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Altan (band)

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Altan are an Irish folk music band formed in County Donegal in 1987 by lead vocalist Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and her husband Frankie Kennedy. [1]

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Alison Brown

Alison Brown (born August 7, 1962) is an American banjo player, guitarist, composer, and producer.

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Alison Krauss

Alison Maria Krauss (born July 23, 1971) is an American bluegrass-country singer and musician.

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Altan (album)

Altan is the second (studio) album by Frankie Kennedy and Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (future founders of the Irish band Altan), originally released in 1987 by Green Linnet Records.

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Another Sky

Another Sky is the seventh studio album by Irish traditional band Altan.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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Belfast

Belfast (is the capital city of Northern Ireland, located on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast of Ireland.

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Bill Clinton

William Jefferson Clinton (born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001.

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Billboard (magazine)

Billboard (styled as billboard) is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries.

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Blackwater (Altan album)

Blackwater is the fifth studio album by Altan, released in April 1996 on the Virgin Records label.

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Bonnie Raitt

Bonnie Lynn Raitt (born November 8, 1949) is an American blues singer-songwriter, musician, and activist.

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Bouzouki

The bouzouki (also buzuki; μπουζούκι; plural bouzoukia μπουζούκια) is a musical instrument popular in Greece that was brought there in the 1900s by Greek immigrants from Asia Minor, and quickly became the central instrument to the rebetiko genre and its music branches.

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Bruce Molsky

Bruce C. Molsky (born 1955, New York City) is an American fiddler, banjo player, guitarist, and singer.

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Capercaillie (band)

Capercaillie is a Scottish folk band that was founded in the 1980s by Donald Shaw and led by Karen Matheson.

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Ceol Aduaidh

Ceol Aduaidh (Irish Gaelic for "Music from the North") is the first studio album by Frankie Kennedy and Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (who would go on to found the Irish band Altan), originally released in 1983 on the Gael-Linn Records label.

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Charleston, West Virginia

Charleston is the most populous city in, and the capital of, the U.S. state of West Virginia.

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Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy (often abbreviated to chemo and sometimes CTX or CTx) is a type of cancer treatment that uses one or more anti-cancer drugs (chemotherapeutic agents) as part of a standardized chemotherapy regimen.

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Cherish the Ladies

Cherish the Ladies is an American female super group that plays Celtic music.

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Clannad

Clannad are an Irish family band formed in 1970 in Gweedore, County Donegal.

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Compass Records

Compass Records is an independent record label founded in 1995 by musicians Garry West and Alison Brown that specializes in folk, bluegrass, Celtic, jazz, and acoustic music.

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Compilation album

A compilation album comprises tracks, either previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several performers.

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County Donegal

County Donegal (Contae Dhún na nGall) is a county of Ireland in the province of Ulster.

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County Fermanagh

County Fermanagh is one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland and one of the six counties of Northern Ireland.

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County Tyrone

County Tyrone is one of the six historic counties of Northern Ireland.

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Dailymotion

Dailymotion is a video-sharing technology platform.

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Darol Anger

Darol Anger is an American violinist and founding member of The David Grisman Quintet.

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Dáithí Sproule

Dáithí Sproule (born 23 May 1950) is a guitarist and singer of traditional Irish music.

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Des Moines, Iowa

Des Moines is the capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa.

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Dolly Parton

Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actress, author, businesswoman, and philanthropist, known primarily for her work in country music.

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Dublin

Dublin is the capital of and largest city in Ireland.

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Dublin Castle

Dublin Castle (Caisleán Bhaile Átha Cliath) off Dame Street, Dublin, Ireland, is a major Irish government complex, conference centre, and tourist attraction.

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Eddi Reader

Sadenia "Eddi" Reader MBE (born 29 August 1959) is a Scottish singer-songwriter, known both for her work with Fairground Attraction and for an enduring solo career.

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Enya

Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin (anglicised as Enya Patricia Brennan; born 17 May 1961), known professionally as Enya, is an Irish singer, songwriter and musician.

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Ewing's sarcoma

Ewing's sarcoma or Ewing sarcoma is a malignant small, round, blue cell tumor.

