Three members of the same family play a reel for the programme 'Country Airs'. The Furey Family play 'The Maid of Mount Cisco' at the Abbey Tavern in Howth, Co. Dublin. Ted Furey is on fiddle, and his sons Finbar on uilleann pipes and Eddie on guitar. The programme is presented by Ciaran Mac Mathuna.

The series 'Country Airs' was one of the first programmes on Teilifís Éireann (now RTÉ) to go on location to record traditional musicians. A television listing from the RTV Guide in 1963 states "Our Mobile Unit leaves the beaten track to bring you the music songs and dances of Ireland from places of unusual interest." The extract shown here is from the third programme in the series broadcast on 4 November 1963. The programme was filmed in the Abbey Tavern, Howth, county Dublin.

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