Copperplate Podcast
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Copperplate Time 542
07/19/2026
Copperplate Time 542
Copperplate Time 542 presented by Alan O'Leary My Miltown Adventures 1. BOTHY BAND: Green Groves of Erin/Flowers of Red Hill. After Hours 2. WILLIE CLANCY: Rakish Paddy. Ceol Agus Foinn3. BAKERSWELL: The East Clare/The Pullet/Union Reel. Bakerswell4. KEVIN ROWSOME: Tom Rowsome’s/Crabs in the Skillet/Paddy’s Green Island. The Musical Pulse of the Pipes5. JOHN & JACINTA McEVOY: The Coalminer/The Jolly 7/Heather Breeze. The Boyne Mist 6. VINCENT DOHERTY: Craigie Hill. The High Walls of Derry 7. GERRY HANLEY: A Roll of the Dice/ Ride A Mile. In The Middle of It 8. EAMON McGIVNEY: The Hairy Chested Frog/Sean Reid’s. Eamon McGivney 9. SEÁN ‘ac DONNCHA: The Green Linnet. Bring My Love to Connemara 10. KIERAN O’HARE:The Southwest Wind/Kitty Come Down to Limerick. Kieran O’Hare 11. CIARÁN O’ GEALBHÁIN & LIAM CLANCY: Easy & Free. All Things Considered 12. LAR GAVIN: The Wicked Gander. Two Miles From Tulla13. TIM DENNEHY: Farewell to Miltown Malbay. Farewell to Miltown Malbay 14. BOBBY & SEAN CASEY: Farewell to Miltown/The Star of Munster. The Spirit of West Clare 15. JOHNNY Og CONOLLY: The Blackthorn Stick/Humours of Glendart/Paidin Ó Raifeartaigh. Fear Inis Bearachain 16. HUGHIE GILLESPIE & FRANK KELLY: Lord Gordon’s. The Sparkling Dawn 17. BRIAN HUGHES: O’Sullivan’s March/Coolarne/Jackson’s Morning Breeze. The Beat of the Breath 18. MICK MULVEY & SHANE MEEHAN: The Missing Guest/Humours of Toomagh/Lad O’Beirne’s. The Missing Guest 19. ELAINE KELLY & DAITHI GORMLEY:The Ballroom Fave/Jamsie Gannon’s/My ;Love is Fair & Handsome. Elaine Kelly & Daithi Gormley 20. THE ROCHES: Hammond Song. Collected Works 21. BOTHY BAND: Green Groves of Erin/Flowers of Red Hill. After Hours
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COPPERPLATE PODCAST 319
07/01/2026
COPPERPLATE PODCAST 319
Copperplate Podcast 319 presented by Alan O'Leary JULY 2026 1. GERRY DVER: The Bath Set. Diversions 2. TEADA: Lady Montgomery/Follow Me Down/Give the Girl her 4 Pence/Tie The Bonnet. Inné Amárach 3. BEN LENNON & TONY O’CONNELL: Mullingar Races/Boy on the Hilltop. Rossinver Braes 4. DAN BROUDER & ANGELINA CARBERRY: The Pidgeon on the Gate/The Drawing Room/Touch Her If You Dare. A Waltz for Joy 5. NORAH RENDELL: Pretty Susan. Spinning Yarns6. PATSY MOLONEY & JOHN REGAN: The Sport of the Chase/The Priest in His Boots. Over The Bog Road 7. RONAN BROWNE & PETER O’LOUGHLIN Táim in Arrears/Hardiman the Fiddler. Geantrai 8. DAVE SHERIDAN: Off to the Hunt/The Flying Wheelchair. Drivin’ Leitrim Timber9. BOBBY CASEY: Tuttle’s Reel/Porthole of the Kelp. Maestro 10. TIM DENNEHY: Farewell to Miltown. Farewell to Miltown Malbay 11. BOBBY & SEAN CASEY: Farewell to Miltown/Star of Munster. The Spirit of West Clare 12. KEVIN ROWSOME: The Wet Weather/The Fair Maids of Ireland/Welcome to the Country. The Musical Pulse of the Pipes13. CIARAN GALVIN/DANU: Easy & Free. All Things Considered 14. SORCHA COSTELLO: Minor Complications/Clancy’s Bar. The Primrose Lass 15. MICK O’BRIEN & CAOIMHIN O’RAGHALLAIGH: The Dublin Lads/The Taproom/The Liffey Banks. Deadly Buzz 16. CAOIMHIN O’FEARGHAILL & PADDY TUTTY: Tapping Toes/Father Kelly’s Farewell. Flute & Fiddle 17: JOHN & JACINTA McEVOY: The Journey Home/Paddy Healy’s/The Controversal Reel. The Boyne Mist 18. SÉAMUS ÓROCHÁIN & BRID O’DONOHUE: We’ll Meet in Miltown/The Sloping Meadow/Eillis’. We’ll Meet in Miltown
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COPPERPLATE TIME 541
06/21/2026
COPPERPLATE TIME 541
Copperplate Time 541 presented by Alan O'Leary 1. BOTHY BAND: Green Groves of Erin/Flowers of Red Hill.After Hours 2. DANU: The Coachman’s Whip. When All is Said & Done3. BROCK MAGUIRE BAND: The Bluebell Polka. Green Grass, Blue Grass4. MACALLA: Aililiú na Gamhna. Women of Ireland5. TEADA: Nora Criona. Inné Amárach 6. TOMMY GUIHEN: The Navvy on the Shore/PegMcGrath’s/McFadden’s. The Torn Jacket 7. JIMMY CROWLEY: Jimmy Mo Mhíle Stór. Jimmy mo Mhile Stór 8. DANNY O’MAHONY: Lord Gordon’s Reel. Private Recording 9. NOTIFY: Sean Nancy’s Reel. Private Recording 10. DAOIRI FARRELL:A Pint of Plain. A Lifetime of Happiness 11. LIAM FARRELL & RAYMOND ROLAND: McGlinchey’s HP/Cooley’s HP Snuff. Trad Music From Galway & Clare 12. JOE COOLEY & JOE LEARY: Queen of the Fair/The Carraroe Jig. Cooley13. COLUM SANDS: Fresh Bread. Look Where I’ve Ended Up Now 14. JOHN McEVOY & JOHN WYNNE: The Last Train From Loughrea/Ned Coleman’s. The Dancer at the Fair 15. SEAMUS ENNIS: Ask My Father/Pat Ward’s Jig. The Best Of Irish Piping 16. LIAM O’FLYNN: Johnny McGreevey’s/Sweeping the Cobwebs Out of the Sky. The Fine Art of Piping 17. LOUISE &MULCAHY FAMILY: Planxty Davis/The Queen of May/Johnny Henry’s Fave. The Reel Note 18. SEAMUS ENNIS: Football Crazy. Private Recording 19. DICK GAUGHAN:The Father’s Song. A Different Kind of Love Song 20. JUDY COLLINS: My Father. Who Knows Where the Time Goes 21. BOTHY BAND: Green Groves of Erin/Flowers of Red Hill. After Hours
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COPPERPLATE TIME 540
06/14/2026
COPPERPLATE TIME 540
