I heard from a friend in Doonbeg that the Gardai recently caught a drunken piper pissing on Willie’s tombstone (I naturally assume that this wasn’t you, Busker Sean 
). Maybe pipers have been barred from getting too close to his gravesite?
The engineer’s Iron Ring has a particular significance for Quebec City:
Being an engineer, I read the wiki articles and think that its a pretty cool symbol. Wouldn’t mind being inducted.
Getting back on topic here,
Clare FM has 2 archived programmes on their website from Monday and Tuesday at the WCSS
http://www.clarefm.ie/
Go to trad archive and you will find
Coisle an Cheoil With Joan Hanrahan - willy clancy week 2007 - Monday 9th July and
Music In The Glen with Claire Keville - live from willy clancy week 2007 - Tuesday 10th July
Also Sunday nights Late Session on RTE1 was from there. Brian MacNamara and Tim Collins talk about their new CD here (also on the Coisle an Cheoil programme) and play some tunes live.
http://www.rte.ie/radio1/thelatesession/1121129.html
Programme 27: 8th July 2007
Tonight’s programme will be broadcast live from Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy in Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare
Liam
Great info. I am planning on going to Wille Week next year. It would be great if some kind soul could write up a little “How to Survive and Thrive Guide to Wille Week” or somesuch for those of us looking to make the most of the event.
just back.
too wrecked to write anything at the minute, and millions tunes runnin in the head.
Flanum,
Drink some coffee and cough up the goods 
Alls well here in Doolin. We (pipes & fiddle) have driven in to Milton each day since the 7th July. Sunday throught to Thursday we’ve had good sessions in Miltown itself at Clearys (the Blondes). Getting back to Doolin (35 minutes in the hired Corolla) around 1.30 - 2.00 a.m. The piping recital on Wednesday was fine. An amazing 11 year old girl played, she’s only been piping for 2 years. She played rock steady, very musically, better than many adult uilleann pipers. Great session on Wednesday in Cleary’s before the piping recital at 8 pm. Some fine lady flute players from Armagh played with us. We ate what Peter L calls health food mostly (chips & wedgies). Peter’s fine.
Alls well here in Doolin. We (pipes & fiddle) have driven in to Miltown each day since the 7th July. Sunday throught to Thursday we’ve had good sessions in Miltown itself at Clearys (the Blondes). Getting back to Doolin (35 minutes in the hired Corolla) around 1.30 - 2.00 a.m. The piping recital on Wednesday was fine. An amazing 11 year old girl played, she’s only been piping for 2 years. She played rock steady, very musically, better than many adult uilleann pipers. Great session on Wednesday in Cleary’s before the piping recital at 8 pm. Some fine lady flute players from Armagh played with us. We ate what Peter L calls health food mostly (chips & wedgies). Peter’s fine.
Been listening to Clare FM’s broadcasts. Brian McNamara and (can’t remember name…) was interviewed on Joan Hanrahans program. The broadcasts are still on the site; I’ve downloaded all of them as well so if you miss one, contact me after the week is up.
Waiting in the Cork airport for my flight home from Willie Week (I figure the airport internet is a good way to use up my last few euros). It was my first time going and I’m still reeling (haha) from the intensity. Sort of in that let down phase, like after you get off a week long river rafting trip. Overall it was awesome but exhausting. However, I took the hardcore route – staying up all night, playing 8+ hour marathon sessions, etc., whilst getting up early and going to class. Some people do one or the other, but for me, part of the whole festival experience is feeling run down by the end of it. There is something rewarding to that if you’re masochistic enough.
I will probably be there next year.
Just recovered enough now. basically spent the week following the brilliant trio of michael mconnell(blackie),pat broderick, and brian macaidha. Some savage loose piping played really tightly together!! Blackie even let me have a go of his lovely cillian set one of the nights. Highlight for me was one day in the malbay pub with the aforementioned pipers who were then joined by 2 more pipers (pats nephew and enna cronin). 5 pipes flying! I was mesmerised all week by regulators, i will be having weird regulator type dreams (nightmares?) this week !! classjob!
That Blackie,s some boy I can tell you.I was in a hotel room next to his a while back, He and some girl went to their room at about three in the morning and they didn,t stop for about three hours !!
RORY
yep ive heard him playing non-stop for maybe even longer!
“The Late Session” programme on RTE 1 Radio last Saturday night was from Miltown and features some piping from Kevin Rowsome 34 minutes into the show. It is archived here http://dynamic.rte.ie/quickaxs/209-rte-latesession-2007-07-15.smil
Liam
I hope there isn’t some bad news that I have not heard?
No, no! It was an acknowledgment of all the work he’s done for piping and the NPU over many years, hosted by Paddy Glackin.
Sean is fine!
Phew! You had us worried!
Good to hear Jim. And good to hear his massive contribution was being recognised. Did he make it down to the concert do you know?
Sean Potts himself was at the concert and very active. Talking about his own father and family, and how he got into the music, and his love of the pipes. Sean also played som tunes, including a nice duet with Michael Turbidy on flute. Four pipers paid tribute to Sean during the concert - Sean (og) Potts, Ronan Browne together with Pedar McLoughlin on fiddle, Sean McKeon, solo and Gay McKeon, solo. Considering his involvement with NPU I was surprised that there were no other pipers paying tribute. Prehaps a generation “thing”?