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Featured instruments can include the fiddle, banjo, button accordion, harp and the bodhran, a drum that sounds like dancing feet, according to Bools.
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Susan Glaser, cleveland, 1 June 2023
Each Lad is a multi-instrumentalist, and the combined lineup includes fiddle, button accordion, tenor banjo, flute, whistle, guitar, bouzouki, Uilleann pipes, 5-string banjo, concertina, and bodhran.
—Luann Gibbs, Cincinnati.com, 10 Feb. 2020
Guitars, mandolin, fiddle, bouzouki, harmonica, whistles, bodhrans, banjo and good humor are all part of the entertainment.
—courant.com, 30 Sep. 2019
Loads of instruments — flute, whistles, harp, bodhran and more — breed loads of interest.
—Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 26 Aug. 2019
The group brings to the stage a diverse array of instruments, including the accordion, fiddle, bodhran, and cittern, along with vocals and an element of dance.
—Grace Dickinson, Philly.com, 4 Apr. 2018
The program will feature fiddle tunes, ballads and singalongs played on viola, mandocello, penny whistle, banjo and bodhran.
—Linda McIntosh, sandiegouniontribune.com, 16 Mar. 2018
Danú’s seven-person band and Goitse’s quintet both include a fiddler, a guitarist, an accordionist and someone playing an Irish drum called a bodhran.
—Benjy Egel, sacbee, 15 Mar. 2018
Susan McFadden, Mairead Carlin, Eabha McMahon and Tara McNeil are joined by pipers, dancers and a full band playing bouzouki, tin whistle, bodhran, Uilean pipes and other traditional Irish instruments.
—Courtney Devores, charlotteobserver, 7 Mar. 2018
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Susan Glaser, cleveland, 1 June 2023
Each Lad is a multi-instrumentalist, and the combined lineup includes fiddle, button accordion, tenor banjo, flute, whistle, guitar, bouzouki, Uilleann pipes, 5-string banjo, concertina, and bodhran.
—Luann Gibbs, Cincinnati.com, 10 Feb. 2020
Guitars, mandolin, fiddle, bouzouki, harmonica, whistles, bodhrans, banjo and good humor are all part of the entertainment.
—courant.com, 30 Sep. 2019
Loads of instruments — flute, whistles, harp, bodhran and more — breed loads of interest.
—Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 26 Aug. 2019
The group brings to the stage a diverse array of instruments, including the accordion, fiddle, bodhran, and cittern, along with vocals and an element of dance.
—Grace Dickinson, Philly.com, 4 Apr. 2018
The program will feature fiddle tunes, ballads and singalongs played on viola, mandocello, penny whistle, banjo and bodhran.
—Linda McIntosh, sandiegouniontribune.com, 16 Mar. 2018
Danú’s seven-person band and Goitse’s quintet both include a fiddler, a guitarist, an accordionist and someone playing an Irish drum called a bodhran.
—Benjy Egel, sacbee, 15 Mar. 2018
Susan McFadden, Mairead Carlin, Eabha McMahon and Tara McNeil are joined by pipers, dancers and a full band playing bouzouki, tin whistle, bodhran, Uilean pipes and other traditional Irish instruments.
—Courtney Devores, charlotteobserver, 7 Mar. 2018
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“Bodhran.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bodhran. Accessed 7 Sep. 2025.
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