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Paul Dromey, Evening Echo, 30th Oct, 2000
"Neff duo are an exciting new force in trad music : ... Anyone with a finger on the pulse of traditional music in Cork will be aware of the musicianship of The Neff Bros.
Their debut CD Soundpost and Bridle ... confirmed their status as two of the most proficient and exciting young talents in the Irish traditional music scene today..."
Coffee House Gigs, 1997
"To my mind one of the undisputed highlights .... was the night the Neff family played to a very
full house.  Their musicianship, warmth and good humour comes across in an immediate and refreshingly
unrehearsed way. To have a single musically gifted member in any family would be a wonderful thing, but to see two generations sharing the same platform is very special indeed. Their
combined musical artistry is just fabulous." John Loesberg, Ossian Publications
Evening Echo, 1994
"Flaithrí is remarkable for having won ten All-Ireland championships between the ages of 14
and 18, being champion in both dance tunes (reels, jigs, etc) and slow airs (songs, etc). Eoghan has All-Ireland and Pan-Celtic championships, however, his most memorable
achievement was at Feis na Laoi [1994] where "adjudicator Peadar Ó Riada, commenting on the playing of 13-year-old Cork fiddle player Eoghan Neff, remarked that it had been worth his visit
alone to hear such excellence of playing. ... and put him in mind of a young player he heard some 20 years ago who is now known the world over. He then promptly awarded it
100%. Eoghan Neff comes from a family well known in Irish traditional music circles in Cork. Both he and his brother Flaithrí, who is aged 15 and already a
multi award winning uilleann piper, are among the finest young players around ..." (Paul Dromey 'Folk File'
Irish Music magazine, 1997
"Two young Cork brothers Flaithrí and Eoghan Neff playing uilleann pipes and
fiddle respectively, are names to note. Both already have All-lreland Fleadh Cheoil titles to their credit and each is an exceptional talent. Eoghan's playing of a slow
air during the Specialist Fiddle Concert [Cork Folk Festival 1997] was a revelation, a remarkable interpretation for one so young." (Paul Dromey)
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