From J Waters' Pub in Grange, as part of the Celtic Fringe Festival, this clip is from a webcast streamed on www.LiveTrad.com on Friday June 24 2011. Featuring Michael Rooney on harp with a group of Irish and Galician musicians performing part of "The De Cuellar Suite", a musical representation of the memoirs of a Spanish Captain of the illfated Armada, 3 of whose ships were wrecked off nearby Streedagh Beach in 1588. The suite, composed by Michael Rooney, was performed during the Festival, with over 60 musicians, singers and dancers taking part.

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Michael Rooney on harp, June McCormack on flute, Michael Kerr on fiddle, Mark Redmond on uilleann pipes and Marcelo, a Galician percussionist, playing the pandero.

Michael Rooney on harp and June McCormack on flute, with Marcelo, a Galician percussionist, playing the pandero. The tunes names are 'McGivney's Favourite' and The Bird's Hornpipe'.

"The De Cuellar Suite", a musical representation of the memoirs of a Spanish Captain of the illfated Armada, 3 of whose ships were wrecked off nearby Streedagh Beach in 1588.

Featuring a group of visiting Galician 'Folque' musicians from around Santiago. Fantastic stuff.

Michael Rooney on concertina, June McCormack on flute, Michael Kerr on fiddle, and Mark Redmond on uilleann pipes, performing two tunes, 'The Haunted House' and 'The Rolling Wave'.

Michael Rooney on concertina, June McCormack on flute, Michael Kerr on fiddle, and Mark Redmond on uilleann pipes, performing two tunes, 'The Boys of Ballisodare' and 'Five Mile Chase'.