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Facebook

Facebook is an American online social media and social networking service company based in Menlo Park, California.

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Fiddle

A fiddle is a bowed string musical instrument, most often a violin.

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Flook (band)

Flook is an Anglo-Irish band playing traditional-style instrumental music, much of it penned by the band themselves.

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Flute

The flute is a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group.

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Folk music

Folk music includes both traditional music and the genre that evolved from it during the 20th century folk revival.

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Four Men and a Dog

Four Men and a Dog is an Irish traditional band that emerged in 1990 during the Belfast Folk Festival.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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Frankie Kennedy

Frankie Kennedy (30 September 1955 – 19 September 1994) was a flute and tin whistle player born in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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Gael Linn

Gael Linn (meaning "Gaels with us") is an organisation devoted to the Irish language and arts.

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Gleann Nimhe – The Poison Glen

Gleann Nimhe – The Poison Glen is the eleventh studio album by Irish folk music group Altan and their tenth studio album of original material, released in late February / early March 2012 on the Compass Records label.

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Gleanntáin Ghlas' Ghaoth Dobhair

"Gleanntáin Ghlas' Ghaoth Dobhair" is a song in the Irish language written by Irish musician Proinsias Ó Maonaigh (father of Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh of Altan) about his hometown of Gaoth Dobhair in County Donegal.

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Greeley, Colorado

The City of Greeley is the home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Weld County, Colorado, United States.

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Green Linnet Records

Green Linnet Records was an American independent record label that specialized in Celtic music.

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Gweedore

Gweedore (officially known by its Irish language name, Gaoth Dobhair) is an Irish-speaking parish located on the Atlantic coast of County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland.

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Harvest Storm

Harvest Storm is the third studio album by Altan, released in April 1992 on the Green Linnet label.

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Hindhead

Hindhead is a village in Surrey, England.

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Horse with a Heart

Horse with a Heart is the first studio album by Altan, released in May 1989 on the Green Linnet Records label.

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Imeall

Imeall (Irish Gaelic for "Edge", "Rim", "Threshold") is Irish musician Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh's debut (and to date only) solo album, self-produced on her own label "Moon" and released physically as a (numbered) limited edition in late 2008 / early 2009 and digitally available through her official website (after 20 years of recording with her band Altan).

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Iowa

Iowa is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri and Big Sioux rivers to the west.

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Irish flute

The term Irish Flute refers to a conical-bore, simple-system wooden flute of the type favoured by classical flautists of the early 19th century, or to a flute of modern manufacture derived from this design (often with modifications to optimize its use in Irish Traditional Music or Scottish Traditional Music).

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Irish Independent

The Irish Independent is Ireland's largest-selling daily newspaper, published by Independent News & Media (INM).

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Irish language

The Irish language (Gaeilge), also referred to as the Gaelic or the Irish Gaelic language, is a Goidelic language (Gaelic) of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people.

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Irish traditional music

Irish traditional music (also known as Irish trad, Irish folk music, and other variants) is a genre of folk music that developed in Ireland.

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Island Angel

Island Angel is the fourth studio album by Altan, released in 1993 on the Green Linnet label.

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ITunes

iTunes is a media player, media library, Internet radio broadcaster, and mobile device management application developed by Apple Inc. It was announced on January 9, 2001.

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Jerry Douglas

Gerald Calvin "Jerry" Douglas (born May 28, 1956) is an American resonator guitar and lap steel guitar player and record producer.

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Jig

The jig (port) is a form of lively folk dance in compound metre, as well as the accompanying dance tune.

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Kenny Malone

Kenny Malone is an American drummer/percussionist from Nashville, Tennessee.

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Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in east central England.

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Little Sparrow

Little Sparrow is the 36th studio album by Dolly Parton, the second in Parton's trilogy of folk/bluegrass albums released between 1999 and 2002.

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Local Ground

Local Ground is the ninth studio album by Irish folk music group Altan, released in March 2005 on the Narada label.

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Lyon

Lyon (Liyon), is the third-largest city and second-largest urban area of France.

