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Brendan Larrissey

About Me


Brendan Larrissey comes from Dundalk, County Louth, and he has been living in Galway for nearly twenty years. In the late 1970s and early 1980s traditional Irish music flourished in Dundalk and Brendan enjoyed honing his musical skills in many sessions and fleadhs during that time.
In 1985 Brendan joined his first band, Gael Force, which was based in Galway. During the two following years, 1986 and 1987, he played with Dolores Keane and John Faulkner, touring Europe and Ireland, and he also recorded with Dolores and her two aunts, Rita and Sara.
In 1987 Brendan won the Senior Fiddle Championship and the following year he decided to become a full-time musician. In 1988 Brendan was a founding member of the award-winning band Arcady, which led to him touring worldwide – in the USA, Canada, Europe, Hong Kong and, of course, at home in Ireland
He was also involved in the albums A Woman’s Heart and Trad at Heart, to name but a few. Since then he has recorded two solo fiddle albums, A Flick of the Wrist and Up the Moy Road. He has been involved in running the first International Fiddle Festival in Ireland, runs his own fiddle school in Galway and has taught many All-Ireland champions to date. Brendan lives in Kinvara with his wife Helen (of Moy) ! and their four children, Clara, Hannah, Nessa and Conail.

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Music:

Member Since: 04/03/2008
Band Website:
(work in progress)"www.islandeddy.com
(work in progress)
Band Members: Brendan Larrissey: Fiddle, viola.
Brian Duke: Flutes, whistle.
Jim McKee: Guitar, harmonica, vocals.
Martin Gavin: Bodhran, percussion.
Aisling Fitzpatrick: Cello

Sounds Like: Irish Traditional/Contemporary
Record Label: Dara Records.
Shanachie Records
Moy Music
Type of Label: Indie

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