Eileen Ivers All Ireland

[xk82k9x]

Loveee her bowing hand! Lol =]

[lrpenn]

Yea, Im sure theres some flashy person that would win it now. But do you think they could win it 9 times. She won it one year on tenor banjo. Eileen is the most decorated fiddler of all time. That is sweet. I hope you guys who havent seen her in concert, get to see her. And for you guys that have, you know what I mean.

[fiddleit]

I really don't think this could win now. Not flashy enough.

The players at the "world competition" are so much more technical now.

She played sweetly though.

[maustin3595]

OMG she was so young there. Amazing!

[metalpiper]

I hung out with her in Dublin Ohio this year....never met a nicer, sweeter person. I dont even need to mention her performance.....whew.

[deslm]

I wouldn't call her style pretentious...just overly flash and not my fav...you still can't say that she isn't a good player though. And tomcoen the best would be Frankie Gavin - end of discussion!

[tomcoen]

pretentious? what's this She just the best end of story

[DruidNY]

Eileen was brilliant then.... and she's brilliant now. I have seen her perform many times, along with many other wonderful Irish musicians. Her spirit and love of music is the furthest thing from pretense.

[Sligofiddler]

I like more Eileen then than now. Her style was less pretentious.

[Pgidley]

Yup, pretentious is the word to describe her playing, thats for sure.

[EllenA1987]

Wow that was a long time ago! Thanks for posting =0