We barely had time to check into our hotel before heading off to Paddy Quinn's pub, in Ennis, to film Siobhan Peoples' regular Saturday night session. Josephine Marsh (accordion) joined in the session.
Paddy Quinn's is a small, intimate little pub and no one had ever filmed there before, so everyone was very surprised and excited by the film crew's presence. Folks of every age were gathered there. This is obviously a special place where music is the main focus. There were at least a dozen really brilliant musicians playing in the session.
Local historian, Sean Spellisey, who has several books published on Irish history and local Co. Clare history specifically, came down to the pub to personally say hello, accompanied by several lively enthusiasts of traditional music styles from many parts of the West of Ireland, including Sean Reid II, son of a founder of Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann.
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