Enda Scahill
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Enda Scahill is an Irish
banjo
player from Corofin, County Galway
.
Enda is a four-time All-Ireland Champion and has performed with The Fureys
, Frankie Gavin and The Chieftains
.
He is a current member of The Brock McGuire Band
and is the leader of the musical group We Banjo 3 with Martin Howley, David Howley and Leon Hunt, and in 2006 Enda released the album "Humdinger" with Paul Brock
which was awarded 'Irish Music Album of The Year' by the Irish Times and has been released by Compass Records
in Nashville
, Tennessee
.
Irish people
The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...
banjo
Banjo
In the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...
player from Corofin, County Galway
Corofin, County Galway
Corofin is a village and parish in County Galway, Ireland, situated on the N17 road between Galway city and Tuam.-Sport:The local Gaelic football club, Corofin GAC, were All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship winners in 1998. They have won 14 Galway Senior Football Championship titles from...
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Enda is a four-time All-Ireland Champion and has performed with The Fureys
The Fureys
The Fureys are an Irish male folk band of four brothers - Eddie, Finbar, Paul and George, from Ballyfermot, Dublin. They have also been credited as The Fureys and Davey Arthur.The group formed in 1978 and consisted initially of four brothers....
, Frankie Gavin and The Chieftains
The Chieftains
The Chieftains are a Grammy-winning Irish musical group founded in 1962, best known for being one of the first bands to make Irish traditional music popular around the world.-Name:...
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He is a current member of The Brock McGuire Band
The Brock McGuire Band
The Brock McGuire Band is an Irish Folk group fronted by Paul Brock and Manus McGuire.In 2004, they released their self titled album "Brock McGuire Band"....
and is the leader of the musical group We Banjo 3 with Martin Howley, David Howley and Leon Hunt, and in 2006 Enda released the album "Humdinger" with Paul Brock
Paul Brock
Paul Brock is an Irish button accordionist born in Athlone now residing in Ennis. In May 1989, Brock co-founded the group Moving Cloud with fiddle player, Manus McGuire. In 2001 he co-founded the new group The Brock McGuire Band also with Manus McGuire. In 2004, Brock was voted Best Male Musician...
which was awarded 'Irish Music Album of The Year' by the Irish Times and has been released by Compass Records
Compass Records
Compass Records is a Nashville-based independent record label founded in 1995 by musicians Garry West and Alison Brown. Currently home to nearly 100 folk, bluegrass, Celtic, jazz, and new acoustic artists, the label releases about 20 records a year...
in Nashville
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
, Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
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