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Dún Uladh is a centre which showcases Irish culture: dance, song, language, crafts and much more.
Sep 21 2013
This is the fifth annual Traditional Music Weekend run by Dusty Banjos, Galway's largest and longest-running community trad group. All Dusty Banjos sessions are open to all, and both locals and...
Aug 11 2013 - Aug 18 2013
Sep 27 2013 - Sep 29 2013
The Johnny Doherty Festival is a traditional music and dance festival held in Ardara to honour the late John Doherty, a legendary fiddler from the area. It comprises concerts, sessions, workshops,...
Apr 01 2008 - Apr 11 2008
Aug 05 2013 - Aug 11 2013
Kilcar Fleadh - Feile Ceol Cill Chartha is a weeklong festival of traditional music, songs and dance, celebrating the living heritage of traditional music in south west Donegal. The events will...
Jul 03 2013 - Aug 31 2013
This is a unique opportunity to enjoy the traditional music of south Sligo. Summer sessions are held on Wednesday and Saturday nights, in a theatre setting, at 9pm during July and August....
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'...
Feb 16 2013
Southern Tenant Folk Union, Saturday 16 February 8pm. €15/12 - early bird. A seven piece all acoustic band from Edinburgh with banjo, mandolin, fiddle and harmony vocals, they perform an eclectic...
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 27 2013 - Aug 03 2013
Scoil Acla is Ireland's oldest summer school which was originally founded in 1910 and re-launched in 1985. Scoil Acla continually attracts a huge number of visitors, from home and abroad, who are...
Jul 01 2013 - Aug 31 2013
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...
Sep 09 2013 - Sep 18 2013
Glen River Summer Festival is a small local summer festival with walks, music and more. Dates to be confirmed.
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...
Oct 04 2013 - Oct 06 2013
The 31st Annual Donegal Fiddlers Weekend with Cairdeas na bhFidiléirí is a weekend of lessons, talks, a concert and informal sessions, with many of Donegal's finest fiddle players and other guests....
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...
Mar 30 2013 - Mar 31 2013
Traditional music sessions with local and visiting musicians on Easter Saturday and Sunday.
Jul 20 2013 - Jul 27 2013
The Joe Mooney Summer School of Traditional Music, Song and Dance is a weeklong celebration of Leitrim's traditional culture including workshops in traditional instruments, singing, set dancing and...
Jun 25 2013 - Aug 10 2013
During the summer months from June right through until late August enjoy traditional Irish entertainment nights at the Brú Ború Summer Shows. These run every Tuesday to Saturday at 9pm. The performers...
Jul 05 2013 - Jul 06 2013
Blaisín d'ár gceol, ealaíon agus cultúr traidisiúnta. A taste of traditional music, arts and culture. The first Traidphicnic was so successful that the crowd shouted out for more... Keeping with the...
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...
Aug 01 2013 - Aug 07 2013
The Patsy Farrell Festival is a celebration of Irish music, song and dance in 15 towns throughout Longford Westmeath over the August bank holiday weekend. All the seissiuns are open and free...
The Frank Finn Traditional Singing Festival is designed to encourage, foster and preserve the singing tradition in the Sligo and surrounding areas by strengthening the bonds of friendship already...
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...
May 03 2013 - May 06 2013
This year the Half Door Club International Set Dance and Music Festival is celebrating 20 years and offering guests great value and entertainment with 5 of the very best ceili bands, workshops by Pat...
Jan 01 2013 - Dec 31 2013
The Hooley in the Hills festival recalls a time when local carnivals, based around a marquee, were popular. The Hooley will take you back to that time and will especially appeal to those who emigrated...
May 10 2013 - May 12 2013
Ballyboy Comhaltas, under the leadership of chairman Michael Buckley, have undertaken the task of running this year's Offaly Fleadh in the town of Kilcormac, which borders the picturesque village 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...
Jun 30 2013 - Jul 05 2013
The 28th International Harp Festival - An Chúirt Chruitireachta will feature evening concerts, workshops and a harp exhibition. A stellar line-up of leading Irish and international harpists will be...
Nov 08 2013 - Nov 17 2013
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...
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