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Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh

Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (born 26 July 1959) is an Irish fiddler and the lead vocalist for the Irish folk music band Altan, which she co-founded with her late husband Frankie Kennedy in 1987.

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Malahide

Malahide is an affluent coastal suburban town north of Dublin city in Fingal, County Dublin, Ireland.

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Mary Black

Mary Black (born 23 May 1955) is an Irish folk singer.

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Mary Chapin Carpenter

Mary Chapin Carpenter (born February 21, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter.

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Mary McAleese

Mary Patricia McAleese (née Leneghan; Máire Pádraigín Mhic Ghiolla Íosa; born 27 June 1951) is an Irish Fianna Fáil and Independent politician who served as the 8th President of Ireland from November 1997 to November 2011.

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Massachusetts

Massachusetts, officially known as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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Michael McGoldrick

Michael McGoldrick (born 26 November 1971, Manchester, England) Is a Folk Musician who plays Wooden flute, Uilleann pipes, low whistle and bodhran He also plays other instruments such as Acoustic guitar cittern and mandolin on some of his tracks.

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Mount Errigal

Errigal (possibly meaning "oratory") is a mountain near Gweedore in County Donegal, Ireland.

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Moya Brennan

Moya Brennan, born Máire Ní Bhraonáin, also known as Máire Brennan (born 4 August 1952), is an Irish folk singer, songwriter, harpist, and philanthropist.

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Narada Productions

Narada is a record label formed in 1983 as an independent new-age music label and distributed by MCA Records.

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Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County.

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Natalie Haas

Natalie Haas is an American cellist, originally from Menlo Park, California.

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National Concert Hall

The National Concert Hall (NCH) (An Ceoláras Náisiúnta) is a concert hall located on Earlsfort Terrace in Dublin, Ireland, close to St. Stephen's Green, and is the principal national venue for classical music concerts in Ireland.

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Nicky Ryan

Nicholas Dominick Ryan (born 1949) is an Irish music producer, recording engineer, and manager.

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North Vancouver (city)

The City of North Vancouver is a waterfront municipality on the north shore of Burrard Inlet, directly across from Vancouver, British Columbia.

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Northampton, Massachusetts

The city of Northampton is the county seat of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Nuits de Fourvière

The Nuits de Fourvière (Nights of Fourvière) is a festival with theater, circus, music, dance, and film presentations.

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Oliver Plunkett

Oliver Plunkett (also spelt Oliver Plunket) (Oilibhéar Pluincéid), (1 November 1625 – 1 July 1681) was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland who was the last victim of the Popish Plot.

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Paul Brady

Paul Joseph Brady (born 19 May 1947) is an Irish singer-songwriter and musician, whose work straddles folk and pop.

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Paul O'Shaughnessy (musician)

Paul O'Shaughnessy (born 9 June 1961 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish fiddler, former member of Irish folk music bands Altan and Beginish.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania German: Pennsylvaani or Pennsilfaani), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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Pornichet

Pornichet is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

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Proinsias Ó Maonaigh

Proinsias Ó Maonaigh or Francie Mooney (28 April 1922 - 28 March 2006) was a fiddler from Gweedore (Gaoth Dobhair), County Donegal, Ireland.

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Radiation therapy

Radiation therapy or radiotherapy, often abbreviated RT, RTx, or XRT, is therapy using ionizing radiation, generally as part of cancer treatment to control or kill malignant cells and normally delivered by a linear accelerator.

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Ramelton

Ramelton is a town in County Donegal, Ireland.

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Reel

A reel is an object around which lengths of another material (usually long and flexible) are wound for storage.

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Republic of Ireland

Ireland (Éire), also known as the Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann), is a sovereign state in north-western Europe occupying 26 of 32 counties of the island of Ireland.

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RTÉ Concert Orchestra

The RTÉ Concert Orchestra is one of the two full-time professional orchestras in Ireland that are part of RTÉ, the national broadcasting station.

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Runaway Sunday

Runaway Sunday is the sixth studio album by Altan, released in July 1997 on the Virgin Records label.

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Saint Patrick's Day

Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick (Lá Fhéile Pádraig, "the Day of the Festival of Patrick"), is a cultural and religious celebration held on 17 March, the traditional death date of Saint Patrick (AD 385–461), the foremost patron saint of Ireland.

