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Jun 27 2013
SOLAS has long been heralded as one of the most innovative and exciting bands to emerge on the Irish music scene over the last two decades and have been cited 'the best traditional band in the world'...
Aug 01 2013
The Voice Squad's (Phil Callery, Fran McPhail and Gerry Cullen) style of singing in harmony does not form part of the Irish singing tradition but each singer had already served their time in the...
Jul 23 2013
John and Tim Lyons are brothers born in the 1930s in Cork and were reared in North Cork very near Sliabh Luachra (The Rushy Mountain), an area rich in music. In the early days when in Cork, John...
Aug 08 2013
John Carty is one of Ireland's finest traditional musicians having been awarded the Irish Television station, TG4's Traditional Musician of the Year in 2003. He joins previous acclaimed winners Matt...
Jun 25 2013
Fiddle and Bouzouki player Mick Conneely joins virtuoso box player Dave Munnelly to celebrate their recent duet album 'Tis What It Is'. 'Dave and Mick are master musicians no doubt about it, they have...
Aug 13 2013
From North Connemara, Liz and Yvonne Kane, known as The Kane Sisters, are much respected musicians and educators. Born in Letterfrack, they were educated in Kylemore Abbey School. They were taught...
Jul 16 2013
Legendary Bothy Band Uilleann piper Paddy Keenan is originally from Athy but now living in The US. This home-coming concert with friends is in celebration of The Gathering 2013 Paddy Keenan was born...
Sep 06 2013 - Jul 04 2014
An Góilín Traditional Singing Club simply provides a forum for unaccompanied traditional singing in any language. Singing starts at 9.30pm and goes on until approximately 12.30am. The master of...
Jul 04 2013
James Kelly, regarded as one of the greatest Irish traditional fiddlers alive today, is joined by highly sought after guitarist John Blake. He has toured all over the World and has been a member of...
Aug 22 2013
Chicago based whistle and flute player Laurence Nugent re-unites with fellow Antrim musician Fintan McManus for a special homecoming concert at The Steeple Sessions. Nugent carries on a great...
Jul 06 2013
The Lovely Girls are Caoimhe Hogarty (vocals, percussion, mandolin), Pauline Burke (vocals, bodhran, banjo) and Sonja Krzyzanowski (vocals, guitar, low whistle). The girls met on the Dublin trad scene...
Jul 25 2013
Mick and his daughter Michelle Mulcahy of Abbeyfeale, West Limerick play a dazzling array of instruments between them including harp, concertina, accordion, fiddle and piano but it's the sweetness and...
Jul 02 2013
De Danann's original box player, the popular Jackie Daly joins renowned fiddler Matt Cranitch for some distinctive Sliabh Luacra music. For many years, Jackie Daly (accordion) and Matt Cranitch...
Jun 13 2013
Danny O'Mahony is an accordion player and music teacher of renown from Ballyduff in North Kerry and is instantly recognised for his very distinctive and personal style of playing traditional Irish...
Feb 05 2013 - Dec 19 2013
The Belvedere Irish Night begins in February 2013 This is a unique opportunity to experience traditional Irish music, dance and food for which Ireland is famous the world over. This spectacular...
Jun 18 2013
Moya Brennan and Cormac De Barra both come from large musical families in Ireland and their mutual admiration for each other naturally developed into a stimulating musical relationship. Their new...
Aug 20 2013
The O'Brien Family are one of the few accomplished traditional musical families in Ireland that bridge the genres of Irish Traditional and Classical music impressively and seamlessly. Mick O'Brien is...
Jun 11 2013 - Aug 22 2013
The Steeple Sessions is a series of candle-lit acoustic concerts held twice weekly during the Summer months at The Unitarian Church on St. Stephen's Green in the heart of Dublin City. The series...
Feb 14 2013
Let the MC take you by the hand and lead you through some lively set dances. With sean-nos dancing displays and live music from TAC)Traditional Arts Collective) Get ready to let your hair down and...
Jul 11 2013
Featuring 3 tenor banjos, fiddle, mandolins, tenor guitars, guitars, banjolin and vocals WeBanjo3 combine Irish music with Old-Time American, Ragtime and Bluegrass to produce an exciting, fun,...
Jul 30 2013
Scotland's premier fiddle ambassador Alasdair Fraser and the sizzlingly-talented young California cellist Natalie Haas drop in from the Isle of Skye for a rare performance in Dublin. The musical...
Jul 18 2013
The Unwanted is Cathy Jordan, Rick Epping and Seamie O'Dowd. Between them, they encompass a vast range of the music of Ireland, America, and other places geographically and culturally linked to these...
Sep 27 2013 - Sep 29 2013
The Frank Harte Festival opens with a traditional singing session from 8pm, featuring invited guests and Góilín regulars. Saturday begins with a singing workshop from 11am - 1pm, followed by a lecture...
Jun 20 2013
Lumiere is a Dingle based group comprising the distinctive voices of award winning Pauline Scanlon, Éilís Kennedy and guitar player Donogh Hennessy. Éilís Kennedy's voice has ready access to the soul...
Jun 11 2013
A candle-lit concert of traditional Irish music by world class legendary fiddler, Martin Hayes. Martin Hayes is regarded as one of the most extraordinary talents to emerge in the world of Irish...
Aug 15 2013
Legendary traditional Irish music family The Rowsomes (Mary on Flute, Kevin on Uilleann pipes and Caitriona on Harp) from Dublin make their debut family appearance at the Steeple Sessions. Mary...
Jul 09 2013
Ályth McCormack and Triona Marshall are the voice and harp of the Grammy Award Winning Chieftans. Together they perform a timeless program of traditional and contemporary Irish and Scottish music and...
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