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Irish Ceilidh Bands in  Durham   

Irish Ceilidh Bands in the  Durham  area for a great evening

Select  Durham  Irish Ceilidh Bands using the drop down box

Here's a few of our irish ceilidh bands across the UK. To find the irish ceilidh bands in   Durham  select your county from the drop down box. This will show all of our irish ceilidh bands that play in your area.

 
Quotation and Booking - Interested in our irish ceilidh bands in  Durham   

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History is reflected in the names of folk tunes played by ceilidh bands

   GATES OF DERRY; GREENCASTLE; Silver Roses For June ; Singing of the Travels ; Sir Roger de Coverley,; Sir Sidney Smith ; Sir Watkin's Jigg ; Slashers ; Slip Jig ; HARVEST HOME; HIGH CAUL CAP; HUMOURS OF BANDON; HUMOURS OF CALIFORNIA; KILDARE HORNPIPE; Slip Jig,; Slow March for Pipers ; Sluggard Tapper, The ; Smash the Windows ; So Long ; Soldiers Dance,; Soldiers' Joy ; KINGSTON; KELLY’S HORNPIPE; LASS ON THE STRAND; LEITRIM FANCY; LIVERPOOL HORNPIPE; Solomon Levi ; Son's A Prawn, My ; So-so Polka ; Spanish Dance ; Speed The Plough ; Spencefield Lane ; Spence's Tent ; LONDONDERRY; MAGGIE BROWN; MAGGIE PICKENS; MANCHESTER; PLAINS OF BOYLE; Spider Island ; Sprig of Shillelah ; Squire of Bensham ; St Anne's ,; St Hugh's Jig ; St. Bruno,; St. Lawrence Jig,; PRETTY MAGGIE MORRISSER; RIGHTS OF MAN; SAND’S HORNPIPE; SEIGE OF ENNIS; SHAN VAN VOCHT; Staggering Home,; Staines Morris ; Starry Night for a Ramble ; Starry Nights of Shetland ; Staten Island,; Steam-boat Hornpipe ; Steamboat Quickstep ;

 
 

Irish Ceilidh Bands - Quotations.      

Much has been written about folk music and irish ceilidh bands. Here are some quotations:-

The fashion for popular airs has spread quickly throughout the musical world. From east to west the tiniest villages have been ransacked, and simple tunes, plucked from the mouths of hoary peasants, find themselves, to their consternation, trimmed with harmonic frills.~ Debussy

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in  Durham   

Weddings - With one of our Irish Ceilidh Bands you can be confident that your special day will be made even more memorable with music and dancing that everyone can enjoy.

Hear online music from our irish ceilidh bands

Parties & Corporate events - a Ceilidh Band will get everyone up and enjoying the evening

 
Irish Ceilidh Bands can have names steeped in history or simply 'off the wall'      

 

Cafe Sol Band ; Candleford Ceilidh Band ; Pugwash Band ; Captain Swing ; Chalktown ; Cheap Jack ; Chipolata 5 and the more street theatre Chipolatas ; Citizen Camembert ; Cock and Bull ; Cock of the North ; Committee Band ; Continental Drift or just The Drift ; Dansaul ; Dave Whetstone Band ; Def Sheppard ;