Willie Clancy recalls fellow piper and inspiration Johnny Doran.
Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy is a week-long summer school in traditional music and set dance held each year in Miltown Malbay. The summer school commemorates Miltown Malbay's best-known uilleann piper, Willie Clancy (1918-1973).
The school provides music and dance classes, workshops, lectures and recitals.
Listen back to 1959 when Ciarán Mac Mathúna talked to Willie Clancy about one of his greatest inspirations and fellow piper Johnny Doran.
Willie Clancy recalls his style of play, staying in his caravan, performing on the streets, and the reaction of his audience.
This recording was broadcast as part of the programme Playback broadcast on 28 March 1979.
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