Sean McLaughlin: Reels: The Earl's Chair, Tom Steele

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Sean McLaughlin, fidil / fiddle. Rileanna / Reels: The Earl's Chair, Tom
Steele

Dhá ríl a raibh an-ghnaoi orthu faoi lár an 20ú céad. Tá seans ann gur cumadh an chéad cheann timpeall an ama sin. Deir Breandán Breathnach gur Tom Steele a bhí ina chomhghleacaí ag an bpolaiteoir Dónall Ó Canaill atá i gceist sa dara teideal, agus ar an ábhar sin is dócha go mbaineann an ríl sin leis an 19ú céad. Bionn na teidil 'The Pure Drop' agus 'Hand Me Down the Tackle' air go minic. 'Cathaoir an Iarla, Tomás Stíl' teideal an riain ar an 78 bunaidh.

Two reels which were commonly played in the mid-20th century. The first may have been composed in that period. Breandán Breathnach says that the Tom Steele of the second title is the one who was a colleague of the politician Daniel 0'Connell, and the tune therefore may belong to the 19th century. It is often called 'The Pure Drop' and 'Hand Me Down the Tackle'. 'Cathaoir an IarIa, Tomás Stí!' (The Earls Chair, Thomas Steele) is the title of the track on the original 78.

Sean McLaughlin (1925-88), fidléir / fiddle player
Ríleanna / reels: The Earl's Chair, Tom Steele.

As Oirthear Maí, Contae Aontroma, mar a d'thoghlaim sé fidléireacht óna mháthair. D'oibrigh sé in oibreacha cóistí tar éis dó freastal sa Dara Cogadh Domhanda. Bhuaigh sé an chraobh ag Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 1958, agus rinne sé roinnt ceirníní tráchtála eile sna 1960í.
D'aistrigh sé go Londain sna 1970í.

Sean McLaughlin, from Armoy, County Antrim, learnt the fiddle from his mother. After serving in the Second World War, he was employed in coach building. He won the ll-Ireland trophy at the 1958 Fleadh Cheoil, and made some more commercial recordings in the 1960s. He moved to London in the 1970s.