Cathal McConnell Auld Springs Gies Nae Price

Cathal was born in Ballinaleck, County Fermanagh into a musical family. He began on the fiddle then changed to flute and whistle in the 1950's. He won the All-Ireland Senior Flute in 1962 at the age of 18.
He formed the Boys of the Lough in 1971 and moved to Edinburgh shortly afterwards.

This tune is Auld Springs Gies Nae Price.

Many thanks to Deirdre for taking these videos of Cathal.

FluteFling~ traditional flutes and whistles in Scotland
FluteFling classes, workshops and weekends provide opportunities for people to learn and develop traditional skills on the whistle and flute in a Scottish setting.

These videos were made for the European Folk Day 2024 by contributors to The Flutefling Collection.
The Flutefling organisation commissioned and printed the collection during covid lockdown to provide some support to traditional musicians (particularly flute players) during that difficult time. The collection provides a lasting resource for traditional musicians, with contributors providing their favourite flute based tunes, both modern and old in the traditional style.

For more details please go to

https://flutefling.scot/

This video is part of the Scottish Flute Channel, dedicated to all things traditional whistle and flute playing in Scotland

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