Lough Gill Quartet

Infobox musical artist
Name = Lough Gill Quartet


Img_capt =
Background = Traditional Irish Music Band
Origin = Dublin, Ireland
Instruments =
Genre = Irish Traditional
Years_active = 1930s, 1940s
Label = HMV, EMI, RTE, Topic Records
Associated_acts = Ceoltóirí Chualann
URL =
Current_members = Sonny Brogan (accordion)
Bill Harte (accordion)
Sarah Hobbs (fiddle)
James Cawley (flute)
Past_members = The Lough Gill Quartet was an Irish Traditional Music Quartet formed in Dublin, Ireland in the 1930s. The quartet was named after the famous Sligo lake and as a tribute to Michael Coleman who came from Sligo.

Discography

The Lough Gill Quartet recorded four 78rpm records for HMV in or around 1941. [The Irish Traditional Music Archive Database]

HMV IM946
(A) Jigs : Newport Lass, Leitrim Jig (Matrix No OEL 204)
(B) Reels : Lough Gill Favourites (Matrix No OEL 207)

HMV IM947
( ) Hornpipes: The Flowers of May, The Silver Spire
( ) Hawthorn Bush, Castle Kelly

HMV IM948
(A) Jigs : Memories of Ballymote, The Kiltullagh Jig (Matrix No OEL 203)
(B) Reels : Jenny's Wedding, Toss the Feathers (Matrix No OEL 208)

HMV IM949
(A) Reels : Ballinure Rake, The Market Man (Matrix No OEL 209 I)
(B) Jigs : The Mill Pond, Mist on the Meadow (Matrix No OEL 202 I)

Notes

"The Ballinure Rake" was later known as "Sonny Brogan's Favourite" [ [https://listserv.heanet.ie/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0001&L=IRTRAD-L&D=0&T=0&P=17005 LISTSERV 15.5 - IRTRAD-L Archives ] ] .
"The Flowers of May" and "The Silver Spire" from IM947 were re-released in 1986 on the RTE/EMI LP "The Irish Phonograph Vol I" (GAE1003).
"The Mill Pond" and "The Mist on the Meadow" from IM949 were re-released on the CD "Irish Dance Music" (Topic TSCD602) [ [http://www.emusic.com/album/Various-Artists-Irish-Dance-Music-MP3-Download/10986323.html Irish Dance Music mp3s, Irish Dance Music music downloads, Irish Dance Music songs from eMusic.com ] ]

Reviews

The sleeve notes of the CD "Irish Dance Music" say that this music is described "as representative of the quality music played by a hard core of active traditional musicians in Dublin at the time. Bill Harte and Sonny are reputed to have been among the pioneers who saw the potential for Irish music making in the button accordion pitched B/C and subsequently devised and disseminated the fingering method".

References