The Coast Road – Karen Ryan with Pete Quinn

Thosaigh Karen ag seinm ceoil in aois a naoi mbliana, í oilte ag Tommy Maguire, ceoltóir ó thuaisceart LIatroma ag an London Irish Centre, áit a mbíonn sí féin ag múineadh anois. Ba anseo a chuir sí aithne ar a cairde cléibh na fidléirí Elaine Conwell agus Teresa Connolly (née Heanue), lenar bhuaigh sí an comórtas Tríréid faoi 12 ag Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann i 1985.

Rugadh i Londain í ag tuismitheoirí ar as Gaillimh agus as Maigh Eo ó dhúchas dóibh. Ba é an traidisiún láidir i gConamara de sheinnteoirí mileoidin agus d'amhránaithe traidisiúnta ar thaobh a máthar a spreag a grádon cheol seo sa chéad dul síos.

A musician, teacher and promoter, it would be no exaggeration to say that Karen Ryan lives and breathes traditional Irish music.

Karen started playing music at the age of nine, taught by the North Leitrim musician Tommy Maguire at the London Irish Centre, where she herself now teaches. It was here that she met lifelong friends and fellow fiddle players, Elaine Conwell and Teresa Connolly (née Heanue), with whom she won the under 12 Trio competition at the All-Ireland Fleadh in 1985.

 Liosta Traieanna / Tracklisting –

1. REELS: The Limerick Lasses / The Gatehouse Maid / The Mountain Top
2. JIGS: Kitty's Rambles / Kitty of Oulart / An Rogaire Dubh
3. HORNPIPES: Plains of Boyle / McGlinchey's / Walsh's
4. POLKAS: Dan Herlihy's / Tom Billy's
5. AIR: Sliabh Geal gCua
6. REELS: Sally Gardens / Miss McLoud's / Tommy Maguire's
7. JIGS: Kiss The Bride / Shandon Bells
8. REELS: Mrs Lawrie's / Karen Ryan's
9. JIGS: Dr O'Neill's / Saddlle The Pony
10. SLIP JIGS: The Gathering / Liverpool to London / The New Piano
11. REELS: The Swallow's Tail / The Sunny Banks / The London Lasses
12. SONG: An Draighnean Donn
13. WALTZ AND REEL: Tim O'Leary's / The Rabbit's Burrow
14. JIGS: Going to Mass Last Sunday / The Gold Ring / The Battering Ram
15. REELS: Galway Reel / The Musical Priest / The Sailor on the Rock