This week I proudly admit my undying love of the Irish button accordion, the box, or bosca ceoil. It was terrible having to select only these tracks as I could have blasted you all with hours of my favorites. In the end, I realized that the ladies were not well represented, so I will have to get more Anne Conroy, Martina O'Loughlin, Leah Grealish, Sharon Shannon, Janine Redmond, Josephine Marsh, etc. Also, apologies go out to all the other box players who I adore, but couldn't fit on the show today.
Bosca Ceoil "The Box" June 2, 2026
- 11:30am Castle Kelly / Lad O'Beirne's by Seán Gavin & Colm Gannon on The Boys of 25 ( , 2024)
- 11:34am The Grey Fox (Reel) by Billy McComiskey on Outside the Box (Compass Records)
- 11:37am The Killavil Reel; Down Through the Broom by Colm Gannon, Jesse Smith & John Blake on The Ewe With The Crooked Horn (Colm Gannon, Jesse Smith and John Blake)
- 11:46am La Bourrasque by Dermot Byrne and Floriane Blancke on Dermot Byrne and Floriane Blancke ( )
- 11:52am Azizam Amini by Socks in the Frying Pan on Waiting for Inspiration (Socks in the Frying Pan)
- 11:56am by on ( )
- 11:56am Soggy's by Beoga on A Lovely Madness (Beoga)
- 12:01pm I Ne'er Shall Wean Her by Christy McNamara on The House I Was Reared In ( )
- 12:04pm The Commodore by Bully's Acre on The Twelve Pins (Big Beat Music)
- 12:08pm by on ( )
- 12:08pm Barndances: The High Caul Cap / Napoleon Crossing the Alps by Mick Conneely, David Munnelly on Tis What It Is ( )
- 12:12pm The Gneevguilla Polka / Jim Ryan’s / John Collin’s (Polkas) by Paudie O Connor & John O Brien on Wind and Reeds (Paudie O Connor & John O Brien)
- 12:15pm by on ( )
- 12:17pm One to One Waltz by Tommie Cunniffe on Unbuttoned (Tommie Cunniffe)
- 12:19pm Maids of Mount Kisco / Snake in the Bush by Damien Mullane on Evoke ( )
- 12:23pm by on ( )
- 12:24pm I'll Tell Me Ma (Song Air) by Paul Brock & Enda Scahill on Humdinger (Compass Records)
- 12:27pm by on ( )
- 12:28pm Sleamhnáin Deálaí / The Peeler and The Goat by Cuas on Sleamhnáin Deálaí / The Peeler and The Goat (Cearc Records)
