-
Dates, venues, map with directions question box and links to Irish music festivals and summer schools. Click on link on top menu bar.
-
Dress was neat but informal at this well attended ceili dance in the Athenaeum Hall, Tottenham Court Road, in 1902. The photo comes from from Living London by GR Sims, published in 1902 …
-
Aided by screen photos, videos and recordings, Barney McKenna and John Sheahan were joined on the road in Germany by Dubliners past and present for a series of memorial concerts.
-
Costume designer Jen Kelly claimed he had been “airbrushed out of history” before widthdrawing his €800,000 legal case against the Riverdance company in a Dublin court. He claimed his costumes had been used without his permission. Full story Irish Times
-
Irish music sales – already hugely depressed as a result of illegal downloading – have hit a new low. Overall, album sales are down by 23.6 per cent on last year. Bands have been dropped from rosters, distributors and shops have shut their doors, record company staff are being laid off. Sunday Business P0st
Iarla O Lionaird blends old and new
In depth Irish Post interview with the sean nos singer [Translate] ...
‘We need new politics in Ireland,’ says Christy
“We have a flawed and corrupt system,” the often outspoken folk singer tells Hot Press...
TG4 honour ex-Chieftain Sean Potts
Former Chieftains tin whistle player Sean Potts from Dublin has won a Lifetime Achievement Award...
John Spillane on his songwriting
Detailed Huffington Post interview with John Spillane, Cork singer [Translate] ...
Sean nos dancer Emma O’Sullivan
Connemara sean nos dancer Emma O’Sullivan became All Ireland Champion in 2009 [Translate] ...
Is Irish dancing becoming a sport?
Anybody else notice the word “sport” creeping into the Irish dancing vocabulary? “Irish dance is...
How the sets made it to Melbourne
Marie Brouder learned her set dancing in Ireland before emigrating to Australia ......
Stavros Flatley and son on £10,000 a gig
Britain’s Got Talent star Stavros can earn up to £200,000 per week … [Translate] ...
-
Programme for Willie Clancy Summer School, 2010
Details of 2010 Willie Clancy Week in Miltown...
-
Guide to North American Irish Festivals
Slide will be at the Savannah Irish Festival...
-
Wrenboys, mummers and swarees in Co Clare
Eddie Stack recalls St Stephen’s Day in Clare… [Translate] ...
-
All set for Glasgow’s gathering of the Celtic music clan
There’s another stellar lineup for Celtic Connections in...
-
Great expectations for mother-to-be Julie Fowles
The Scots singer has a baby and CD...
-
Air fiddlers get to show off at Sligo Live
It’s the annual traditional Irish take on “air...
-
Kansas city offers a full slate of entertainers
The seventh annual celebration of Irish music and...
-
Australia celebrates Celtic and bush culture with flair
Gundagai festival shows how its done [Translate] ...
-
King Puck enthroned despite passport hiccup
This year’s King of Puck was given the...
-
Irish flair and homegrown acts at fair in Minnesota
There will be plenty of green but no...
-
Keltic Dreams inspires underprivileged in the Bronx
Caroline Duggan teaches Irish dancing to Afro American...
-
See the latest dancing feis photos from Australia
You can view photos from the most recent...
-
Man who changed the style
Teacher Peter Smith from New Jersey changed the...
The story of Celtic rock
History of Celtic rock, or punk, from Fairport Convention to Horslips, Pogues,...
Ciaran Mac Mathuna
Broadcaster Ciaran Mac Mathuna's contribution to Irish music was invaluable....
Liam, last of the Clancy Brothers, dies at 74
Legendary singer Liam Clancy has died aged 74. Liam, who found fame...
‘I was a girl from the Bronx playing Irish music’
Interview with Joanie Madden of Cherish the Ladies … [Translate] ...
Shamrock will be in short supply this year
Supplies of shamrock have been “hit hard” by the severe winter weather and “won’t be...
Huge outdoor Dublin ceili in Stephens Green
Thousands of ceili dancers will be heading for St Stephens Green in Dublin on March 16, the eve of St...
Big turnout for Yonkers St Patrick’s Day parade
Thousands turned early out for the 55th festive parade on Sunday, March 7 … [More] [Translate] ...
Prehistoric Irish music instruments
Read fascinating book review in Archaeology Ireland [Translate] ...
Why redheads must start mating or face extinction
Unless redheads start to breed, they could be extinct in 100 years, according to a study [Translate] ...
The Festive Tradition
The pattern or pátrún was celebrated in practically every parish in Ireland from the middle...
Topic Records: seventy proud years of folk music
A record company put ideals before profit – and survived. [Translate] ...
-
Singers
Margaret Barry
By Ronan Nolan THE raw, uncompromising voice of the street singer had to carry...
-
gaeilge
Irish language paper Foinse returns from the dead
Foinse, which closed last June with the loss of 10 jobs, has returned,...
-
Story of the Song
‘Ride On’
This song was written by Jimmy McCarthy (b1956, Macroom, Co Cork) who also...
-
Irish Life
Annual currach races off Tory Island
Six currachs line up off Donegal for the start in choppy waters for...
