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Video recommendations
Irish Dancing Step by Step Vol. 1Starring Olive Hurley. Learn to dance simple Irish dances in the comfort of your own home with top Irish dance teacher Olive Hurley.
Easy reel, easy jig, easy slip-jig and the Walls of Limerick
In Volume 2 of the series Olive teaches the treble reel, treble jig and hornpipe, St. Patrick's Day and the Blackbird.
Highly recommended, especially for beginners. Recommended by  ChristinaOShaughnessy, 10/13/2000.
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The Midsummer's Night SessionStarring Dervish, with special guests Máirtín Tom Sheáinín, Séamus Tansey, Con Greaney and Máirtín Mac Donnacha. Dervish "in session" in Spiddal, County Galway. Superb musicians, at their best! Dervish are: Cathy Jordan, vocals, bodhrán and bones Shane Mitchell, accordeon (a "Dougie Briggs" model) Brian Mc Donagh, mandola Michael Holmes, Bouzouki Liam Kelly, flute and whistles Tom Morrow, fiddle Séamus O'Dowd, guitar, fiddle, harmonica and backing vocals Recommended by ChristinaOShaughnessy, 10/13/2000.
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To Erin and BackStarring Joe Burke, Kevin Burke, Dermot Byrne, Jackie Daly, Noel Hill, Dolores Keane, Micho Russell and many others. A superb video: an absolute "must" for anyone who wants to get the flavour of the real Irish music scene-the festivals, the sessions, the individual musicians.... "Traditional Irish music presented by John D. McGurk's pub, in St. Louis, Missouri. Other highlights include a visit to a music festival in Kilrush, County Clare, Ireland, performances at the Krush Pub in Cillini Dioma and the Willie Clancy Festival in Milltown Malbay, as well as scenic views of Irish countryside in Country Clare and County Galway". Video produced by Full Circle Productions Missouri Recommended by ChristinaOShaughnessy, 7/12/2001.
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Water from the Well (live over Ireland)Starring The Chieftains, with Ashley Mac Isaac, Altan, Steve Cooney, Van Morrison, The Ballyfin Set Dancers, Tommy Peoples, Michael Kelleher, Seamus Hynes, Los Lobos. "Journey with The Chieftains to the special places and people ofthe home counties that formed the band's musical soul. Derek Bell, Kevin Conneff, Martin Fay, Seán Keane, Matt Molloy and Paddy Moloney tell the tales of their earliest memories of Irish music. Their thoughtful and often amusing stories capture the emotion behind the scenes of every performance". - from the video. A "sentimental journey" through the provinces of Ireland. The various members of the group talk to us about themselves and about what the music means to them. Recommended by ChristinaOShaughnessy, 10/13/2000.
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