An Fhidi Bheo: ceol An Northern Fiddler
Is bailiúchán uathúil é 'The Northern Fiddler', foilsithe ag Allen Feldman agus Eamonn O'Doherty i 1979, de cheol, grianghraif, léaráidí agus agallaimh, ina bhfuil rogha fidléirí as Deisceart Thír Chonaill agus Tír Eoghain. Ina measc, tá ceoltóirí a bhfuil bua ceoil acu cosúil le John agus Simey Doherty, John Loughran, Con Cassidy, agus Francie & Mickey Byrne. Daichead bliain i ndiaidh an fhoilseacháin, pléitear an coincheap 'The Northern Fiddler' i gclár faisnéise nua ag Dearcán Media, coimisiúnaithe ag BBC Gaeilge agus TG4 le tacaíocht ón Chiste Craoltóireachta Gaeilge
'The Northern Fiddler', published by Allen Feldman and Éamonn O'Doherty in 1979, is a unique compilation of music, photos, illustrations and interviews, featuring a selection of fiddle players from South Donegal and Tyrone, including musicians of the calibre of John and Simey Doherty, John Loughran, Con Cassidy, and Francie and Mickey Byrne.
Forty years after its publication, the concept of 'The Northern Fiddler' is explored in a Dearcán Media documentary commissioned by BBC Gaeilge and TG4, with support from the Irish Language Broadcast Fund. The important legacy of The Northern Fiddler emerges through performances and discussion from Maurice Bradley (South Derry), Ellie Nic Fhionnlaigh (Glencolmcille), Dónal McCague (Monaghan), Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (Gweedore), Maggie Maguire (Fermanagh), Laura Kerr (Armagh), Dermy Diamond (Belfast), Conor Caldwell (Belfast), Sinéad McKenna (Tyrone), Paddy Glackin (Dublin), Roisín McGrory (Inishowen) and Dermot McLaughlin (Derry).