Copperplate Time 540 presented by Alan O'Leary 1. BOTHY BAND: Green Groves of Erin/Flowers of Red Hill.After Hours 2. GATEHOUSE: Jimmy Philbeam’s/The Gneevguilla Reel/The Casagh Reel. Tus Nua3. BRIAN CONWAY: John McGrath’s/Dave Collin’s/Larry Redican’s. Consider The Source4. SEAN TYRRELL, KEVIN GLACKIN & RONAN BROWNE: An Phis Fluich. And So The Story Goes5. SEAN TYRRELL: Dan O’Hara. And So The Story Goes 6. McCARTHY FAMILY: An Buachaill Dreoite/Kitty Got A Clinking. The Family Album 7. TOMMY McCARTHY & LOUISE COSTELLO: Richie Dwyer’s/McFadden’s Handsome Daughter. Grace Bay 8. PATSY MOLONEY: The Callan Lasses/ Paddy Doohry’s. The Temple in the Glen 9. ROSIE STEWART: The King’s Shilling. 19th Jimmy McHugh Concert. 10. BOTHY BAND:The Strayaway Child. Out of The Wind, Into The Sun 11. PADRAIG RYNNE: Mulhaires/Pinch of Snuff/Molloy’s. Bye A While 12. DEZI DONNELLY: Fisherman’s Island/Lads of Laois. Familiar Footsteps13. LISA KNAPP: Bonnie At Morn. Diversions 14. JACK E McAULEY: The Auld Triangle. Shadowboxing 15. RALPH McTELL: Daddy’s Here. Spiral Staircase 16. BERT JANSCH: Poor Mouth. Compilation 17. BOB DYLAN & JOHNNY CASH: The Girl From The North Country. Compilation 18. TIM O’BRIEN: Everything’s Broken. Red On Blonde 19. GOITSE: Tall Tales. Tall Tales & Misadventures 20. THE VOICE SQUAD: The Parting Glass. Irishtown 21. BOTHY BAND: Green Groves of Erin/Flowers of Red Hill. After Hours
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COPPERPLATE TIME 539
06/08/2026
COPPERPLATE TIME 539
Copperplate Time 539 presented by Alan O'Leary 1. BOTHY BAND: Green Groves of Erin/Flowers of Red Hill. After Hours 2. MICK CONNNEELY & DAVID MUNNELLY: The Jolly Tinker/The Yellow Tinker/The Longford Tinker. ‘Tis What It Is3. PAUL BRENNAN: I Am Waiting For You/Callan Lasses/Coming Over the Hills/Boil the Breakfast Early. Airs & Graces 4. ANDY IRVINE & PAUL BRADY: The Plains of Kildare. Irvine & Brady5. LIZ CARROLL: The Giant’s Cave/Go Ahead, Back Up. On The Off Beat 6. McCARTHY FAMILY: The Tempest/The Steampacket. The Family Album 7. MUIREANN Nic AMHLAOIBH & DANU: Follow On. When All is Said & Done. 8. MICK O’BRIEN & CAOIMHIN O’RAGHALLAIGH: Na Ceannabháin Bhana/Mairseáil Alasdrium/Munster Buttermilk. Kitty Lie Over 9. JOHN BOWE & MARY CONROY: Repeal of the Union/The West Clare Reel. John Bowe & Mary Conroy10. ROSIE STEWART: The Grand Parade. 19th Jimmy McHugh Concert. 11. MAURICE LENNON: The Road to Garrison/The Blackberry Blossom. The Little Ones12. JOHN CARTY & MIKE McGOLDRICK: The Groves HP. At Our Leisure13 CATHERINE McEVOY: Richie Dwyer’s/Paddy Kelly’s. Down the Crushen Road 14. BOBBY CASEY: Pol Ha’penny’s/Scully Casey’s. The Spirit of West Clare15. SEAMUS BEGLEY: Sliabh gHeal Ghu. Ragairne 16. ANGELINA CARBERRY & DAN BROUDER: Curlew’s in the Bog/Tommy Peoples/The Monsignor’s Blessing. A Waltz for Joy 17. KAREN RYAN & PETE QUINN: Plains of Boyle/Brendan McGlinchey’s/Walsh’s HP. The Coast Road 18. PJ & MARCUS HERNON: Ballintra Lasses/Colonel McBain/Johnny Watt Henry’s/The Sandmount. Celebrating 50 Years 19. GARADICE: Robin Kelleher/Tom McElvogue’s/Gusty Frolics. Sanctuary 20. EILIS KENNEDY: The Parting Song. One Sweet Kiss 21. BOTHY BAND: Green Groves of Erin/Flowers of Red Hill. After Hours
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COPPERPLATE PODCAST 318
06/01/2026
COPPERPLATE PODCAST 318
Copperplate Podcast 318 presented by Alan O'Leary JUNE 2026 1. GERRY DVER: The Bath Set. Diversions 2. TEADA: Sarah’s Delight/Paddy Sean Nancy’s/Give the Girl her 4 Pence. Inné Amárach 3. OISIN MacDIARMADA:Jackson’s Morning Brush/The Rambling Pitchfork. Ar an bhFidil 4. LORCÁN MacMATHUNA: Na Táilliuri. Rógaire Dubh 5. CEOLTÓIRI CHULANN: The Whinny Hills of Leitrim. Ó Raida sa Gaiety6. MAURICE LENNON: The Road to Garrison/The Blackberry Blossom. The Little Ones 7. LIAM O’FLYNN: The Humours of Kiltyclogher/Julia Clifford’s. The Pipers Call 8. RITA GALLAGHER: Oh, The Marraige. May Morning Dew9. ELAINE REILLY & DAITHI GORMLEY: Sheridan’s Tap Room/Sheridan’s Reel. Epiphany 10. EAMONN COTTER:The Cottage in the Grove/The Ladies Pantalettes.Trad Music from Clare 11. DANNY MEEHAN: Kitty Shean’s Barndance/Jamsey Byrne’s Downfall. Navvy on the Shore 12. TIM DENNEHY: Be Still as You Are Beautiful. Old Boots & Flying Sandals13. MICK & AOIFE O’BRIEN & EMER MAYOCK: Coffee & Tea/O’Sullivan’s Fancy. More Tunes from Goodman Manuscripts 14. GERRY HANLEY:The Land of Sunshine/Mulhaire’s No9/Laura Mulhaire’s.In The Middle of It. 15. CILLIAN VALLELY & MICHAEL DOOCEY: Mickey Callaghan’s Fancy/The Glentown Reel/The Fair Haired Boy/O’Reilly’s Greyhound. The Yew & The Orchard 16. DAVE SHERIDAN: The Hut in the Bog/Tom Dowd’s Fave/The Trip to Cullenstown. Drivin’ Leitrim Timber
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COPPERPLATE TIME 538
05/24/2026
COPPERPLATE TIME 538
Copperplate Time 538 presented by Alan O'Leary HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOB DYLAN 1. BOTHY BAND: Green Groves of Erin/Flowers of Red Hill. After Hours 2. BROCK MAGUIRE BAND: The Moving Cloud. Green Grass, Blue Grass3. TIM O’BRIEN & THE O BOYS: Senor Red on Blonde 4. DESI WILKINSON/CRAN: Leon’s Low/Paddy Mills/The Ivy Leaf. Irish Folk Festival5. EILIS KENNEDY: Boots of Spanish Leather. One Sweet Kiss 6. PADDY CARTY: The Groves Hornpipe. Private Recording 7. CHRISTY MOORE: I Pity the Poor Immigrant. Words & Music8. MICHAEL MULVEY & SHANE MEEHAN: Sword in Hand/The Wheels of the World/Mullin’s Fancy. The Missing Guest 9. MUIREANN Nic AMHLAOIBH & DANU: Farewell Angelina. When All is Said & Done. 10. MICK O’BRIEN: Statia Donnelly’s/I Will If I Can/Patsy Geary’s. May Morning Dew 11. RALPH McTELL: To Ramona. Gates of Eden12. JOHN & CATHERINE McEVOY: The Glentaun/The Templehill Reel/Captain Kelly’s. John McEvoy & Friends13 THE GPs/RICHARD THOMPSON: Going, Going, Gone. Saturday Night Rolling Around 14. THE BAND: When I Paint My Masterpiece. Cahoots 15. BOB DYLAN: Tangled Up In Blue. Blood on the Tracks 16. FAIRPORT CONVENTION/SANDY DENNY: Percy’s Song. What We Did On Our Holidays 17. BOB DYLAN: Forever Young. The Real Bob Dylan
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COPPERPLATE TIME 536
05/12/2026
COPPERPLATE TIME 536
