Ed Reavy talks about the titles...
Mick Moloney Lovely Lough Sheelin...
Ed Reavy : Well, you know where Lough Sheelin is..
You pass that coming fown from Dublin to Shannon you know...that's in the County Cavan too..
That'a a beautiful lake, where I think Breffni O'Reilly was supposed to be buried..near Lough Sheelin..

Martin Mulvihill
Martin was born in the village of Ballygoughin in west Limerick 1929.
He learned the fiddle from his mother and from neighboring musicians in the townland.
He emigrated to England in the 1950's and lived in Northampton for several years before
moving to New York with his family in the mid 1960's. He now runs one of the largest and
most successful schools of Irish music in America. As well as being an excellent musician,
he is a talented composer with several fine tunes to his credit

from the original liner notes of the late 1970's...Martin Mulvihill died
in the 1990's on a trip back to his native town.

The Recording

This recording presents the music of Ed Reavy, one of the most important composers
of Irish music in this century. Since he started composing in Philadelphia in the 1930's,
his music has spread far and wide, both to other parts of America and to Ireland,
where many of his tunes have become part of the staple repertoire of most traditional musicians.
from the liner notes..

From the recording : The Music of Ed Reavy
available from
ROUNDER RECORDS

This recording is made available here with permission of Rounder Records

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