Tony O’Rourke with Noel McQuaid – video

Tony played banjo, with Noel McQuaid on accompaniment, at Noel’s music shop in Nenagh. Recorded on May 17th, 2012. You can see the video on the Comhaltas site. Tony says they should have had make-up artists in attendance. Judge for yourself!

Gerry GaffneyTony O’Rourke with Noel McQuaid – video

Tony O’Rourke and Christine Mulcahy at Comhaltas

Back in 2005, Tony accompanied Christine Mulcahy from Killeedy in Co. Limerick just after she won the Under-12 Concertina All-Ireland at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann. You can see the video clip here.

The title on the video clip is incorrect. In fact the tune is Devaney’s Goat. Tony thinks it was composed by Eddie Moloney.

Gerry GaffneyTony O’Rourke and Christine Mulcahy at Comhaltas

Antóin MacGabhann, Mick O’Connor and Tony O’Rourke at The Boîte

A concert at The Boite in Melbourne , October 2009. The three musicians are Antóin MacGabhann from Co. Cavan, Ireland, on fiddle, Mick O’Connor from London on banjo, and Tony O’Rourke from Melbourne on guitar and bouzouki. Antóin and Mick released their CD “Doorways and Windowsills” in 2009. The title recognises their get togethers at the many steet sessions held …

Gerry GaffneyAntóin MacGabhann, Mick O’Connor and Tony O’Rourke at The Boîte

Tony O’Rourke at Comhaltas

In 2005, Tony attended Comhaltas in Letterkenny, Co Donegal.

You can watch a video of him playing his own composition, “Maura Walsh’s Jig”, followed by a reel, “The Green Mountain” at the Comhaltas site.

(The video is in Flash format; if you can’t see it you can still download the audio there.)

Gerry GaffneyTony O’Rourke at Comhaltas