Copperplate Time 536 presented by Alan O'Leary 1. BOTHY BAND: Green Groves of Erin/Flowers of Red Hill. After Hours 2. NOEL HILL/TONY LINNANE/MATT MOLLOY: Andersons/Carty’s/Sweeney’s Dream. Rock. Noel Hill & Tony Linnane3. OPEN THE DOOR FOR THREE: Church Hill. The Joyful Hour 4. RITA GALLAGHER: The May Morning. The May Morning Dew 5. MICK O’BRIEN: May Morning Dew. May Morning Dew6. JOHN MARTYN: May You Never. Compilation 7. MICK MULVEY & SHANE MEEHAN: Lough Key/Fire Away Ya Devil/Whinny Hills of Leitrim. The Missing Guest8. TONY MacMAHON: The Morning Dew/Cooley’s. Tony MacMahon 9. PAUL BRENNAN: The Banks of the Bann. Airs & Graces 10. JOHN & JACINTA McEVOY: Promenade/Mick Gorman’s. The Boyne Mist 11. PADDY CARTY & MICK O’CONNOR: Paddy Kelly’s/Mullingar Lea. Paddy Carty12. MAGGIE BARRY & MICK GORMAN: Farewell to My Own Dear Native Land. Songs of Exile & Emigration13. ALY BAIN & PHIL CUNNINGHAM: Charlie Hunter’s Jig/Mouse in the Cupboard/Rosewood. Another Gem 14. DICK GAUGHAN: Erin Go Bragh. Handful of Earth 15. NIAMH Nic CHARRA & MANUS MAGUIRE: The Iron Man/The 1st Century Reel. Happy Out 16. BERT JANSCH. Rosemary Lane. Rosemary Lane 17. JOHN McEVOY & JOHN WYNNE: The Dancer at the Fair/Smash the Wiindows. The Dancer at the Fair 18. SEAMUS BEGLEY: The Mountains of Pomeroy. Eri go La19. DAVE SHERIDAN: Fisher’s HP/Johnny Gorman’s/PJ McNamara’s. Drivin’ Leitrin Timber 20. SEAN KEANE: The Oak Tree. Seoda Ceoil 21. BÉAL TUINNE: Fearaibh na bhFeoibh. Live at St James, Dingle 22. THE BOTHY BAND: Green Groves of Erin/Flowers of Red Hill. After Hours
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COPPERPLATE PODCAST 317
05/01/2026
COPPERPLATE PODCAST 317
Copperplate Podcast 317 presented by Alan O'Leary MAY 2026 1. GERRY DIVER: The Bath Set. Diversions 2. MACALLA: O’Dowd’s/The Union Reel. Women of Ireland 3. RITA GALLAGHER: May Morning Dew. May Morning Dew 4. NANCY COSTELLO: John Brennan’s/George White’s/Mountain Road. Magic of the Flute 5. MARANNA McCLOSKEY: Magherafelt May Fair. At Last6. LAOISE KELLY: Joe Cassidy’s/Frank Gilruth/Hull’s Reel. Ceis 7. NIAMH Ni CHARRA: The Curley Hills/Tripping to the Well/ 2 Part Pour.Donnelly’s Arm 8. EILIS KENNEDY: Crazy Man Michael. Time to Sail9. KAREN RYAN: Mrs Lawrie’s/Karen Ryan’s.The Coast Road 10. NIAMH de BÚRCA: My Johnny Was A Shoemaker. Where The Heart Lies 11. ANGELINA CARBERRY: Pol Halpenny/Sean O’Dwyer of the Glen. An Traidisiun Beo 12. SORCHA COSTELLO: Minor Complications/Clancy’s Bar. The Primrose Lass13. ELAINE REILLY: Sheridan’s Tap Room/Sheridan’s Reel. Epiphany 14. MOYA BRENNAN/CLANNAD: Two Sisters. Dúlaman 15. LONDON LASSES: The Caves of Caolrua/Dancing Eyes/The Crock of Gold/ The White Fairy. London Lasses 25 Anniv Copperplate Podcast 317 presented by Alan O'Leary MAY 2026 1. Gerry Diver: The Bath Set. Diversions 2. MACALLA: O’Dowd’s/The Union Reel. Women of Ireland 3. RITA GALLAGHER: May Morning Dew. May Morning Dew 4. NANCY COSTELLO: John Brennan’s/George White’s Magic of the Flute 5. MARANNA McCLOSKEY: Magherafelt May Fair. At Last6. LAOISE KELLY: Joe Cassidy’s/Frank Gilruth/Hull’s Reel. Ceis 7. NIAMH Ni CHARRA: The Curley Hills/Tripping to the Well/ 2 Part Pour.Donnelly’s Arm 8. EILIS KENNEDY: Crazy Man Michael. Time to Sail9. KAREN RYAN: Mrs Lawrie’s/Karen Ryan’s.The Coast Road 10. NIAMH de BÚRCA: My Johnny Was A Shoemaker. Where The Heart Lies 11. ANGELINA CARBERRY: Pol Halpenny/Sean O’Dwyer of the Glen. An Traidisiun Beo 12. SORCHA COSTELLO: Minor Complications/Clancy’s Bar. The Primrose Lass13. ELAINE REILLY: Sheridan’s Tap Room/Sheridan’s Reel. Epiphany 14. MOYA BRENNAN/CLANNAD: Two Sisters. Dúlaman 15. LONDON LASSES: The Caves of Caolrua/Dancing Eyes/The Crock of Gold/ The White Fairy. London Lasses 25 Annivv[mixcloud https://www.mixcloud.com/alan-oleary/copperplate-podcast-317/ width=100% height=60 hide_cover=1 mini=1 light=1][mixcloud https://www.mixcloud.com/alan-oleary/copperplate-podcast-317/ width=100% height=60 hide_cover=1 mini=1 light=1][mixcloud https://www.mixcloud.com/alan-oleary/copperplate-podcast-317/ width=100% height=60 hide_cover=1 mini=1 light=1][mixcloud https://www.mixcloud.com/alan-oleary/copperplate-podcast-317/ width=100% height=60 hide_cover=1 mini=1 light=1][mixcloud https://www.mixcloud.com/alan-oleary/copperplate-podcast-317/ width=100% height=60 hide_cover=1 mini=1 light=1][mixcloud https://www.mixcloud.com/alan-oleary/copperplate-podcast-317/ width=100% height=60 hide_cover=1 mini=1 light=1][mixcloud https://www.mixcloud.com/alan-oleary/copperplate-podcast-317/ width=100% height=60 hide_cover=1 mini=1 light=1]
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Copperplate Time 535
04/26/2026
Copperplate Time 535
Copperplate Time 535 presented by Alan O'Leary 1. BOTHY BAND: Green Groves of Erin/Flowers of Red Hill.After Hours 2. MOVING CLOUD: Col McBain/Grogan’s Fave/Sailor on the Rock. Moving Cloud 13. LIZ & YVONNE KANE: The Starry Lane to Monaghan/Star of Ireland/Sean sa Cheo. Side by Side 4. ELAINE KELLY & DAITHI GORMLEY: Jig of Port Fleadh/Pride of Sliabh Aughty/Tapping Toes. Epiphany 5. JACKIE McAULEY: St Georges Day. Shadowboxing6. MANUS MAGUIRE: Molly Bawn/The Enchanted Lady/Martin Wynne’s/The Pinch of Snuf Fiddlewings 7. JOHN REGAN & PADDY GLACKIN: The Golden Keyboard/Bellharbour. Let Down the Blade8. PADDY CRONIN: In Memory of Coleman. Tunes of Ed Reavy 9. CLANNAD: Suil A Ruin. Dulaman 10. NIAMH Ní CHARRA: Waltz for Rosie/Old Lark in the Morning/Cooper& Keegan’s. Donnelly’s Arm 11. KEVIN ROWSOME: The Dougarry Boys/Swaggering Jig/Yellow Stockings Blanket. The Musical Pulse of the Pipes12. MICK MULVEY & SHANE MEEHAN: The Missing Guest/Humours of Toomagh/Lad O’Beirne’s. The Missing Guest13. SEAMUS BEGLEY & STEVE COONEY: Bruach na Carraige Báine. Meitheal 14. PAUL BRADY: Lakes of Pontcharatrain. The Missing Liberty Tapes 15. TERRY CLARKE: Did He Sing Danny Boy?. Lucky 16. LUKA BLOOM: I Need Love. Compilation 17. BERT JANSCH: Poor Mouth. Compilation 18. THE BOTHY BAND: Green Groves of Erin/Flowers of Red Hill. After Hours
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Copperplate Time 534
04/20/2026
Copperplate Time 534
