An extract from an episode of the traditional music series 'The Pure Drop'.

Iarla Ó Lionáird introduces Noel Hill who plays a concertina made in the 1860's. Noel Hill describes this concertina as having a special tone and an unusual key.

From Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann in Monkstown, Co. Dublin, Noel Hill preforms two reels, 'The Wind that Shakes the Barley' and 'Trip to Durrow'.

Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann is an organisation dedicated to the promotion of Irish music, song, dance and language.

'The Pure Drop' is described by the RTÉ Guide on 7 October 1988 as, "A twelve-part series presenting traditional Irish music at its best, introduced by the "music makers and singers themselves, with Iarla Ó Lionáird as host."

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