Pat Barton is an All-Ireland button accordion champion. He plays Irish traditional and some international accordion music.
Pat started playing the button accordion in his teens and won numerous prizes for his music from a young age, including the All Ireland Junior Fleadh and the GAA’s Scór competition. He also holds the record of being the youngest button accordion player ever to win the All Ireland Senior Fleadh at the age of just 19.
This channel features a selection of the wide range of tunes Pat has collected in a lifetime of playing and also includes some of his own compositions. It is work in progress with new tunes being added regularly.
On the playlist page, there is a collection over 1000 trad tunes on button accordion. As well as that you will find Pat’s CDs, and various other playlists: Dwyer Tunes, Paddy O’Brien tunes, and playlists of reels, jigs, hornpipes etc.
The CD “Trad Music By Pat Barton” is available on Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes and Deezer.
Hi Pat, I wonder could you tell me where you got this reel from? It sounds like the first part a tune that Finbarr played on an amateur RU-vid video but you have an alternative second part that I'm curious about. Regards, P
I have to say I'm very impressed to see a 3-row box playing this stuff today. The phase of popularity of these boxes has well and truly passed but there was something special in their sound and tonal/harmonic possibilities. Great job. I hope you don't mind me adding that this is not a Finbarr tune, though he did play it. It is a traditional reel called "The Mullingar Lea" and is commonly played in the lower key of G.
Greetings from Dublin 🇮🇪☘️ I really enjoy your videos & I'm guessing that's your lovely & talented wife on Concertina?? I was interested to hear (Joe) Cooley's played as a hornpipe when I always knew it as a reel. Keep up the great work. Tòg a bog è.