Copperplate Time 534 Copperplate Time 534 presented by Alan O'Leary 1. BOTHY BAND: Green Groves of Erin/Flowers of Red Hill.After Hours 2. LONDON LASSES: Dandy Dilly Cronin/Moving in Old Decency/Ballintore Fancy/Over the Bridge to Peggy. LL 253. CLANNAD: Coinleach Ghlas an Fhómair. Clannad 2 4. KEVIN CRAWFORD: The Banks of the Suir/Mama’s Pet. In Good Company 5. SEAMUS BEGLEY & STEVE COONEY: Carracastle Lasses/Tailor’s Thimble/Sheahan’s. Meitheal6. HUGH GILLESPIE & FRANK KELLY: Lord McDonald’s/Balinasloe Fair. Sparkling Dawn 7. SHARON NEWTON CREASEY: Morning Early/The Bonny Boys of Ballintra/Gregg’s Pipes. Auchensail8. MICK O’BRIEN & CAOIMHIN O’RAGHALLAIGH: Na Ceannabhian Bhána/Mairshall Alistrum/Munster Buttermilk. Kitty Lie Over 9. LIZ & YVONNE KANE: Farewell to Eyrecourt/The Stone in the Field/Paddy Fahey’s. Side by Side 10. SEAN KEANE: Taglione. Compilation 11. JOHN WYNNE: The Orphan/The Cow That Ate the Blanket/Winnie Hayes. Like The Wind12. PATRICK STREET: The King of Ballyhooley. Compilation 13. FRANK HARTE: The Mickey Dam. There’s Gangs of Them Digging14. JOHN & JACINTA McEVOY: John J Kimmel’s/Bill Black’s HP. The Boyne Mist 15. MARY McPARTLAN: Wild Mountain Side. Petticoat Loose 16. MICHELLE MULCAHY: The Drunken Sailor. Lady on the Island 17. LUKA BLOOM: You Couldn’t Have come at a Better Time. Bringing It All Back Home 18. BOBBY CASEY: College Groves/Toss the Feathers. Casey in the Cowhouse 19. SEAN KEANE & MATT MOLLOY & ARTIE McGLYNN: Golden Keyboard/Mayor Harrison’s Fedora. Contentment is Wealth 20. LE CHEILE: The Brook Reel/The Offaly Reel/Castle Kelly/The Maids of Castlebar. Out of the West 21. THE BOTHY BAND: Green Groves of Erin/Flowers of Red Hill. After Hours
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Copperplate Time 533
04/12/2026
Copperplate Time 533
Copperplate Time 533 presented by Alan O'Leary 1. BOTHY BAND: Green Groves of Erin/Flowers of Red Hill.After Hours 2. LONDON LASSES: Dandy Dilly Cronin/Moving in Old Decency/Ballintore Fancy/Over the Bridge to Peggy. LL 253. PADDY GLACKIN: Julia Delaney/Mothers Delight. Ceol ar an bhFidil 4. FRANK HART: The Maid from Cabra West. Compilation 5. PADDY TUTTY & CAOIMHIN O’FEARGHAILL: McGettrick’s. Flute & Fiddle6. DANU: Tuamgraney Castle/The Broken Pledge/The Braes of Busby. Buan 7. NOEL HILL: The Ladies Pantalettes/Ravelled Hank of Yarn/Sean Reid’s/The Silver Spear. Live in New York8. DANNY O’MAHONY & MICHEAL O’RAGHALLAIGH: Humours of Ballyloughlin/Boys of Tanderagee. As It Happened 9. TERRENCE O’FLAHERTY: Return to Camden Town. Download 10. KAREN RYAN: Sliabh Geal gCua. The Coast Road 11. ANDY MARTYN: The Blackthorn. Will We Give It A Go?12. SEAN KEANE: The Man from Connemara. Compilation 13. LIZ& YVONNE KANE: The Bee’s Wing/In Memory of Coleman. The Well Tempered Bow14. EILIS KENNEDY: Who Knows Where the Time Goes. Time to Sail 15. JOHN McKENNA & JAMES MORRISON: The Tailor’s Thimble/Red Haired Lass. The Buck from The Mountain 16. MICK O’BRIEN: Statia Donnelly’s/I Will if I Can/Patsy Geary’s. May Morning Dew 17. TERRY CLARKE: Sea Song. The Shelley River 18. THE WATERBOYS: Fisherman’s Blues. Fisherman’s Blues 19. TERRY CLARKE: The Irish Rockabilly Blues. The Shelley River
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Copperplate Time 532
04/05/2026
Copperplate Time 532
Copperplate Time 532 presented by Alan O'Leary 1. BOTHY BAND: Green Groves of Erin/Flowers of Red Hill.After Hours 2. SIMON & GARFUNKEL: April Come She Will. Old Friends3. DANU: The Highest Hill in Sligo Set & Farewell Angelina. When All is Said & Done 4. BRENDAN McAULEY: The Pheaton Carraige. The McCartneys of Pennyburn. Under the Diamond6. RICHIE DWYER: Cailroe Ramblers/Lake Dance. In A Creative Mood 7. BERT JANSCH: Tell Me What is True Love. Rosemary Lane8. MICHAEL HYNES & KIRSTEN ALLSTAFF: Air for Tommy Peoples/The Mermaids of Mullaghmore. An tUrlár Leice 9. GERRY DIVER: The Bath Set. Diversions 10. SEAMUS BEGLEY & STEVE COONEY: Bruach na Carraige Báine. Meitheal 11. COLM O’DONNELL: The Bodrhan Song. Farewell to Evening Dances12. MAGGIE BOYLE: Donal Óg. Won’t You Come Away 13. CHRISTY MOORE: Easter Snow. Compilation14. RALPH McTELL: Jesus Wept. Sand in Your Shoes 15. LIAM O’FLYNN& CATHERINE ENNIS: Easter Snow. Bringing It All Back Home 16. THE WATERBOYS: September 1913. An Appointment With Mr Yeats 17. DYLAN CARLOS, CEIN SWEENEY & JOHN McCARTIN: The Rolling Wave/The Lark on the Strand/The Banks of Lough Gowna. The One After It 18. DEZI DONNELLY: Paddy Ryan’s Dream/Dowd’s Fave/Phelim’s Frolics. Familiar Footsteps 19. BOTHY BAND: Green Groves of Erin/Flowers of Red Hill. After Hours
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Copperplate Time 531
04/01/2026
Copperplate Time 531
Copperplate Time 531 presented by Alan O'Leary 1. BOTHY BAND: Green Groves of Erin/Flowers of Red Hill.After Hours 2. CRAWFORD/FARRELL/DOOCEY: Mouse in the Mug.Music & Mischief3. GARADICE: 2 Mile Gate/Brigid McRory/Woods of Caol Ruadh. Sanctuary 4. DELORES KEANE: Galway Bay. Best of 5. MICHELLE MULCAHY: Taabhair Dom Do Lámh. Lady on the Island6. JOHN & JACINTA McEVOY: The Secret Well/Whispering Water. The Boyne Mist 7. PADDY KEENAN: The Steampacket/Miss McLeod’s. Paddy Keenan8. KAREN RYAN: Dr O’Neill’s/Saddle the Pony. The Coast Road 9. STEVE TILSTON: Slip Jigs & Reels. Distant Days 10. JOHNNY CONNOLLY: Na Ceannabhain Bhána/Paidin O’Raifereartagh. Drioball na Fáineoige 11. The Given Note/Port na bPúcaí. The Poet & The Piper12. MICHAEL HYNES: Boys of the Lough/The Limerick Tinker/Buckley’s Fancy. Waits & Strays 13. BRIAN LENNON: The Laurel Tree/Flowers of Red Hill. Within A Mile of Kilty 214. RALPH McTELL: The Girl from the Hiring Fair. Silver Celebration 15. STEVE TILSTON: Skinjuju. Distant Days 16. JOHNNY O’g CONNOLLY: Ceilaúr na Spideoige/Ben’s Arrival. Fear Inis Bearachain 17. DAVE SHERIDAN: A Smile for Sheila/McKenna’s/The Leitrim Quickstep. Drivin’ Leitrim Timber 18. MACALLA: Blackberry Blosom/Lord McDonnell/Vincent Broderick’s. Women of Ireland 19. BOTHY BAND: Green Groves of Erin/Flowers of Red Hill. After Hours
