35-448: Patrick Street is an Irish folk group founded by Kevin Burke (formerly of The Bothy Band ) on fiddle , Andy Irvine ( Sweeney's Men , Planxty ) on mandolin , bouzouki , harmonica and vocals, Jackie Daly ( De Dannan ) on button accordion , and Arty McGlynn ( Van Morrison ) on guitar. Other members were added at various times: Ged Foley ( The House Band , Battlefield Band ) who held
70-462: A Dutch violin maker working in Dublin. In 2000, his old Tony Martin fiddle had become unstable, despite several repair attempts. Looking for a more stable instrument to play on the road, he turned to his friend De Hoog, who had just finished an instrument. After playing it in the shop, Burke purchased it and has been playing it almost exclusively since. Occasionally, he will play his old Tony Martin fiddle or
105-440: A Found Harmonium" as the soundtrack of a TV advertisement. In 2009, Topic Records included "Music for a Found Harmonium" from Irish Times as track fifteen on the first CD ("Disk one") of their 70-year anniversary boxed set Three Score and Ten . Kevin Burke (musician) Kevin Burke (born 1950) is an Irish master fiddler considered one of the finest living Irish fiddlers. For nearly five decades he has been at
140-580: A borough council in 2002, before being abolished in 2014 in common with all borough and town councils in Ireland. County Sligo is part of the Dáil constituency of Sligo–Leitrim (4 TDs ). At the 2020 election, Martin Kenny ( Sinn Féin ), Frank Feighan ( Fine Gael ), Marc MacSharry ( Fianna Fáil ) and Marian Harkin ( Ind ) were elected. This coat of arms was adopted by Sligo County Council in 1980. The design on
175-402: A fiddle made by Jeff Manthos of Oregon. Burke uses Obligato strings made by Pirastro and rosin made by Gustave Bernadel. The bow he uses exclusively was given to him by his brother Noel Burke, a bow maker , in 2000 for his fiftieth birthday. He carries his fiddle and gear in a Maurizio Riboni case from Cremona, Italy. To amplify his instrument, Burke uses an MBC-603 condenser microphone on
210-500: A municipal district, with the containing Sligo–Strandhill known as the borough district of Sligo. Under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 , County Sligo was divided into the rural districts of Boyle No. 2, Dromore West, Sligo, and Tobercurry, and the urban district of Sligo . Unlike most urban districts, Sligo had retained its borough corporation. The rural districts were abolished in 1925. Sligo Borough Corporation became
245-561: A painter, also was inspired by the Sligo landscape. County Sligo has a long history of traditional music . The south of the county is particularly noted with such musical luminaries as James Morrison , Michael Coleman , Paddy Killoran , Fred Finn , Peter Horan , Joe O'Dowd, Jim Donoghue, Martin Wynne, Oisín Mac Diarmada (of Téada ), tin-whistle player Carmel Gunning and the band Dervish . The county has many traditional music festivals and one of
280-527: A stand. Sometimes he uses a Swiss-made Kurmann Soundpost pick-up designed by Ronnie Arber Audiotechnik along with the microphone. County Sligo County Sligo ( / ˈ s l aɪ ɡ oʊ / SLY -goh , Irish : Contae Shligigh ) is a county in Ireland . It is in the Northern and Western Region and is part of the province of Connacht . Sligo is the administrative capital and largest town in
315-450: A trio in the USA; when Ó Domhnaill wasn't available for some of the dates, guitarist/vocalist Gerry O'Beirne stepped in. "This tour was such fun and so successful that we decided to expand the outfit into a four-piece by adding Jackie Daly ", Irvine wrote. Originally billed on a 1986 American tour as "The Legends of Irish Music", they soon chose to call themselves Patrick Street. The line-up for
350-498: A wide variety of guitar music and musicians. The county is home to League of Ireland Premier Division club Sligo Rovers , who have played home matches at The Showgrounds since they were founded in 1928 and won the league on 3 occasions. Their colours are red and white, hence their nickname the Bit 'O' Red. Brother Walfrid , the founder of Celtic Football Club , was born in Ballymote , in
385-860: The Book of Ballymote , written in the territory of Corran, the Great Book of Lecan , and the Yellow Book of Lecan , both written in Tir Fhiacrach. The patron of the Annals of the Four Masters was Fearghal Ó Gadhra of Coolavin in south County Sligo. Sligo County Council is the local authority for the county. At the 2019 Sligo County Council election , it was divided into three local electoral areas (LEAs): Ballymote – Tobercurry (7 seats), Sligo – Strandhill (6 seats), and Sligo– Drumcliff (5 seats). Each of these form
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#1733094153215420-831: The Celtic Fiddle Festival . Together they released six albums: Celtic Fiddle Festival (1993), Celtic Fiddle Festival: Encore (1998), Rendezvous (2001), Play On (2005), Equinoxe (2008), and Live in Brittany (2013). In 2002, Burke was awarded a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts , the highest honour given in the United States for folk and traditional arts. In recent years, Burke partnered with Ged Foley to record In Tandem (2006), and collaborated with documentary film composer Cal Scott on
