Enda Scahill is an Irish

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player from

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. He is a four-time All-Ireland Champion and has performed with The Fureys, Frankie Gavin and

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. He is an ex-member of The Brock McGuire Band. In 2006, he released the album ''Humdinger'' with Paul Brock which was awarded Irish Music Album of the Year by ''

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'' and was released by Compass Records in Nashville, Tennessee. Scahill is the founder of the band We Banjo 3 whose members include Martin Howley, David Howley and his brother Fergal Scahill. Earle Hitchner, music writer for ''

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'', describes We Banjo 3's playing as a "freshness and finesse bordering on the magical" and LiveIreland proclaiming them "the hottest group in Irish music."

Discography

* ''Humdinger''(2006) * ''Brock McGuire Band'' * ''Pick It Up''(2000) * ''Roots of the Banjo Tree'' (2012) * ''Gather the Good'' (2014) * ''Live in Galway'' (2015) * ''String Theory'' (2016)

References

External links

Official Website

We Banjo 3 (official website)

Galway Arts Festival

The Irish Music Magazine Charts

{{DEFAULTSORT:Scahill, Enda Irish male banjoists Year of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Corofin, County Galway Musicians from County Galway 21st-century Irish male musicians 21st-century Irish banjoists