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Ethnomusicologist/Founder of Whistles Club Sheffield, Wooden flutes. Irish traditional music. Teacher. Specialist in Music of the Irish in Britain y La Música Asturiana. Gaeilge. Asturianu. www.michaelwalshmusic.com Sheffield dwelling Mancunian. Quarehawk
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Dear David Willis @ the BBC, award winning #Goldenglobe actor #JessieBuckley is not a Brit. Please try harder. #Thebritsareatitagain
January 12, 2026 at 8:08 AM
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1st run of year. Checked in to the motherland @EmbassyofIreland . They were shut. #Runner
January 2, 2026 at 10:12 AM
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A great place to practice #tinwhistle @ #LincolnCathedral. #Sheffield #Whistlesclubs returning in January. Watch this space #Tinwhistle #Lowwhistle #flute #Irishmusic #Trad #folk
December 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Michael Walsh works do in full swing. Tayto and club orange @dogandpartridge.bsky.social with handsome Conor. Coffee & Canoli @ brigazzis. Thanks to all who took lessons from me, played music with me, booked me & helped me over the PhD line. Feeling blessed. Present to myself, Mike Joyce book
December 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Excellent. Just realised I saw yiu in Heeley Lidl the other week. I thought your face was familiar
December 17, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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The Compendium airs at 8pm (UK) on Wednesdays on www.folkfridayradio.com If you enjoy some of the songs please buy them as well as streaming. Music is not for free. Someone spent time and effort creating it for you to enjoy.

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October 17, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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#BandcampFriday is this Friday 3rd October. These are my bandcamp pages:
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Whether you do or whether you don't check these pages, please support other independent musicians.
John Reed
John released "A Proliferation Of Pointlessness" in August 2025, in part to highlight the truth of what it's like to be an independent musician. Widely travelled, experienced in life and hugely curio...
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October 3, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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10km Sheffield in 56 mins 15 secs. Well under my hour target. My beautiful & clever coach in all things in life Dr Sarah Dalrymple got me running again as part of my hand rehab. Slowly getting there #runner
September 28, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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We've had lots of lovely feedback about our collaboration. Give it some love a rock / trad cross over and an interesting tale about a visit to #Ireland. please share
youtu.be/5X0t7OmGfBg?... #Italian #Rock #TradIrish #Woodenflute #ManchesterIrish #heartbreak #lovesongs
Ciellepi - The Cliff (feat. Michael Walsh)
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September 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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@gravesparkrun done this morning. Legs felt heavy but I'm getting fitter. My hand is slowly #healing. #runner #musician
September 20, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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Slow steady healing and self care. Managed 30 mins on the #Tinwhistle & 5 mins on the flute without pain. Getting there. #runner #Musician
September 3, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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A powerful piece of work. Delighted to be part of it & some of my work getting an outting. open.spotify.com/episode/15S7... #2ndGenerationIrish #IrishinBritain
EPISODE 8: "The idyll of the summer holidays where anything was possible was disappearing like the smoke coming out of the steam train’’
There's A Lot I Haven't Asked · Episode
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July 20, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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A fabulous podcast about the #Irish in post world war 2 #Manchester. My mum is on the early episodes and I talk about my 2nd gen Irish experiences too. It's a beautiful piece of work. Dip in and give it a share. open.spotify.com/show/296D55v...
There's A Lot I Haven't Asked
Podcast · Hannah Donelon · An immersive audio series revolving around powerful stories of resilience, belonging, and community from the Irish in Manchester. In 1971, the Irish made up the largest migr...
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July 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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A brighter day today. Amazing what a good sleep and a run on a sunny day van do. Slowly healing my wrist by making my whole body stronger. #flute #rsi
July 8, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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A beautiful piece of oral history of the #ManchesterIrish by Hannah Donelon. Honoured to be part of it. #IrishinBritain. I have a wee cry, joyful sorrow, at every episode. #Irishmusic. Happy memories of work at Irish Community Care #countryIrish open.spotify.com/episode/7HMY...
EPISODE 6: ''I would love to waltz with my mum again''
There's A Lot I Haven't Asked · Episode
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July 6, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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A lovely episode focusing on #secondgeneration #Irish in #Manchester. Lovely. #IrishinBritain open.spotify.com/episode/0zPK...
EPISODE 5: ''As my Dad said, boots or no boots, I'll be there''
There's A Lot I Haven't Asked · Episode
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June 29, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Thanks to all our sponsors. I managed a half marathon & 1 Lap. Further than my planned 10km. Funds for the Sheffield Palestine Women's Fund #FreePalestine
June 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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New episode of this podcast Hannah Donelon about the '#IrishinManchester. Love the bit my mum and others describing Paddy's Field in PlattFields, going to the dances and the craic. Didn't know it was called this. ://open.spotify.com/episode/1IIXPicXxbkpCnadso6d2e?si=a3cf6e66bdbe4622 #IrishinBritain
EPISODE 3: ''It’s a long week for me if I don't go to the dance’’
There's A Lot I Haven't Asked · Episode
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June 15, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Thinking of my dad Pat Walsh. Happy father's day. I am lucky enough to be a dad too. I never take it for granted. Thanks to the brilliant Mike Garry - Poet for writing these words. youtu.be/4E8R6rss_3E #Fathersday
The Visitor (feat. Mike Garry)
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June 15, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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£570 now pledged for my 10km run Small park BIG RUN for the Sheffield Palestine Women's Scholarship Fund. You are all so generous. donate.giveasyoulive.com/fundraising/... #FreePalestine #Peace #Sheffield
Michael Walsh is fundraising for Sheffield Palestine Women's Scholarship Fund
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June 12, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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I don't have much music news as I'm doing rehab on my poorly hand. BUT This is keeping me focused & healthy. £513 pledged for my 10km + for the Sheffield Palestine Women's Scholarship Fund. Thank you. Keep sharing x donate.giveasyoulive.com/fundraising/... #Palestine #Peace #Justice #Education
Michael Walsh is fundraising for Sheffield Palestine Women's Scholarship Fund
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June 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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I'm doing a wee 10km run to raise funds for this important educational cause. I feel quite helpless when I watch the horrors unfolding. This is a small step. Please support, share and pass on #FreePalestine donate.giveasyoulive.com/fundraising/...
Michael Walsh is fundraising for Sheffield Palestine Women's Scholarship Fund
Make a donation and help me reach my fundraising target with Give as you Live Donate.
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June 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Another gorgeous episode. Oh that word "lonesome". Joy, sorry and hope all mixed into one. #IrishinManchester #IrishinBritain #ManchesterIrish #migrant
EPISODE 2: ''The one place I ever wanted to come to was Manchester.''
There's A Lot I Haven't Asked · Episode
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June 8, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Discover the untold stories of the Irish diaspora in Manchester! Join us for an immersive journey through memories and experiences from those who emigrated from Ireland between 1945 and 1975, a time when mass emigration shaped the lives of many Irish families podfollow.com/theres-a-lot...
There's A Lot I Haven't Asked
An immersive audio series revolving around powerful stories of resilience, belonging, and community from the Irish in Manchester. In 1971, the Irish made up the largest migrant minority in the UK. Thi...
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June 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Listen to Compendium #212 as many times as you like right here: www.mixcloud.com/JohnReedBrea...
Another Compendium is ready to go for Wednesday 28th.
Compendium #212 21st May 2025
The Compendium never goes quiet for too long. It mixes acoustic-focused shows with shows at the far end of the progressive spectrum, bringing classic rock, progressive rock, occasional metal...and bas...
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May 25, 2025 at 5:02 AM