Growing up in Wales, my grandfather was a coal miner who played the fiddle for the people in our village. He was a hero to the kids there and they used to beg him to teach them how to play the fiddle. Fiddlers are the aristocrats of the working-class. If you were a tradesman or a miner who could play the fiddle, you were respected and beloved, just like my grandfather.
Love this documentary, have it on in the background when I’m having a few jars. The train between derry and Killybegs is like watching something from the future
Great content, can really learn a lot from this! Pity about the stabilisation artefacts while he's playing but I guess it has its charm as well. Will look forward to watching it through again
Growing up in Wales, my grandfather was a coal miner who played the fiddle for the people in our village. He was a hero to the kids there and they used to beg him to teach them how to play the fiddle. Fiddlers are the aristocrats of the working-class. If you were a tradesman or a miner who could play the fiddle, you were respected and beloved, just like my grandfather.
What a wonderful social and musical history. The warmth of the people comes across in leaps and bounds.
Very interesting branch of lrish history and lrish music too Brilliant
Love this documentary, have it on in the background when I’m having a few jars. The train between derry and Killybegs is like watching something from the future
brilliant video, thanks
Lovely. Good job!
nice document of living history whilst it was still living.
Thanks for this ..............Fantastic .............Cheers
Great content, can really learn a lot from this! Pity about the stabilisation artefacts while he's playing but I guess it has its charm as well. Will look forward to watching it through again
Excellent.
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Johnny Doherty
The last tinker fiddler..
He doesn't sound like a traveller (no offence to him, nor to travellers in general).