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Copperplate Time 316
04/01/2026
Copperplate Time 316
Copperplate Podcast 316 presented by Alan O'Leary April 2026 1. Gerry Diver: The Bath Set. Diversions 2. Gatehouse: Jimmy Giblin’s/The Gneevguilla Reel/The Casagh Reel. Tús Nua 3. Elaine Reilly & Daithi Gormley: The Jig of Port Fleadh/ The Pride of Sliabh Aughty/Tapping Toes. Epiphany 4. Tony Reidy: Black Pudding Music. The Coldest Day in Winter 5. Johnny Connolly: Cooley’s/Come West Along the Road. Drioball na Fáinleoige6. Patsy Moloney: The Humours of Carraigaholt/Donal O’Phumpa. Temple in the Glen 7. Noel Hill: An Phis Fluich/The Fisherman’s Jig. Live in New York 8. Dezi Donnelly & Mike McGoldrick: Humours of Lissadell/The Queen of May/Sweeney’s. Dog in the Fog9. Eilis Kennedy: The Saucy Sailor. Westward 10. Ben Lennon & Tony O’Connell: Mullingar Races/Boy on the Hilltop. Rossinver Braes 11. Mick O’Brien & Caoimhin O’Raghallaigh: An Buailteoir Aerach/The Enchanted Lady/The Holy Land. Deadly Buzz 12. Karen Ryan: The Galway Reel/Musical Priest/ Sailor on the Rock. The Coast Road13. Dave Sheridan: I Buried My Wife/O’Dea’s/Ryan’s. Drivin’ Leitrim Timber 14. Gerry Hanley: Jackie Coleman’s/Bird in the Bush/Jenny’s Wedding. In The Middle of It 15. John & Jacinta McEvoy: The Trip to Tara/The Bull’s Feast. The Boyne Mist 16. Garadice: Keep It Up/The Cloone Reel/The Old Schoolmaster/The Missing Reel. Garadice
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Copperplate Time 530
03/15/2026
Copperplate Time 530
Copperplate Time 530 presented by Alan O'Leary 1. BOTHY BAND: Green Groves of Erin/Flowers of Red Hill.After Hours 2.PJ & MARCUS HERNON: Reel of Bogiie/Austin Tierney’s/Road to Ballymack/St Ruth’s Bush. Celebrating 50 years3. DAVE SHERIDAN: The Whinney Hills of Leitrim/Boys of Portaferry. Drivin’ Leitrim Timber 4. NIAMH PARSONS: Sweet Daffodil Mulligan. Kind Providence 5. LEO ROWSOME: St Patrick’s Day. Classics of Irish Piping6. CHRISTY MOORE: St Patrick Was A Gentleman. The Iron Behind the Velvet 7. KEVIN BURKE & MATT MOLLOY: The Bloom of Youth/Molloy’s Fave/The Cabin Hunter. Compilation 8. MICK O’BRIEN & CAOIMHIN O’RAGHALLAIGH: Teampall an Ghleantaín/Hickey’s. Kitty Lie Over 9. PADDY CRONIN:The Bunch of Keys/The Steampacket. Rakish Paddy Cronin 10. BILLY CLIFFORD: The Blue Ribbon Polkas 2 + 1. Echoes of Sliabh Luachra 11. SARAH & RITA KEANE: A Stóir mo Chroí. Bringing It All Back Home12. THE BAILEYS: Danny Boy. A Song for Ireland 13. BRENDAN & MARTIN McHUGH: Marion Kelly’s/Carey’s Cottage. 2nd Jimmy McHugh Memorial Concert14. McDONAGH BROTHERS & TOMMY FLYNN: McFadden’s/The Blackberry Blossom. The McDonagh’s of Ballinafad 15. MAGGIE BOYLE: Gweebarra Shore Gweebarra 16. KEVIN BOYLE: No 1 Sardine. Bon Cabbage 17. JOHN DOHERTY: The Lancers Jig/Gusty’s Frolics.The Floating Bow 18. GATEHOUSE: Kitty Got A Clinking. Heather Down the Moor. 19 CAOIMHIN O’FEARGHAILL: Mary McMahon/Reel of Mullinavat. Uilleann Piping from Co Waterford 20. EAMON McGIVNEY: The Hairy Chested Frog/Sean Reid’s. Eamon McGivney 21. JOHN REGAN & PATSY MOLONEY: McGettrick’s No 2/Mist on the Mountain. Over the Bog Road 22. THE WATERBOYS: With A Bang On The Ear. Fisherman’s Blues 23. BOTHY BAND: Green Groves of Erin/Flowers of Red Hill. After Hours
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Copperplate Time 529
03/08/2026
Copperplate Time 529
Copperplate Time 529 presented by Alan O'Leary 1. BOTHY BAND: Green Groves of Erin/Flowers of Red Hill. After Hours 2. LUNASA: Within A Mile Set. Cas3. DAITHI FARRELL & LUNASA: Paddy’s Green Shamrock Shore. Cas 4. BUTTONS & BOWS: The Return of Spring/The Mountain Pathway. The Return of Spring 5. NIAMH Nic CHARRA: The Curlew Hills/Tripping to the Well/Two Part Pour. Donnelly’s Arm6. PADDY GLACKIN: Top It Off/The Sunny Bank. Ceol ar an bhFidil 7. NOEL HILL: An Phis Fluich/The Fisherman’s Jg. Live in New York 8. JOHN BOWE & MARY CONROY: The Sailor’s Cravat/The Reel of Bogy. Bowe & Conroy 9. ROGER SHERLOCK:The Queen of May/Mama’s Pet. Memories of Sligo 10. KEVIN BURKE: London Town. The Pound Ridge Sessions 11. DONAL LUNNY & SULT BAND: Sult Set. Spirit of the Music12. AOIFE & MICK O’BRIEN & EMER MAYOCK: The Traveller/The Top of the Cliff/The Bride’s to Bed. Tunes from the Goodman Manuscripts 113. ELAINE REILLY & DAITHI GORMLEY: The Jig of Port Fleadh/The Pride of Sliabh Aughty/Tapping Toes. Epiphany 14. DELORES KEANE & MICK HANLEY: My Love is in America. Bringing It All Back Home 15. GATEHOUSE: The Monasteravon Set. Heather Down the Moor 16. HUGHIE GILLESPIE & FRANK KELLY: Colonel Fraser. The Sparkling Dawn 17. ANGELINA CARBERRY & MARTIN QUINN: Poll Hal’penny/Sean O’Duibhir an Ghleanna. An Traidisiún Beo 18. MARY McNAMARA & P JOE HAYES: The Humours of Glenfinn/The Glen of Aherlow/The Killarney Boys of Pleasure. Trad Music from East Clare 19. SORCHA COSTELLO: John Naughton’s Ryan’s Rant. The Primrose Lass 20. JOHN McEVOY & JOHN WYNNE: The Masters Return/The Dog Among the Bushes. The Dancer at the Fair 21. BOTHY BAND: Green Groves of Erin/Flowers of Red Hill. After Hours
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Copperplate Podcast 315B
03/01/2026
Copperplate Podcast 315B
