email: StephenTonra@gmail.com
realname: Stephen Tonry
mesg: I must cogratulate all concerned for compiling the James Morrison website. All of my late fathers family were born and reared in Drumfin the house where they lived was at the 12 milestone inDrumfin.i.e. 12 miles to Sligo and 12 to Boyle.All of my fathers family grew up with Morrison and some of my Uncles and Aunts later associated with him in Americva.
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realname: Michael Tonry
mesg: A great website, looking forward to the 2009 festival.
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Betsy Hamilton
Hello, i'm Betsy. James Morrison was my grandmother's grandfather's brother. She remembers hearing him play during the times he would visit America. They were called sessions. Everyone would come to hear her family, including James Morrison.
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Katherine & Brian Kiele
I am, Brian, the grandson of James Morrison. My mother was Aileen Morrison (Kiele) who went to her rest on October 16th, 2008. We have thoroughly enjoyed Grandfather's history We are seriously considering coming to either the 2009 or 2010 festival. Hopefully with all or some of my Brother, William (Bill) and two sisters, Marian and Joanne. Thank you for maintaining his memory and our history in this website.
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Name: Kathleen Vesey
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Country: Ireland
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Very good
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Name: Brendan O'Dowd
email: bodowd@hvc.rr.com
Country: US
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On behalf of myself, my mother Mary, and all the O'Dowd family, I would like to thank The James Morrison Committee, for choosing to honour my father Tom O'Dowd, at this years Festival. He would be very proud to have his contribution to Irish music acknowledged in this way, alongside his good friend and music partner of many years Gerry Fallon, and Gerry's brother Joe.
Name: Larry Mallette
email: mallette@wt.net
Country: USA
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Greetings to Martin Enright from Houston! Still playing the music. Will there be a 2006 Festival? Like to plan a trip to include your town if possible Larry Til Time Is No More (woodenflute.com, eShop)
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Name: Susana Ortega
Country: Mexico
I really like this site I hope to hear more about this and visit Riverstown and bring all my friends.
Regards, Susana
Name: Eileen Jackson
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Country: Ireland
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Congratulations on an excellent web site. Fond regards, To Sean and Kathleen Lyons, Riverstown.
Eileen and Tom, Foynes.
Name: Richie Egan
Country: Dublin
email: regan@eircom.ie
Looks a nice festival. I will be in Drumshanbo 2 weeks before this but I might try and attend this as well.
Name: Louise Devitt
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Country: Ireland-Leitrim
Dia Diabh a chairde.
Love d website and d festival especially Padraig,Colm and Seamus Devane u guys rock and ur not bad on yer feet either can't wait 2 c ye all again in July or August.till then Riverstown,slan go foill.........
Name: Patricia and Seamus Cawley
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Country: Ireland
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Looking forward to the James Morrison Festival on the August Bank Holiday Weekend
Name: John Vettel (Grandson of James Morrison)
Country: USA.
It's so exciting to find this online! The effort you-all have gone through in my grandfather's memory is just awe inspiring. I was just thrilled to have attended the festival last year. Very disappointed I wasn't able to make it again this year, hopefully next time. I hope everything was just wonderful.
Name: Phil Vettel (Grandson of James Morrison)
Country: United States
Fascinating site! James Morrison was my maternal grandfather; I'm the oldest child of his daughter Theresa (who spells it with an H, actually). One of these years I'll have to bring my family to the festival and let my sons learn a bit more about their heritage. One of my brothers visited last year and had a great time.
Ireland
Hi Frank, Delighted to see web site
N Ireland
Looking forward to Morrison Festival. Had a great time last year
Mayo
A Chara I write the Comhaltas column in the irish Post could use a photo of Jim Morrison scanned at 300DPI. Slan Joe
Fermanagh
A very enjoyable festival every year.
Australia
Congratulations on setting up this site.
Ireland
Well done Frank on your making of this Web site. I look forward to the James Morrison Festival as it is equivalent to The All Ireland Fleadh Cheoil.
USA
Hello,
your site is an excellent resource!
I was looking through the Fleadh results and was happy to see my family name
represented!
(a McCarrick from the Fred Finn Branch in Duos and trios). My Great Grandfather
was a fiddle
player from the Tubbercurry area, from the generation that would include the
fathers of Morrison,
Killoran, and Coleman. Now that I see your site and the festival plans, I'm
wondering why I am not attending!
Maybe next time.
Tell Brian Conway I said hello!
Have a wonderful festival!
All the best!
Tim McCarrick
Irish Fiddle Website
www.irishfiddle.com
Hello everyone,
I am sorry to report that this evening Andy McGann passed away at Cabrini
Hospice in New York City. Andy had been ill for a while but, for those
fortunate to have had a chance to see him one last time over the last week
or so, he was the same gracious gentleman we all knew and loved. His funeral
mass will be on Monday and I will forward further details regarding the wake
as soon as I learn them. There are, of course, no words to adequately
describe this loss. Andy was the fiddler's fiddle player.
Best regards,
Brian Conway
14th July 2004
Ireland
Congrats to all excellent. Well done
Name: Dave Gabol
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Country: Ireland
Morrison, Coleman, Killoran...nobody plays like them any more. Get the recordings, learn by ear and try to preserve it all!
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Name: nonMusican
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Country: Ireland
Very Good site. Well laid out and presented. Good choice of background colours etc. Sidebar very easy to follow. I will await the samples of music from this years session as I probably won't get the opportunity to attend.
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Name: Frits van den Haspel
email: info@celticworld.nl
Country: Netherland
Keep the tradition alive!
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Name: Brock Napierkowski
email: freakonthefiddle@hotmail.com
Country: USA
Hello, I am in search of the Viva Voce recording "The Professor" of James Morrison. I know that it is out of print, but would there be any other way to obtain this recording for my research? Thank you for your time, Best regards, Brock Napierkowski Dayton, OH
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Name: Stan MacBroom
email: stan@satvicenvironmental.co.uk
Country: N.I.
Congratulations on an informative web site. Can't make it to Riverstown this year, but hopefully next. Great that the tradition is being kept alive. Good luck Stan MacBroom
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Name: Kevin Gardiner
Country: Ireland
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Very interesting site. Delighted to see my father's name mentioned (John Joe Gardiner) also Killoran who I met when I was a child. Long live the Sligo style, is there any other??? Is mise