Ionad Culturtha Bhaile Mhuirne in 2008. It was for string quartet, traditional Irish flute and Irish ‘Sean-nós’ singer. When emailing the tunes to the lads I thought the Polka would never do on its own so I made the […]

In 2008 the Cork County Council completed a major refurbishment of the County Hall, which for many years was the tallest building in Ireland. They asked me to compose a piece for them for the occasion of their official opening of these municipal offices. Cork is by far the biggest county in Ireland and therefore […]

The first slide I pulled together for a fiddler friend of mine Sean Ó Liatháin from Sliabh Riach. He plays the fiddle in the old style on his knee and makes wonderful music. Viewers of that popular Irish television series, “Come West Along The Road” will know his playing as the signature tune is a […]

This song started out life as a slow air that I put together live in front of cameras during the making of a TV documentary series around 1986 “I Live Here”. At the time I was stupidly pushing around to see when whatever talent I had for composing would cease to function – searching for […]