The village of Slane in Co.Meath will pay tribute to one of it’s most famous musical families when the first annual Johnstons Music Festival takes place on the last weekend in June.
The highlight of the weekend will be the festival concert on Saturday, June 25, at the T.L.T. Concert Hall in Drogheda, when for the [...]

Former Stocktons Wing member Steve Cooney’s marriage to singer Sinead O’Connor has ended. “Steve is lovely, so it’s not his fault, but mine,” the singer told the Irish Independent (14/4/2011). “it was not an extremely happy marriage. I am heartbroken about the marriage breaking up,” she said.
The split occured three weeks ago, just eight months [...]

The Obama Administration has refused to allow Irish American traditional musicians (and Irish musicians resident in the US) to participate in the Second Annual Celtic Festival in Cuba from April 15-26.
The festival is being organized by Irishman Kilian Kennedy who discovered during a vacation in Cuba a lively Celtic tradition sustained by immigrants and descendants [...]

A new documentary film concentrates on the world of Irish dancing.
Every year more than 6,000 dancers embark on a drama-filled week at the Irish Dancing World Championships. Behind the wigs, make-up, false tans and diamantes, there is a life of dedication, obsession and passion.
Simona Mauriello is from London and has been Irish dancing for over [...]

Reachtáilfear Féile Chomórtha Joe Éinniú i gCarna, Conamara ag deireadh na míosa seo, ón Aoine 29ú Aibreán go Domhnach 1ú Bealtaine 2011. Déanann an fhéile seo comóradh ar shaol agus ar shaothar ceoil an amhránaí chlúití ón Aird Thoir, a bhásaigh i Seattle agus atá curtha ina pharóiste dúchais. Is ceiliúradh [...]

The full brochure for this year’s Summer School