455-548: The Ó Conchobhair Sligigh confederation of Lower Connacht ( Irish : Íochtar Connacht ) as it was at the time of the Elizabethan conquest. This confederation consisted of the tuatha , or territories, of Cairbre Drumcliabh , Tír Fhíacrach Múaidhe , Tír Ollíol , Luíghne, Corann and Cúl ó bhFionn. Under the system of surrender and regrant each tuath was subsequently made into an English barony: Carbury , Tireragh , Tirerril , Leyny , Corran and Coolavin . The capital of
490-732: The "wild boar of Benbulben" in the Diarmuid and Gráinne myth. The colour scheme of the crest incorporates the Sligo GAA colours of black and white. County Sligo is the setting for a large number of the texts in the Mythological Cycles. The story of Diarmad and Grainne has its final act played out on Ben Bulben. The Second Battle of Moytirra is associated with Moytirra in South County Sligo. Other texts include Bruidean Ceise Corann, set on Keash Mountain. The rich array of megalithic monuments in
525-595: The Brooklyn Cowboys (1973). Burke's exposure to the musicians he met in the United States—including accordionist Joe Burke and fiddler Andy McGann—inspired him to make a career of playing music. In 1974, Burke moved to Dublin , where he teamed up with singer-songwriter Christy Moore , a former member of the Irish band Planxty . Together with Jimmy Faulkner and Declan McNelis, they played throughout Ireland for
560-551: The Fly (2007). In 1992, Burke recorded the solo album Open House with Mark Graham (harmonica, clarinet, vocals), Paul Kotapish (guitar, mandolin, cittern, bass), and Sandy Silva (percussion). These three comprised the core of his band and together, as the group Open House, they recorded two other albums, Second Story (1994) and Hoof and Mouth (1997). In the early 1990s, Burke started touring and recording with Scottish fiddler Johnny Cunningham and Breton fiddler Christian Lemaître as
595-540: The Green Linnet 20th Anniversary, 2-CD collection of various artists, issued in 1996. In 2004, Patrick Street's rendition of "Music for a Found Harmonium" (originally composed by Simon Jeffes from The Penguin Cafe Orchestra ), was used near the end of the movie Napoleon Dynamite . It was also used in the 1991 film Hear My Song . In 2008, the furniture company MFI also used Patrick Street's cover of "Music for
630-689: The Wind – Into the Sun (1977), and After Hours (Live in Paris) (1979). Burke developed a friendship with the band's guitarist and vocalist, Mícheál Ó Domhnaill , and soon the two began appearing together as a duo. When the Bothy Band disbanded in 1979, they toured the United Kingdom and Europe together, and recorded the album Promenade (1979). In 1980, Burke and Ó Domhnaill moved to the United States and toured throughout
665-798: The album Across the Black River (2007) and follow-up album Suite (2010). In 2007, Burke started an independent record company, Loftus Music, to release his own recordings. Burke continues to tour throughout the world, including performances in Australia in 2013. In 2016, Kevin Burke was awarded the "Gradam Ceoil" (Musician of the Year) in the traditional-music awards presented by the Irish-language TV channel TG4 . He currently lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife and two children. Burke's fiddle playing style
700-703: The area has been an inspiration to artists and writers such as Sir Samuel Ferguson . The poet and Nobel laureate W. B. Yeats (1865–1939) spent much of his childhood in northern Sligo and the county's landscapes (particularly the Isle of Innisfree, in Lough Gill) were the inspiration for much of his poetry. Yeats said, "the place that has really influenced my life most is Sligo". He is buried in North County Sligo, " Under Ben Bulben ", in Drumcliff . W. B. Yeats's brother Jack ,
735-403: The band underwent several changes, but always included Burke, Irvine and Daly. The guitar role, however, passed: After Daly retired from Patrick Street, John Carty joined on fiddle, flute and tenor banjo in time to record On the Fly . Patrick Street was originally conceived as a part-time band, nevertheless they have recorded nine studio albums and one live album. The song was included on
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#1733094153215770-489: The black shield, which shows an open book on which there is a Celtic Cross and a red rose, represents collectively the literary and cultural history of Sligo. These refer to such early works as the Books of Ballymote and Lecan, while the rose was a significant theme in the poetry of W. B. Yeats. The escallop shells sprinkled on the shield refer to the origin of the word Sligeach – "a place abounding in shells". The boar's head refers to
805-861: The country before settling in Portland, Oregon , where they recorded a second album, Portland (1982). In 1985, Burke joined the Legends of Irish Music tour, where he played with Irish musicians Andy Irvine (vocals, bouzouki, mandolin and harmonica) and Jackie Daly (accordion). Together they formed the group Patrick Street. During the next two decades, the group released nine albums (excluding two compilations): Patrick Street (1987), No. 2 Patrick Street (1988), Irish Times (1990), All in Good Time (1993), Cornerboys (1996), Made in Cork (1997), Live from Patrick Street (1999), Street Life (2002), and On