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Saint-Nazaire

Saint-Nazaire (Gallo: Saint-Nazère/Saint-Nazaer) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France, in traditional Brittany.

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Scoil Gheimhridh Frankie Kennedy

Scoil Gheimhridh Frankie Kennedy ("Frankie Kennedy Winter School") was a traditional music winter school held annually in Gweedore, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland starting December 1994 in memory of Belfast flautist Frankie Kennedy who died on 19 September 1994.

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Sellersville, Pennsylvania

Sellersville is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Sinéad O'Connor

Magda Davitt (born Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor, 8 December 1966) is an Irish singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the late 1980s with her debut album The Lion and the Cobra.

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Skegness

Skegness is a seaside town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, on the Lincolnshire coast of the North Sea, east of Lincoln.

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Spokane, Washington

Spokane is a city in the state of Washington in the northwestern United States.

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St Patrick's College, Dublin

St Patrick's College (Coláiste Phádraig), formally known as DCU Drumcondra was a third level institution, located in Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland.

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St. Albert, Alberta

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Stornoway

Stornoway (Steòrnabhagh) is the main settlement of Western Isles and the capital of Lewis and Harris in Scotland.

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String Sisters

String Sisters (or The String Sisters) are a Grammy long-listed folk supergroup made up of six of the world's leading female fiddlers.

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Stuart Duncan

Stuart Duncan (born April 14, 1964) is an American bluegrass musician who plays the fiddle, mandolin, guitar and banjo.

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Temple Bar TradFest

Temple Bar TradFest is an annual music and culture festival that takes place in late January in Dublin, Ireland.

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Tennessee

Tennessee (translit) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States.

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The Blue Idol

The Blue Idol is the eighth studio album by Irish traditional band Altan, released in February 2002 on the Narada label.

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The Chieftains

The Chieftains are a traditional Irish band formed in Dublin in 1963, by Paddy Moloney, Sean Potts and Michael Tubridy.

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The Red Crow

The Red Crow is the second studio album by Altan, released in November 1990 on the Green Linnet Records label.

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The Widening Gyre (album)

The Widening Gyre is the twelfth studio album by Irish folk music group Altan and their eleventh studio album of original material, released in February 2015 on the Compass Records label.

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Tin whistle

The tin whistle, also called the penny whistle, English flageolet, Scottish penny whistle, tin flageolet, Irish whistle, Belfast Hornpipe, feadóg stáin (or simply feadóg) and Clarke London FlageoletThe Clarke Tin Whistle By Bill Ochs is a simple, six-holed woodwind instrument.

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Todd Phillips

Todd Phillips (born Todd Bunzl; December 20, 1970) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and actor.

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Transatlantic Sessions

Transatlantic Sessions is the collective title for a series of musical productions by Glasgow-based Pelicula Films Ltd, funded by- and produced for BBC Scotland, BBC Four and RTÉ of Ireland.

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Ulster

Ulster (Ulaidh or Cúige Uladh, Ulster Scots: Ulstèr or Ulster) is a province in the north of the island of Ireland.

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Virgin Records

Virgin Records Ltd. was a British record label founded by entrepreneurs Richard Branson, Simon Draper, Nik Powell, and musician Tom Newman in 1972.

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W. B. Yeats

William Butler Yeats (13 June 186528 January 1939) was an Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature.

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Washington (state)

Washington, officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

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White House

The White House is the official residence and workplace of the President of the United States.

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World music

World music (also called global music or international music) is a musical category encompassing many different styles of music from around the globe, which includes many genres including some forms of Western music represented by folk music, as well as selected forms of ethnic music, indigenous music, neotraditional music, and music where more than one cultural tradition, such as ethnic music and Western popular music, intermingle.

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Zaandam

Zaandam is a city in the province of North Holland, Netherlands.

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25th Anniversary Celebration

25th Anniversary Celebration (released in Japan as Altan: With the RTÉ Concert Orchestra) is the tenth studio album by Irish folk music group Altan.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altan_(band)

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