{"id":2200,"date":"2019-11-06T06:30:18","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T11:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jaythefiddler.com\/?p=2200"},"modified":"2019-11-06T06:31:35","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T11:31:35","slug":"the-oconnors-of-barna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jaythefiddler.com\/index.php\/2019\/11\/06\/the-oconnors-of-barna\/","title":{"rendered":"The O&#8217;Connors of Barna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I met up with Billy O&#8217;Connor for the session at the Crane. Also there was Anthony O&#8217;Connor. &#8220;John was the stable one in the family,. Anthony the wild one.&#8221; Billy, Lisa and the 2 daughters spent most of the summer in Canada this year and apparently it&#8217;s all they talk about. &#8220;When can we go back to Canada?&#8221; Billy &amp; Lisa had thought perhaps in the future it would be nice to retire in Italy. Then they came to the beautiful mountain town of Nelson,B.C. &#8220;We&#8217;ll just stay here&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2201\" src=\"https:\/\/jaythefiddler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_7668-e1573039768422-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jaythefiddler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_7668-e1573039768422-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/jaythefiddler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_7668-e1573039768422.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Anthony told me a story. &#8220;It was 26 years ago. John &amp; I were in the same pub but separately. I was at one end getting into a fight, I was aching to bring it on. Then in ten seconds I was rolling on the floor throwing punches and taking puches and bleeding profusely. Now john is not a fighter but he would always defend his brother. He came flying in from across the room, landed a few blows and pulled me outside into the car. I didn&#8217;t want to go to the hospital but he insistd and 20 stitches later I was done.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The session was not as exciting as that but lovely music with George on pipes , Kevin Whelan on banjo, And a dozen others including Cathal Johnson (harmonica), Glen Watkins (flute) and Marta from Spain (flute).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2203\" src=\"https:\/\/jaythefiddler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_7670-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jaythefiddler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_7670-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jaythefiddler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_7670.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I met up with Billy O&#8217;Connor for the session at the Crane. Also there was Anthony O&#8217;Connor. &#8220;John was the stable one in the family,. 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