Copperplate Podcast 315 presented by Alan O'Leary March 2026 1. Gerry Diver: The Bath Set. Diversions 2. Dylan Carlos, Cian Sweeney & John McCartin: Mayor Harrison’s Fedora/Clamcy’s Cross. The One After It 3. Andy Martyn & John Carty: Caught in the Surf/Good Man, Noel. Will We Give It A Go ? 4. Rita Gallagher: The Shores of Lough Brann. The May Morning Dew 5. Urnua: Inisboffin. Urnua6. Eamonn Cotter: The Cottage in the Glen/ The Ladies Pantalettes. Trad Music from Co Clare 7. Bobby Casey: Colonel Fraser/Toss The Feathers The Spirit of West Clare 8. Gatehouse: The Harvest Knot/The Healing Stone. Heather Down the Moor9. Caoimhin O’Fearghaill: Bonaparte’s Retreat/Callaghan’s HP. Uilleann Piping From Co Waterford 10. Donal Clancy: The Lowlands of Holland. On The Lonesome Plain. 11. Noel Hill: The Ladies Pantalettes/Ravelled Hank of Yarn/Sean Reid’s/The Silver Spear. Live in New York 12. Paddy Glackin: Cherish the Ladies. Glackin13. Gerry Hanley: The Old Road to Garry/Carmel O’Mahony Mulhaire. In The Middle of It 14. Mick Mulvey & Shane Meehan: The Sweathouse/ Corrie Hellie/The New Found Out. The Missing Guest 15. Gerry Diver: Hora. Diversions
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Copperplate Time 528
02/22/2026
Copperplate Time 528
Copperplate Time 528 presented by Alan O'Leary 1. BOTHY BAND: Green Groves of Erin/Flowers of Red Hill. After Hours 2. WE BANJO 3: Bunch of Green Rushes/Salt Creek. Gather The Good3. DAVE SHERIDAN: Lough Allen/The Singing Kettle/John Blessing’s. Drivin’ Leitrim Timber 4. DERMOT BRYNE: McInerney’s HP/The Japanese HP. Dermot Byrne 5. CHRISTY MOORE: Boy in the World. A Terrible Beauty6. DEZI DONNELLY & MIKE McGOLDRICK: Walls of Liscarroll/Rooney’s Fave/Connaught Man’s Ramble. Dog in the Fog 7. MICK O’BRIEN & CAOIMHIN O’RAGHALLAIGH: An Buialteoir Aerach/Enchanted Lady/The Holy Land. Deadly Buzz8. GRÁINNE HOLLAND: Donal na Gráine. Compilation 9. SEAN RYAN:Paddy Kellys/ Pigeon on the Gate/Glen of Aherlow. Seán Ryan 10. JOE BURKE: The Dawn/The Moving Cloud. Seoltai Séidte 11. IRLA ÓLIONÁIRD: Aisling Gheal. Music of Dreams 12. NEIL MULLIGAN: The Blackbird/Miss Galvin. An Tobar Glé 13. JOHN & JACINTA McEVOY: Balrath Woods/Nóra na bportach/The Highwayman. The Boyne Mist14. EILIS KENNEDY: The Hills of Isle au Haut. Westward 15. CIARA McElHOLM: Norwegian Breeze. Amergin Fire 16. OPEN THE DOOR FOR THREE: The Boy in the Tree. The Joyful Hour 17. BERT JANSCH: Fresh As A Sweet Sunday Morning. LA Turnaround. 18. PLANXTY: The Aconry Lasses/ Old Wheels of the World/Spike Island Lasses. Compliation 19. BOTHY BAND: Green Groves of Erin/Flowers of Red Hill. After Hours
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Copperplate Time 527
02/15/2026
Copperplate Time 527
Copperplate Time 527 presented by Alan O'Leary 1. BOTHY BAND: Green Groves of Erin/Flowers of Red Hill. After Hours 2. DONAL LUNNY BAND: Sult Reels. Sult3. BROCK MAGIURE BAND: The Moving Cloud. Compilation 4. EILIS KENNEDY: The Elk River Dam. Westward 5. CILLIAN VALLELY & DAVID DOOCEY: Elk River Dan/Ryan’s. The Yew & The Orchard6. MARY COSTELLO & PJOE HAYES: McGreevey’s Favourite/Miss McGuinness/The Sweetheart Reel. Trad Music from East Clare 7. KEVIN BURKE: The Humours of Castlefinn/The Ewe Reel/McFadden’s. Sligo Made8. PJ & MARCUS HERNON: Redican’s Mother/Taim in Arrears/Hardiman’s. Celebrating 50 years 9. EAMONN & GERALDINE COTTER:Aisling Gheal.The Knotted Chord 10. IRLA O’LEONARD: The Heart of the World. Invisible Fields 11. TOMMY PEOPLES: The Green Fields of Glentown. CCE Album 12. MICK SANDS & CLIVE CARROLL: Autobiography. The Ominous & the Luminous 13. LIAM O’LYNN: The Dark Slender Boy. Planxty Live 200414. ELEANOR SHANLEY/GARADICE: Sanctuary. Sanctuary. 15. LUKE KELLY/DUBLINERS: Black Velvet Band. Compilation 16. DOC WATSON: The Girl in the Blue Velvet Band. The Vanguard Years 17. MARTIN CARTHY: Lovely Joan. Transform Me into A Fish. 18. THE WATERSONS: Sound, Sound Your Instruments of Joy. Sound, Sound Your Instruments of Joy 19. BOTHY BAND: Green Groves of Erin/Flowers of Red Hill. After Hours
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Copperplate Time 526
02/08/2026
Copperplate Time 526
Copperplate Time 526 presented by Alan O'Leary 1. BOTHY BAND: Green Groves of Erin/Flowers of Red Hill. After Hours 2. BUTTONS & BOWS: The Return of Spring/The Mountain Pathway. The Return of Spring3. CARLOS/SWEENEY/McCARTIN: The Rolling Wave/The Lark on the Strand/Banks of Lough Gowna. The One After It 4. TIM DENNEHY: I Know What I’m Missing. Old Boots & Flying Sandals 5. JOHN McEVOY & JOHN WYNNE: McPaddin’s Fave/A Visit to Ireland. Dancer at the Fair6. ELAINE REILLY: The Fergus Reel/The Girl Who Broke My Heart. Epiphany 7. JAMES KEANE, MATT MOLLOY & KEVIN CONNEFF: The Musical The Hunter’s Purse/The Flowing Bowl/Tilly Finn’s. With Friends Like These 8. KEVIN CRAWFORD & CILLIAN VALLELY: Days Around Lahinch/The Man from Moyasta. On Common Ground 9. MICHAEL McGOLDRICK & JOHN CARTY: Whistler O’re The Lave O’t/Kilkenny for Mr/Come to the Fair. At Out Leisure 10. THE BAILEYS: A Song for Ireland. A Song for Ireland 11. CAOIMHIN O’FEARGHAILL & PADDY TUTTY: Palm Sunday/Mulqueeney’s. Flute & Fiddle 12. GATEHOUSE: The Cocks are Crowing. Heather Down the Moor13. JOHN JOE GORDON: The Primrose Polka/The Bluebell Polka. Within A Mile of Kilty 214. GERRY HANLEY: A Roll of the Dice/Ride A Mile. In The Middle of It. 15. MICK MULVEY & SHANE MEEHAN: Sword in the Hand/Wheels of the World/Mullin’s Fancy. The Missing Guest 16. ANDREW MURRAY: Jock O’ Hazeldene. Hell or High Water 17. NIAMH NÍ CHARRA: The Curlew Hills/Tripping Up the Stairs/Two Part Pour. Donnelly’s Arm 18. PADDY KILLORAN: The Old Dudeen/The Road to Lurgan. Taisce Luacmhar 19. DANU: The Poor Man’s Fortune/The Long Strand/Gan Ainm. 10,000 Miles 20. LEONARD BARRY: The Limerick Lasses/Johnny McGoohan’s/The Laurel Tree. New Road 21. BOTHY BAND: Green Groves of Erin/Flowers of Red Hill.After Hours
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Copperplate Podcast 314
02/01/2026
Copperplate Podcast 314
