The uilleann piper Patsy Touhey was the most celebrated Irish traditional musician of his day. Born in 1865, he flourished in the USA as a professional entertainer and became a prime mover of the Gaelic music revival in the States. Today his music is a byword for unsurpassed virtuosity. His crucial importance to the history of Irish traditional music is that he is the earliest traditional musician of whom we have a substantial body of sound recordings, giving us a unique insight into the incredibly rich world of traditional music making in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The largest single collection of recordings of Touhey’s music is the Busby-Carney collection, which is now held at the Irish Traditional Music Archive. This collection contains private cylinder recordings made by Touhey himself and often featuring spoken introductions by him. A remastered selection from the collection is given here.
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| ITMA Refno. | Track Title |
20409-CYL | The Munster Gimlet (jig) |
20410-CYL | The Humours of Ennistymon (jig and reel) |
20411-CYL | Humours of Whiskey (jig and reel) |
20412-CYL | The Sword in Hand (reel) |
20413-CYL | Poll Halpenny (hornpipe and reel) |
20414-CYL | Harrigan's Fancy (reel) |
20415-CYL | The Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow (slow air) |
20416-CYL | The Dandy Reel |
20417-CYL | Fasten the Leg in Her (jig and reel) |
20418-CYL | My Love is in America (reel) |
20419-CYL | Garryowen (slow air and reel) |
20420-CYL | Brian the Brave (slow air and reel) |
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