All-Ireland: Vincent Griffin and "The New Year's In/Youghal Quay"

Former all-Ireland fiddle champion Vincent Griffin brings us the random tune for today, a pair of reels called The New Year's In/Youghal Quay. Griffin, from County Clare, won his fiddle award in 1974, and played in the 1980s with Galway band Roudledum. Unfortunately, I can't find much more information on him. You can find The New Year's In/Youghal Quay on his 2013 album Traditional Fiddle Music from County Clare, though I found it on a 2008 various artists compilation called Harps, Pipes & Fiddles.

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Source: https://comhaltas.ie/music/detail/comhaltaslive_349_5_vincent_griffin; https://connachttribune.ie/trad-band-roudledum-reunion-gig-30-years/

Bowing Like a Champ: Vincent Griffin and "The New Year's In / Youghal Quay"

The New Year's in! At last that's what this random song for today is about. The New Year's In / Youghal Quay is by Vincent Griffin, a traditional Irish fiddler from County Clare in Ireland who won the prestigious All-Ireland fiddle championship in 1974. He made his first solo album in 1977 after a chance meeting with the Scottish/Irish/Celtic band The Boys of the Lough. I can't find much more information about him, other than raves on the internet about his fiddle playing. Today's song, which I believe either refers to a quay in a town called Youghal along the Blackwater River in County Clare (which might make sense given that Vincent Griffin is from County Clare) or to a quay in the community of Youghal a resort town in County Cork in southern Ireland, can be found on the compilation album Harps, Pipes and Fiddles (2008).