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Shannagh - ceilidh band | ![]() |
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| Superb 3 - 5 piece Irish and folk
band. Ideal for ceilidhs, private parties and events requiring something
a little different. Lancashire based. |
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| Price Guide: £480 + | |||||||||||||||
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| Wedding music, ceilidhs, folk nights, Irish and Scottish dancing plus other events. | |||||||||||||||
Profile |
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| An Irish ceilidh band with an outstanding
reputation. Since their formation in 1995, this North West of England outfit
have entertained audiences ancient and modern, swiggers of poteen and porter,
sportin' blades and fair maids, ghosts and goblins, priests and poets, rakes
and rovers, hurlers and harpists, Nolans and Dolans, O'Connells and O'Donnells,
from Clare to Kildare, Longford to Wexford in hotels and theatres, churches
and clubs, parlours and pubs. Sure, they never fail to entertain. The basic line-up, which gives Shannagh their distinctive sound, is fiddle, whistle and piano. For bigger events the trio is augmented with drums and a professional caller organises the dances at weddings and ceilidhs. Shannagh play a mixture of traditional songs, and tunes for listening or for dancing, balanced to suit the occasion. In 1996 they played the first of many engagements at Manchester's Irish Festival, which included a live radio broadcast for the BBC. The majority of their work is for weddings and corporate functions - playing some of the North-West's finest venues including the Trafford Centre, Wigan Pier, the Reebok Stadium and most of the best hotels in the region. Shannagh usually play 2 x 45 minute sets and take 30 minute to set-up. |
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| Repertoire | |||||||||||||||
| Star of the county down Dirty old town Step it out Mary The lakes of Pontchartrain Come by the hills I’ll tell me Ma Wild rover Athenry Whiskey in the jar Green fields of France Ride on Black velvet band Carrickfergus Rare old mountain dew Galway shawl Danny boy Raggle taggle gypsy Irish rover Tunes: They have many sets of reels, jigs, slip jigs, polkas, hornpipes, & waltzes. The caller knows all the popular dances: Dashing white Sergeant, strip the willow, gay gordons etc |
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| Telephone: 0845 675 1311 | |||||||||||||||
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