Copperplate Podcast 314 presented by Alan O'Leary February 2026 www.copperplatemailorder.com 1. Gerry Diver: The Bath Set. Diversions 2. Joe Derrane, Seamus Connolly & John McGann: Dash to Portobello/McFarley’s Reel/Geeghan’s. The Boston Edge 3. Kevin Crawford, Colin Farrell & David Doocey: Johnny Cope/The Scartaglen/The Black Haired Lass. Music & Mischief 4. Danu: 10.000 Miles. 10.000 Miles 5. The Outside Track: The Road to Rollo Bay. Rise Up6. Andy Martyn: The Sailor’s Bonnet/The Culfadda Reel. Will We Give It A Go? 7. Karen Ryan: Kitty’s Rambles/Kitty of Oulart/An Rogaire Dubh. The Coast Road 8. Nancy Costello: John Brennan’s/George White’s Fave/Mountain Top. Draiocht na Feadoige 9. Michael Banahan: The Tango. Broken Heart. 10. Mick O’Brien & Caoimhin O’Raghallaigh: Dublin Lads/The Tap Room/The Liffey Banks. Deadly Buzz 11. Dan Brouder & Angelina Carberry: The Battle of Dunboy/Kitty O’Shea’s. A Waltz for Joy12. Paddy Glackin: Top It Off/The Sunny Banks. Glackin 13. Kevin Rowsome: The Wet Weather/The Fair Maids of Ireland/Welcome to the Country. The Musical Pulse of the Pipes 14. Johnny Og Connolly & Brian McGrath: The Mountain Dew/Loughrea Reel. Dreaming Up The Tunes
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Copperplate Time 525
01/25/2026
Copperplate Time 525
Copperplate Time 525 presented by Alan O'Leary 1. BOTHY BAND: Green Groves of Erin/Flowers of Red Hill. After Hours 2. GARADICE: The Ballintra Lasses/The Rock Reel/Silver Linings/The Border Collie. Sanctuary3. DANU: Murphy’s HP/Lord Gordon’s Reel. Seanchas 4. RALPH McTELL: From Clare to Here. Silver Celebration 5. MICK O’BRIEN & TERRY CREHAN: Farewell to Miltown/West Clare Railway/Sporting Molly. May Morning Dew6. ANDY MARTYN: The Caha Mountains/McKenna’s CountrWill We Give It A Go? 7. TERENCE O’FLAHERTY: Return to Camden Town. Single8. PADDY TAYLOR: Lord Mayo. Boy in the Gap 9. PADDY KEENAN: Colonel Fraser/My Love is in America. Paddy Keenan 10. EAMONN COTTER: Brauach na Carraige Baíne. Trad Music From Clare 11. SEAMUS BEGLEY & STEVE COONEY: Brauach na Carraige Baíne. Meitheal 12. FRANK KELLY: Paddy Ryan’s Dream/Mama’s Pet/Miss McLeod’s. Memories of Hughie Gillespie.13. RITA GALLAGHER: Sweet Iniscarra. The May Morning Dew 14. ROGER SHERLOCK: Sherlock’s/Mama’s Pet/ The Dairymaid/O’Keeffe’s Plough/Galtee Ranger. Private Recordings 15. SEAN Ó SE & CEOLTOIRI CHUALANN: An Buachaill Caol Dubh. O’Riada sa Gaiety 16. DEZI DONNELLY & MIKE McGOLDRICK: An Buachaill Dreoite.Lark in the Morning. Dog in the fog 17. DICK GAUGHAN & JOHNNY CUNNINGHAM: The Freedom Come All Ye. The Harvard Tapes 18. DAVE SHERIDAN: Big John’s/The Stoney Steps/John Kelly’s Concertina. Drivin’ Leitrim Timber 19. BOTHY BAND: Green Groves of Erin/Flowers of Red Hill. After Hours
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Copperplate Time 524
01/18/2026
Copperplate Time 524
Copperplate Time 524 presented by Alan O'Leary My Glasgow Visit 1. BOTHY BAND: Green Groves of Erin/Flowers of Red Hill. After Hours 2. JIMMY McHUGH: Pidgeon on the Gate. 2nd Jimmy McHugh Memorial Concert3. BRENDAN & MARTIN McHUGH: MarionKelly’s/Carey’s Cottage. 2nd Jimmy McHugh Memorial Concert 4. BRIDGE CEILI BAND: Lord McDonald’s/The Holly Bush/Finbarr Dwyer’s. Sparks on Flags 5. PAUL McGLINCHEY & MACDARA O’RAGHALLAIGH: Lord Ramsey’s/The Jolly Tinker/The Rainbows End. Unearthed6. CHRISTY MOORE: By Clyde’s Bonnie Banks. Live in Dublin 7. KEVIN ROWSOME: The Musical Pulse of the Blaskets. The Musical Pulse of the Pipes8. MICK MULVEY: The Brook//The Killukin Ghost/Salute to Sherlock. The Missing Guest 9. MICHAEL ROONEY & JUNE McCORMACK: Colonel McBain’s/Paddy Kiloran’s. Lands End 10. EILEEN O’BRIEN & LAR GAVIN: The Poppy Leat/McIntyre’s HP. 2nd Jimmy McHugh Memorial Concert 11. SEÁN ÓSÉ: Do Bhí Bean Uasal. O’Riada sa Gaiety 12. PJ CROTTY & JAMES CULLINANE: Sheep in the Boat/Hurry the Jug. Happy to Meet13. ANGELINA CARBERRY & DAN BRUDER: Curlews in the Bog/Tommy People’s/The Monsignor’s Blessing. A Waltz for Joy 14. EILIS KENNEDY: Ciumhais Charrig Aonair. So Ends This Day 15. PADDY CARTY & CONOR TULLY: Dowd’s/In Memory of Coleman. Trad Music of Ireland 16. DERMOT BYRNE, JOHN DOYLE & EAMONN COYNE: Highland & Reels. Liag 17. PJ & MARCUS HERNON: Gallagher’s Frolics/Tae ar an bPortach/An Buachaillin Bán. Celebrating 50 Years 18. MICHAEL BANAHAN: Winter in the City. Broken Heart 19. CILLIAN VALLELY & DAVID DOOCEY: The Peacock’s Feather. The Yew & The Orchard 20. KEVIN BURKE & JOHN BRENNAN: London Town. The Piound Ridge Sessions 21. BOTHY BAND: Green Groves of Erin/Flowers of Red Hill. After Hours
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Copperplate Podcast 313
01/01/2026
Copperplate Podcast 313
Copperplate Podcast 313 presented by Alan O'Leary January 2026 1. Gerry Diver: The Bath Set. Diversions 2. Carlos/Sweeney & McCartin: Con Curtin’s Big Balloon/Man of the House/The New Line to Loughan The One After It 3. John & Jacinta McEvoy:The Cave of the Cats/The Road to Monalea. The Boyne Mist 4. Gatehouse: Kitty Got A Clinking & As I Roved Out. Heather Down the Moor 5. Laoise Kelly: Joe Cassidy’s/Frank Gilruth’s/Hull’s Reel. Ceis6. Sharon Newton Creasey: Donegal Castle/The Firth House. Auchensail 7. Elaine Reilly: Miss Lyon’s Fancy/Lough Mountain. Epiphany 8. Garadice: The Princes Feather/Ted Furey’s/Support From America. Sanctuary 9. Mick Mulvey & Shane Meehan: Lough Key/Fire Away Ya Devil/Whinny Hills of Leitrim . The Missing Guest 10. Michael Banahan: Ballad of Mikey Carthy.Broken Heart. 11. Patsy Moloney: Paddy Taylor’s/Sugar Hill. Temple in the Glen 12. Gerry Hanley: Slopes of Ben Bulben/The Swan on the Lake/The Showman’s Fancy. In The Middle of It.13. John Wynne & John McEvoy: Last Train From Loughrea/Ned Coleman’s. The Dancer at the Fair 14. Sorcha Costello: Down the Broom/Gatehouse Maid/Jimmy Murray’s No 2. The Primrose Lass 15. Dave Sheridan: The Hut in the Bog/Tom Dowd’s Fave/Trip to Cullenstown. Drivin’ Leitrim Timber
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Copperplate's Christmas Miscellany
