Music of Mayo is delighted to be part of the brilliant John Mcfadden Festival in Newport, Co. Mayo from February 2nd-5th. Great workshops and events are programmed for the weekend celebrating music, song, dance and the spoken word for all ages. Well done to all involved.
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Ag súil go mór leis an 3ú Feabhra sa Crane Bar, Gaillimh 🙂

Rufus Harley performing “Alfie’s Theme” on a highland bagpipe with Sonny Rollins on saxophone, Yoshiaki Masuo on guitar, Bob Cranshaw on bass and David Lee on drums live in Norway, 1974.

🎶Applications OPEN for the dlr Musicians-in-Residence Scheme 2024! 🌟

3 residencies are available to musicians working in any genre of music, funding up to a max award of €8K + space to work.

Find out more at bit.ly/3NQPvxX

Funded by dlr Arts Office Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon

Joe DeGeorgeo, Seán Gavin, Jesse Smyth, Colm Gannon and Mick Gavin - Patrick O’Keeffe Festival 2023. Peter Browne Aoife Nic Cormaic ITMA Paudie O Connor Irish Music School Of Chicago Center for Irish Music
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Join us in @Cobblestonedub Tues 2nd January for the first #SessionwiththePipers of 2024 with Micheál Fitzgibbon, Áine O'Connell, Francis O'Connor & Ellie Níc Fhionnghaile!

Tickets: loom.ly/5qFR2Rs

#napiobairi #uilleann #sharingthesound The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon

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Ó thárla gurbh í an Nollaig í, seo mír speisialta, ag breathnú siar ar an lá seo, mí ó shin inniu.🎄❤️

Seo í buaiteoir Chorn Uí Riada i 1972 agus 1979, Treasa Ní Mhiolláin, ag canadh ‘Dónal Óg’ le linn ‘Féile an Oireachtais 1983-2023’.

Fine card, very distinctive. His brother Frank was a good fiddle player, used play in the Fingal Trio in the 20s and 30s and taught fiddle to fellow internees in Ballykinlar in the War of Independence. Might have been on hunger strike there, I'm not sure. rte.ie/archives/colle…

The piano in Irish traditional music- 2 shows on The Rolling Wave. See below.

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The line up for the 2024 Ferryside Uilleann Pipes Festival is all set! Join us 17-19 May for the big Irish piping festival in the little Welsh village. Register by the end of the year for a reduced rate of £79 for the weekend. All details available at uilleannfestival.wales

Bringing it all back home (1991) #ThePogues #ChristyMoore

20:00 ar TG4 Oíche Fhéile Stiofáin - Gael Linn ag 70 🤗 Aniar

When two legends meet in Castleisland.
Kevin Burke and Jackie Daly in Concert. Aoife Nic Cormaic ITMA Peter Browne TradTG4
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We'll be in @Cobblestonedub tomorrow night for #SessionWithThePipers , Tues 5th December with Mickey Dunne, @NiamhDunnemusic, Máirín Fahy & Patsy Broderick!

Doors open 9pm. Tickets: loom.ly/5qFR2Rs

#napiobairi #uilleann #sharingthesound #performance The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon

There is something special about the other musicians in the session playing your tune. John Walsh’s polka being played by John Walsh alongside Derek Hickey, Paudie O’Connor, Laura Fedderson, Padraig O’Dubhghaill, Conor Connolly, Paul de Grae, Aoife Ní Chaoimh. Video Eibhlin de P

Really important interview with Eamon Flynn on his compositions including lots of his playing. Watch it. ITMA Kerry County Arts The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon Aoife Nic Cormaic Peter Browne youtu.be/VcwNrKMBg5k?si…

🎼 The Lark on the Strand ag baint deatach as an úrlár anocht i Lios Tuathail St. John's Theatre 🎶 'The Holly Bush' anseo a chum Finbar Dwyer #traditional

Peter Browne S Ni Bheaglaoich Michelle Anne Houlih The Journal of Music Aoife Nic Cormaic Máire Logue ITMA The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon Tourism-Culture-Arts-Gaeltacht-Sport-Media

I am very much looking forward to contributing to this seminar tomorrow 8/11/23 to share my experiences of working with Martin Dyar and Festival in a Van in the provision of music and poetry in healthcare settings. Bígí linn

We'll be in The Cobblestone 🎻 tomorrow night for #SessionWithThePipers , Tuesday 7th November with ConorMcKeon, Kevin Conneff, Dermy & Tara Diamond!

Doors open 9pm. Tickets: loom.ly/8Mg0S7w

#napiobairi #uilleann #sharingthesound #performance The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon

Radio Kerry tonight at 6.10pm, Travels Through the Kingdom will be featuring the teenage trad session that took place as part of the Festival. 12 schools, 160 students. Kaya spoke to many of the students and took lots of recording of the music it’s sure to be a great show.