Making Fiddles For Fun in Garrykennedy, Co. Tipperary, Ireland 1974
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- Master fiddle maker Jerry Martin explains the craft of making fiddles for the performance of Irish traditional music.
Garrykennedy on the shores of Lough Derg in County Tipperary is the home of master fiddle maker Jerry Martin. No longer able to work, he started to make fiddles as a hobby.
I said I would make fiddles to encourage the childer to play - young lads.
Renowned player Donal O’Connor visits Jerry Martin at home to talk about fiddles and to sample the finished product.
Jerry Martin explains how he goes about making a fiddle, which he is keen to stress, is entirely by hand.
Regarding his craft,
It’s a pity that there’s not more of it done, that people don’t practise it, you know it’s an awful thing to be importing in foreign violins when we could keep them ourselves at home.
Jerry Martin hands Donal O’Connor one of his fiddles and asks him to play a reel. He obliges by playing ‘The Mountain Road’.
This extract also features an on-street performance at the 1973 Fleadh Cheoil held in Listowel by accordion player Johnny Leary, fiddler Julia Clifford and her brother Denis Murphy, also on fiddle.
‘Hives of Honeyed Sound’ was Ireland’s 1974 entry in the Golden Harp Festival. The aim of the festival was to promote international exchanges of folk music and folklore programmes and to encourage interest in traditional cultures among the nations represented through the associated competition. It was organised under the auspices of the European Broadcasting Union.
‘Hives of Honeyed Sound’ was first broadcast on 4 June 1974. The researcher and narrator is Ciarán Mac Mathúna. - Zábava
What I enjoyed most as a child when we called to Gerry was the lovely honey from his hives.
Thank you for sharing! My mother, now 84 years, grew up playing the fiddle in the evenings with Julia Clifford and Denis 'the weaver' Murphy in Gneeveguilla, Sliabh Luachra. R.I.P to them now and Johnny Leary, wonderful musicians.
The skill of that fiddle maker is beautiful to watch..gifted. 🎶🎶♥️
What comes across is the joy and pleasure this man derived from his craft. The attention to detail is stunning: the joy of making the instrument that makes the music is profound. Bravo!
Please never stop! As an Irish person who moved from Ireland when I was a kid, these videos let me experience my culture and learn. Thank you
Really loving these videos! A piece of history captured 👍🏻👏🏻
Who needs all this modern machinery? A craftsman in the flesh.
The joy and pride watching him play his fiddle he made with his own hands.
Them were the days when you could smoke in the workplace. Another great clip.
These video touch me all the way into my heart.
Jerry the master producing beautiful musical instruments that will be played and enjoyed in 500 years time, Dónal that very fine player fully understands the craft that Jerry is explaining to him, the fiddle sounding bright and sharp and as sweet as a nut
Couldn’t for Christ make out anything the old pipe-smoking fiddle maker said, but it was a joy to hear him all the same.
Sense of touch. Hes eyeballing it and im sure its perfect
Tremendous work. To produce beautiful music. Gd bless his hands, from here to heaven and back again.
Wonderful to have this priceless record of times gone by.
Wonderful. More of this please. Have Irish on my mother's side. Thank you.
My granduncle was a fiddler in the Balck Shop Castlecove Kerry, years ago
Gracias por os recuerdos. En especial de mi padre y tios. Mi padre era una gran memoria de su Irlanda en Argentina. Especialmente de sus escritores y poetas. Abrazos
Maggie
💚 Nice!
I wish someone would go through and caption these, tho, since I can't read that man's lips... he doesn't even look like he is speaking!
I wish there were more of this programme. Thanks very much, fascinating subject and a lovely tune. 😊
_Thanks for posting this...All those old musicians were my heroes_
Just so refreshing to watch - complete opposite of the average CZcams luthier with their wall of tools, rigs and jigs, everything polished and perfectly clean like its never used. This guy makes instruments out of nothing with no tools and half last week's dinner down his front! REAL!!! :D
Fantastic but we want more
The way he starts smoking his pipe admiring his craft being played 🎻 beautiful. ☘️
Genius and gentleman
I wish we could have seen the craftsman actually making the instrument as well as talking about it. What a lost opportunity but thank you for what we have received anyway
Jeez he might be good like but did u expect him to make it in a less than 6 minutes video!
@@sydneywood4511 No😀
Well yes, because I barely understand a word. English is my 2nd language though. Anyway it's great to see this master craftsman.
@@endreszatmari2302 Even if English is your first language he was not easy to understand because of his accent Endre. Glad you enjoyed watching him in any case.
Blessings and peace
.....once a year in February ( summer ) we have The fiddler's convention in our locality and fiddlers and other musicians come from all over Australia to attend . The music I heard played in video is familiar to me from our annual convention .
Amazing people back then
good historical content, thanks
The characters ... and pride in your man's face at the end. Thank you.
That made me smile 😊😍
Looks and sound beautiful!
When the frost goes through your hands..
He's certainly very interesting. That new fiddle has a good sound also. Just to turn out an instrument to look like that is quite a feat, but, when it has a good sound also, it is an extraordinary feat.
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I have some Irish heritage, and got to visit for the St. Patricks day parade a long time ago. Saw some landmarks, but these videos really help me learn way more than that visit. Thanks.
Perhaps Glackin´s first fiddle were from a craftsman like this...tradition is the most beautiful thing in a country!
I LOVE THE Irish you can see it is a very old culture and people and the land looks old , unfortunately theyve disappeared and other influences are creeping in great we can see these treasures on film.
Craftsmanship is the heart of a civilisation, whereas industrialisation has basically ripped out that heart for the sake of mass production and the profit it brings to the few.
You just wonder ,all that talent and who will follow on, such a shame if his knowledge would be lost to the World
Good
Fiddle Maker Lives Matter.
Tom Waits grandfather...
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Nice tune at the end. The mountain road is its name. I play it from time to time. But the slurs at the beginning of the tune can be a tad annoying.
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whats the name of the reel yer man plays at the end?
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The mountain road I think
The green mountain
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This sort of handcraft isn’t learned from books (though the recipes for the varnishes etc are written down). The knowledge is transmitted along from person to person - a living thread connecting us to the past. “I make me own inlay.”
his hands.
What is the tune the fiddle player plays at the end of the clip?
The Mountain Road - the two-part version.
@@patryan2458 brilliant, thank you
@@patryan2458after a quick search of CZcams that's still the best version I've heard yet🙂
@@richiec9077 Have you seen Kevin Burke playing the three-part version of The Mountain Road? czcams.com/video/KdGh8reCAk4/video.html
@@patryan2458 I have now, thanks for that. He is brilliant on the fiddle also
Came for the fiddling; stayed for the pipe smoking.
Wales & Canada not mentioned.
Vocal of all prank
Bm
1st.
Spent most of his life in prison
This proofs that people can talk complete bollocks!
Brilliant straight out of Darby. o,gill