840-482: The county. Sligo County Council is the local authority for the county. The population of the county was 70,198 at the 2022 census . It is noted for Benbulben Mountain, one of Ireland's most distinctive natural landmarks. The county was officially formed in 1585 by Sir Henry Sidney , Lord Deputy of Ireland , but did not come into effect until the chaos of the Nine Years' War ended, in 1603. Its boundaries reflect
875-415: The distinctive features of his playing is the "strong backbeat he applies to many reels, with emphasis on every third quaver", presenting the emphasised beat with an up bow, versus the traditional approach of playing that pattern with an emphasised downbow. Burke also emphasises the strong beat by playing "an adjacent open string as the bow digs in". Burke currently plays a fiddle made by Michiel De Hoog,
910-556: The forefront of Irish traditional music and Celtic music, performing and recording with the groups The Bothy Band , Patrick Street , and the Celtic Fiddle Festival. He is a 2002 recipient of a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts . In addition to his solo albums, Burke has had successful project collaborations with Christy Moore , Andy Irvine & Paul Brady , Mícheál Ó Domhnaill , Jackie Daly , Ged Foley and Cal Scott. Kevin Burke
945-466: The legendary Queen Maeve , Miosgán Médhbh , dominates the western skyline from the crest of Knocknarea Mountain . The Caves of Kesh , famous in Irish mythology , are in south County Sligo. A recent decoding of the work of Marinus of Tyre and Ptolemy shows Sligo as the likely location of Nagnata , an important place of assembly in the Iron Age. Famous medieval manuscripts written in the area include
980-655: The most well-known is the Queen Maeve International Summer School , a traditional Irish Music summer school of music and dance which is held annually in August in Sligo Town . On the more contemporary music scene there are Westlife , Tabby Callaghan and The Conway Sisters who are from Sligo. Strandhill , about 9 km west of Sligo, hosts the Strandhill Guitar Festival each year, featuring
1015-604: The newly shired county was placed at Sligo . A causewayed enclosure discovered in 2003 at Maugheraboy is one of the earliest indications of Neolithic farming activity on the Cúil Irra Peninsula . The nearby megalithic cemetery of Carrowmore forms part of a huge complex of Stone Age remains connecting Carrowkeel in south Sligo to the Ox Mountains , to the Cuil Irra Peninsula, where the passage tomb named after
1050-402: The next few years. In 1976, Burke became a member of the Irish traditional music group The Bothy Band ; the band, active for three years in the late 1970s, was well-known for its enthusiastic and highly skilled performances. Burke replaced Tommy Peoples on fiddle, and soon became an integral member of the group, appearing on three of their albums: Old Hag You Have Killed Me (1976), Out of
1085-531: The south of the county. The county is represented in Gaelic Games by Sligo GAA . Their colours are black and white. Sligo has won the Connacht Championship 3 times. Sligo is the 22nd largest of Ireland's 32 counties in area and the 27th largest in terms of population. It is the fourth largest of Connacht's 5 counties in size and third largest in terms of population. The County borders County Mayo to
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1120-490: The tenure on guitar for many years, Bill Whelan on keyboards, Declan Masterson on uilleann pipes and keyboards, James Kelly on fiddle, Brendan Hearty on harmonium , John Carty on fiddle, flute and banjo , and Enda Walsh on keyboards. Dónal Lunny , Whelan, and Walsh joined as producers on some albums. In 1985, Andy Irvine joined up with fiddler Kevin Burke and guitarist Mícheál Ó Domhnaill (who had been gigging together around America for some time) and toured as
1155-515: Was born in 1950 in London, England to parents from County Sligo in Ireland. Inheriting a love of Irish music from his parents, he took up the fiddle at the age of eight, studied under Jessie Christopherson, and eventually developed an advanced technique in the Sligo fiddling style. He travelled frequently to Ireland to visit relatives and immersed himself in the local Sligo music. By the age of thirteen, he
1190-449: Was heavily influenced by the Sligo style playing of Michael Coleman, Paddy Killoran, and James Morrison. Burke described the style as being "the best of both worlds"—combining the driving rhythm of Donegal style and the smooth lyricism of Clare style. While acknowledging that his playing is "based on" the Sligo style, he also acknowledges being influenced by many different musical styles outside of Irish traditional music. For example, one of
1225-834: Was playing with Irish musical groups. Burke joined a céilí band, the Glenside, and played weekends at various Irish dance halls around London. In 1966, the Glenside performed at the céilí band competition at the All-Ireland Fleadh in Boyle in County Roscommon and won the competition. In 1972, Burke met American singer-songwriter Arlo Guthrie in a pub in Milltown Malbay in County Clare . Impressed with Burke's fiddling, Guthrie invited him to Los Angeles to play on his album Last of
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