Presented, researched and compiled by Nicholas Carolan Cover photos: Dancers and musicians on the set of the RTE traditional music series Bring Down the Lamp, Dublin, 1968 RUNNING TIME 202 MINS SUITABLE FOR ALL REGIONS © RTF: 2010

Track Listing: 1. Charlie Harris, accordion. Jigs 2. Robbie Hannan, uilleann pipes. Reels 3. Sean Keane & Paddy Taylor, fiddle & flute, with drummer. Jigs 4. Jimmy Crowley & Stoker's Lodge. Song: Salonika 5. John Kelly, concertina. Slide & reel 6. Sharon Shannon & Paul O'Shaughnessy, accordion & fiddle. Jigs 7. SeamusTansey, flute. Reels 8. Sliabh gCua Set Dancers, senior and junior 9. Josie McDermott & Tommy Flynn, flute & fiddle. Reels 10. Eilis Ni Shuilleabhain. Song: An Creatuirin 11. Thatch Ceili Band. Reels 12. Proinsias & Mairead O'Maonaigh, fiddles. Jigs 13. Planxty. Song: The Good Ship Kangaroo 14. Micho Russell, flute. Jigs 15. Cathal Hayden, banjo. Reels 16. Seamus Ennis. Song: An Poc ar Buile 17. Tom King & Vincent Tighe, step-dancing & accordion 18. Richard Hayward. Song: The Enniskillen Dragoon 19. Denis Ryan & Ellen Flanagan, fiddle & accordion. Jigs 20. Ted, Finbar & Eddie Furey, fiddle, uilleann pipes & guitar. Reel 21. Tony Mac Mahon & John Keogh, accordion & electric piano. Set Dance 22. Tomas 6 Neachtain, whistle. Reel 23. Mary Black & Gerry O'Beirne, guitar. Song: Anachie Gordon 24. De Danann. Reels 25. Mary O'Hara, harp. Song: The Spanish Lady 26. James Colgan. Song-recitation: The Gallant Irish Soldier 27. Julia Clifford, fiddle. Air & slides 28. Paul Brady, Andy Irvine & Donal Lunny, guitar, mandolin, harmonica & bouzouki. Song: Mary and the Soldier 29. Children's step-dancing competition, girl in singing competition, house dance 30. Philip Duffy, fiddle. Reels 31. Sean Garvey. Song: The Bogs of Shanaheever 32. Dermot Byrne, accordion. Highlands 33. Peter Browne, uilleann pipes. Air 34. Jimmy Doyle, accordion. Single jigs 35. Joe Heaney. Song: The Rocks of Bawn 36. Micheal & Feilim O'Raghallaigh, concertina & fiddle. Jigs 37. Noreen O'Donoghue, harp. Reels 38. Rita Gallagher. Song: Lough Eme Shore 39. Ronnie Drew Group. Reels 40. Sarah, Rita & Dolores Keane. Song: I'm Thinking, Ever Thinking 41. Galway dancers, Keane family and friends 42. Miriam Collins, concertina. Reel 43. Paddy Cronin, fiddle. Reels 44. Mary Ann Carolan. Song: Bold Doherty 45. Francie Dearg Byrne & Peter Carr, fiddles. Reels 46. Seamus Walshe, accordion. Hornpipe 47. Tara & Dermy Diamond, Andy Dickson, flute & fiddles. Reels 48. John Joe Gannon, accordion. Flings 49. Tommy Makem & Liam Clancy, banjo & guitar. Song: Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go? 50. Willie Clancy & Joe O'Leary, uilleann pipes & fiddle. Reels 51. Catherine McEvoy, flute. Reels 52. Martin Mongan. Song: Fifteen Years Last Sunday, Mama 53. Mary Bergin & Peter Sorenson, whistle & fiddle. Slide & jig 54. Joe McCafferty/ Seosamh Dhonaill Sheain Mac Eachmharcaign. Song: Gleanntan ha Coille Uaigni 55. Pride of Erin Ceili Band. Jigs 56. Anne Byrne & Jesse Owens, guitar. Song: The Four Marys 57. Eibhlin Ni Riordain, Vincent Milne & Colin Hamilton,accordion, fiddle & flute, & Cork set dancers. Polkas 58. Gay McKeon, uilleartn pipes. Reels 59. Tiompan. Song: Oro Domhnaigh 60. Maria O'Carroll, Caroline O'Connor, Tom O'Sullivan & Tom Hanafin, flutes. Jigs 61. Seamus 'Pound' O'Luing. Song: An Bacach 62. David Sheridan & Barry Kennedy, & Julie Anne Desmond,fiddles & harp. Reels 63. Oisin. Song: The Bonny Light Horseman 64. Matt Cranitch & Dave Hennessy, fiddle & accordion. Slides 65. Bonus track: BY THE STREAMS OF BUNCLODY - FLEADH CHEOIL1963

We are delighted to announce our release of this historic DVD.

COME WEST ALONG THE ROAD VOL 3.
Various Artists.
RTEDVD 148
Irish traditional music treasures from the RTE TV archives 1960s - 1980s.



COME WEST ALONG THE ROAD Vol. 3 Irish Traditional Music Treasures from RTE TV Archives 1960s - 1980s Songs from singers in Irish and English; jigs, reels, hornpipes and airs from solo musicians and groups; step dances, set dances and ceili dances from exhibition and social dancers - this third DVD from the television archives of RTE, the Irish national broadcaster, contains over three hours of outstanding performances from across the rich spectrum of Irish traditional music.

Come West along the Hood is a popular long-running television series of Irish traditional music, broadcast since 1994 by RTE, the Irish national broadcaster, and in its Irish-language version Siar an Bothar since 2001 by TG4, the national Irish-language channel. The series takes its tide from a well known traditional reel and is an invitation to the West, which is traditionally the Irish region of the past.
Researched and presented since its inception by Nicholas Carolan, Director of the Irish Traditional Music Archive in Dublin, the series was devised and first produced by Tony Mac Mahon, and it has since been produced by Michael McCarthy, Tony McHugh, Colm O'Callaghan, Michael Kealy and Niamh White for RTE, and by Mary O'Riordan, Anna Heussaff, Treasa Bhreathnach, Tomas 6 Neachtain and Deirdre Ni Choistin for TG4, commissioned by Kevin Linehan for RTE 1 and by Mairead Ni Nuadhain, Maire Ni Chonlain and Micheal 6 Meallaigh for TG4.
In over 280 programmes to date, the two series have presented and contextualised discoveries from across the varied spectrum of Irish traditional music, bringing older viewers performances often forgotten or never seen and introducing new generations to significant musicians and music of the past, and to the social and technological history inherent in the material. Footage, in black-and-white and colour, is drawn chiefly from the holdings of RTE's TV Programme Library for the station's first three decades, from 1961 to 1989, but also from die archives of other television stations and from film and newsreel archives. Both series are now available on die website players of both stations for some weeks after first transmission.

Also see:

COME WEST ALONG THE ROAD Vol. 2

COME WEST ALONG THE ROAD Vol. 1

Press Reviews
www.LiveIreland.com Christmas Recommendations
6.Right in the middle here, we are going to throw you a curve. There is a set of DVD’s, now out, called Come West Along the Road. It seems to feature videos of every great traditional Irish music artist in the history of the universe. This is the ultimate stocking stuffer. Forget the stocking stuffer part. This is the perfect gift. Wrap it up beautifully and give it pride of place. An unbelievable achievement. God bless RTE, and God bless us all.