12/21/2025
Copperplate's Christmas Miscellany
Copperplate Time 523 presented by Alan O'Leary A CHRISTMAS MISCELLANY 1. EILEEN IVERS: Christmas Eve/Oiche Nollaig/High Road to Linton. An Irish Christmas 2. TOMMY SANDS: A Childhood Christmas. To Shorten the Winter3. JOHNNY CONNOLLY & BRIAN McGRATH: Christmas is Spiddal/ 12 To the Bar. Dreaming Up the Tunes 4. PAUL BRADY: Arthur McBride. Brady & Irvine 5. OUTSIDE TRACK: Winter Jigs. Christmas Star6. TIM DENNEHY: The Kerry Christmas Carol. Between the Mountains & the Sea 7. CÓR CHOIS FHARRAIGE An Céad Noel. Carúil Nollag8. EILEEN IVERS: Apples in Winter/Frost is All Over/Merry Christmas. An Irish Christmas 9. JERRY LYNCH:A Silent Night (Christmas 1915). The Dawning of the Day 10. NEW RANGE: O Come O Come Emannuel. A Christmas Heritage 11. FRANK KELLY: The 12 Days of Christmas. Compilation 12. CHRISTY MOORE: A Fairytale of New York. Smoke & Strong Whiskey13. DICK GAUGHAN: The Snows They Melt the Soonest. Handful of Earth 14. MOVING HEARTS: May Morning Dew. The Storm 15. TERRY CLARKE: American Lipstick. Shelley River 16. JONI MITCHELL: River. Blue 17. MICK MOLONEY: Celebration & Mrs Fogarty’s Christmas Cake. An Irish Christmas 18. BERT JANSCH: In The Bleak Midwinter. L.A. Turnaround 19. RALPH McTELL: Things You Wish Yourself. Single 20. BILLY McCOMISKEY BAND: The Girl Who Broke My Heart. An Irish Christmas
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Copperplate Time 522
12/15/2025
Copperplate Time 522
Copperplate Time 522 presented by Alan O'Leary 1. Bothy Band: Green Groves. After Hours 2. Garadice: Gan Ainm/The Sunny Hills/Castleblaney Piper. Garadice 3. John & Jacinta McEvoy: The Secret Well/Whispering Water. The Boyne Mist 4. Eleonor Shanley: Motherland. Garadice 5. Danny Meehan/Le Cheile: Paddy the Cooper/Dublin Porter. Out of the West6. Cillian Vallely & David Doocey: Heights of Darga/Paddy Joe’s. The Yew & The Orchard 7. Kevin Crawford: Repeal of the Union/The Ivy Leaf/The Hut in the Bog. Carrying the Tune8. Lar Gavin: The Wicked Gander. 2 Miles from Tulla 9. Mick Sands & Clive Carroll: Lough Erne’s Shore. The Ominous & Luminous 10. Bobby & Sean Casey: Farewell to Miltown/The Star of Munster. The Spirit of West Clare 11. PJ & Marcus Hernon:Redigan’s Mother/Táim in Arrears/Hardiman. Celebrating 50 Years 12. Mary McPartlan: Wild Mountain Side. Petticoat Loose13. Sorcha Costello: John Naughton’s/Ryan’s Rant. The Primrose Lass 14. Gerry Hanley: The Old Road to Garry/Carmel’Mahoney Mulhaire. In The Middle of It 15. Roger Sherlock & Mary Conroy: Queen of May/Anderson’s Reel. Memories of Sligo 16. David Sheridan: I Buried My Wife/O’Dea’s/Ryan’s. Drivin’ Leitrim Timber. 17. Ralph McTell: The Ferryman. Live in London 18. Terry Clarke: The Coffin Road. West Highland Blues 19. Johnny Cash: Big River. Compilation 20. Bothy Band: Green Groves. After Hours
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Copperplate Time 521
12/07/2025
Copperplate Time 521
Copperplate Time 521 presented by Alan O'Leary 1. Bothy Band: Green Groves. After Hours 2. Open the Door For Three: Boyne Water. The Joyful Hour3. Dezi Donnelly & Mike McGoldrick: The Walls of Liscarroll/Rooney’s Jig/ ~ Connaughtman’s Ramble. Dog in the Fog 4. Daoiri Farrell: A Pint of Plain. A Lifetime of Happiness 5. Garadice: The Ballintra Lasses/The Rock Reel/Silver Lining/ The Border Collie. Sanctuary6. Aidan Connolly & Bryan O’Leary: Molly Myer’s/The Humours of Glencollins. The Groves of Gneevegilla7. Brendan McAuley: The Phaeton Carraige. The McCartneys of Pennyburn 8. James Keane: Carmel O’Maoney Mulhaire/The Maid in the Cherry Tree/ The Kilfenora Reel. GL Compilation 9. Rita Gallagher: The Mountain Streams. May Morning Dew10. John & Jacinta McEvoy: O’Flynn’s Fancy/Paddy Cronin’s. The Boyne Mist 11. Elaine Reilly: The GalwayJig/The New Concert Flute. Epiphany 12. Paul Brennan/Carrig:The Pleasures of Hope/O’Donnell’s HP. Airs & Graces 13. Michael Banahan: Finding My Way Back. Broken Heart14. Laoise Kelly: An Londubh/Maidrin Ruadh. Ceis 15. Mick & Aoife O’Brien & Emer Mayock: Reel 97/The Tinker’s Frolic/Light Horse Reel. Tunes from the Goodman Manuscripts 16. Ralph McTell: The Girl On The Jersey Ferry. Live in London 17. Jackie McAuley & Rod Demick: Don’t Listen to the Rich. Jackie McAuley & Rod Demick 18. Crosby, Stills & Nash: Suite Judy Blue Eyes. Carry on 19. Rory McLeod: Back to Donegal. Travelling Home
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Copperplate Podcast 312
11/30/2025
Copperplate Podcast 312
Copperplate Podcast 312 presented by Alan O'Leary December 2025 1. Gerry Diver: The Bath Set. Diversions 2. Garadice: Gan Ainm/Sunny Hills of Beara/The Castleblaney Piper. Garadice 3. Dan Brouder & Angelina Carberry: The Rolling Rocks of Glan/ The River Meadow Reel. Back in Time. 4. John & Jacinta McEvoy: The Promenade/Michael Gorman’s. The Boyne Mist 5. Michael Banahan: Walking on Eggshells. Broken Heart. 6. Urnua: Sporting Galway/The White Plains/The Threadneedle Reel. Urnua 7. John Carty & Mike McGoldrick: Stepping Stones/McShane’s Rambles. At Our Leisure 8. Eilis Kennedy: The Elk River Dam. Westward 9. John Wynne & John McEvoy: Ask My Father/Boys of Mayo/Eddie Moloney’s.The Dancer at the Fair 10. Aoife & Mick O’Brien & Emer Mayock: The Yeoman’s Reel/The Ladies Cup of Tea. Tunes from the Goodman Manuscripts Vol 1 11. Gerry Hanley: Sheehan’s/The Longford Tinker/Mulqueeney’s. In The Middle of It. 12. The Outside Track: Christmas in Killarney. Christmas Star 13. Mick Mulvey & Shane Meehan: Jackson’s Morning Brush/Cherish the Ladies. The Missing Guest 14. PJ & Marcus Hernon: An Súisín Bán/The Galtee Hunt. Celebrating 50 Years 15. Dave Sheridan: I Buried the Wife/O’Dea’s/Ryan’s Jig. Drivin’ Leitrim Timber16. Gerry Diver: The Bath Set. Diversions
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