Film Music

Tommie Potts: The Fireman Fiddler of the Coombe

Co-presented with the Irish Traditional Music Archive (ITMA)

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Details

$20–33 (inclusive of fees)

90 minutes

Date(s)

Tue, Oct 7, 2025

7:00pm - 8:30pm

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Location

The JL Greene Theatre at Irish Arts Center
726 11th Avenue
New York, NY 10019

Overview

A film portrait of the enigmatic Dubliner, one of the most significant musical artists of the twentieth century—his 1972 Claddagh Records album The Liffey Banks is still sought-after worldwide today—and a working firefighter for most of his life. The screening will be followed by a discussion with filmmaker and singer Macdara Yeates, author and uilleann piper Seán Potts, retired FDNY battalion chief Eddie Boles, and RTÉ broadcaster Aoife Nic Cormaic, the evening’s moderator. The evening will conclude in the Devlin Café with a post-show reception.

This occasion marks the U.S. launch of Tommie Potts: The Sorrowful and the Great, a publication by ITMA charting the life and artistic process of the extraordinary musician.

Presented with generous support from Culture Ireland.

Bios

Eddie Boles
Aoife Ní Bhriain
Aoife Nic Cormaic
Liam O’Connor
Seán Potts
Macdara Yeates
ITMA
Tommie Potts (1912 – 1988)

Featured Media

"One that’ll be well worth seeing"

Irish Echo
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"The fireman who lit the flame of traditional music"

The Irish Times

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