Failte
2009 lineup

Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin & Mel Mercier with Iarla Ó Lionáird and special guests

Mozaik featuring Andy Irvine and Donal Lunny

Brian Finnegan Band

Jerry O'Sullivan

Alboka

Ronan Le Bars and Nicolas Quemener

Kieran O'Hare & Liz Knowles

Roncos do Diabo

Loïc and Ronan Bléjean

Cillian Vallely & Kevin Crawford

Andrew Carlisle

Edelmiro Fernández

Fraser Fifield & Ali Hutton

Griogair Labhruidh & Síle Denvir

Tiarnán Ó Duinnchinn & Paul O'Shaughnessy

Marc Pollier

Eliot Grasso

Anna Murray

Lorcán Mac Mathúna & Maitiú Ó Casaide

Jarlath Henderson

Peter Browne

Cormac Breatnach

Ronan Browne

Ken McLeod

Armagh Pipers Club

Martin Meehan
Ireland - flute, uilleann pipes
13/11/09 - 10pm - Turner's Bar
14/11/09 - 10pm - Turner's Bar

Martin Meehan is originally from Manchester but now living in Armagh. He learnt music from Michael McGoldrick and Peter Carberry in Manchester and later he learnt to play the uilleann pipes at the Armagh Pipers Club. Martin currently teaches flute at the club and has recently released a solo flute CD entitled 'Three's Company'.

From the sleeve notes of the album:

“I first met Martin in 1984 and started teaching him the tin whistle at the music classes run by Cómhaltas Ceoltoirí Eireann. From back then to now he has been an inspiration to me and his flute playing has reached a standard only to be proud of. This album gives you a taste of what is to come from a talented musician; catch him wherever he is playing and hear it for yourself.” - Mike McGoldrick

“What first hits you about Martin Meehan's playing is the seemingly effortless flow of the music. He always produces a big full sound and this coupled with a rare musical imagination makes compelling listening. Martin makes every tune his own and it is this ability to, as it were, recompose a tune each time round that defines the essence of traditional music.

After his family moved to Armagh, Martin joined the Armagh Piper's Club where he took up the uilleann pipes. These days he is a valuable member of the teaching staff in the club tutoring 2 flute classes.

This CD will establish Martin as a major force in the world of flute playing and I know that this CD will play and play and give endless delight and inspiration to all who hear it.” - Brian Vallely

albums:
2005 - Three's Company