The Green Linnet - Tony MacMahon & Barney McKenna

The Green Linnet was a 1979 television series documenting MacMahon's travels through Western Europe with banjoist Barney McKenna in a green Citroën 2CV van (nicknamed The Green Linnet).

En français "green linnet" = linotte mélodieuse :

MacMahon has frequently voiced strong criticism of modern trends in the performance of Irish traditional music, and of growing commercialism in particular.

Barney McKenna fait partie du groupe "The Dubliners".

Le générique de la série est un Slip jig : The Drops Of Brandy.

• The Green Linnet - part 1 : Ennis (Co. Clare), reel1 , reel2, street session (reel3, reel4), Farewell to Ireland, The Congress reel, 
• The Green Linnet - part 2 : step dancing, tin whistle (Micho Russell), slow air à l'accordion, Musical Priest, duo Suédois, Salamanca.
• The Green Linnet - part 3 : Salamanca / Wise Maid, Song (M. Russell), fin de Salamanca, Polska suédoise, fin du premier volet, ils arrivent à Roscoff, et grillent un stop 7:18 ! duo Bombarde-Binioù Kozh... il n'y a pas la suite !!

From Green Linnet Tony McMahon and Barney McKenna of The Dubliners visit Freighburg in Germany. First broadcast: 19.1.1979

• New RTE Archive Programmes - détails de la série "The Green Linnet". (pdf).
• The Battle of Aughrim - joué par Barney McKenna et Tony MacMahon.
• Journal of Music (subscribe)