Na Fili

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Na Fili (The Poets) playing in Loughborough in 1976. They start off with the Cork March and then go into Whelan's (a tune very similar to Morrison's). They were a trio comprising of piper Tomás Ó Canainn (who died in 2013), fiddler Matt Cranitch (quite well known now) and whistle player Tom Barry.

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