The Patrick O’Keeffe Traditional Music Festival will be held in Castleisland from Friday, October 28th to Monday, October 31st inclusive. There have been some years when the Gods have only barely concealed their collective sense of devilment and black humour. In that handful of occasions they steered the annual Patrick O’Keeffe Traditional Music Festival into… Read more…
Máire Holmes is the newly re-appointed Kerry County Council Writer in Residence – a position which is co-funded by the Arts Council of Ireland. Máire has a lifetime’s experience in literature. She is the author of many poetry books and plays. She has been writer in residence in Mayo, Connemara and the Aran Islands, and… Read more…
A busy as usual Handed Down Series of concerts and lectures will be launched at the Scartaglin Heritage Centre in conjunction with Culture Night 2016 on Friday, September 16th at 7-30pm. The launch will be accompanied by a free concert featuring the buttons and bows of Jackie Daly, Matt Cranitch and guests. The line-up for… Read more…
Kerry’s young singers and musicians did the county proud recently at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in Ennis. Four All-Ireland title holders joined Marian O’Flaherty for a special live show on Radio Kerry last Sunday night on Caint Chiarraí. In studio were: John Power, Sliabh Mish CCE, All Ireland 12-15, 1st English Men Singing; Timmy O’Flaherty,… Read more…
The Kerry County Council backed Culture Night 2016 will impact locally with a free concert at Scartaglin Heritage Centre by Jackie Daly and Matt Cranitch on Friday, September 16th at 7-30pm. The dual purpose event will also see the launch of the 2016 / 2017 season of Handed Down concerts and talks. Culture Night has… Read more…
One of the earlies and surest signs of the success of a first-time event or festival must be that the organisers are talking about next year as the current one is just winding down. And that is the plan with the Mike Kerry Arts and Music Weekend which enjoyed its initial airing to coincide with… Read more…
The RTÉ Radio One traditional music flagship, The Rolling Wave will include the second and concluding broadcast of recordings made at the May 21st World Fiddle Day in Scartaglin on this Sunday night’s programme from 9pm. The programme, like last Sunday’s broadcast, will feature the finest of fiddle music from the stage of the Scartaglin… Read more…
It’s great to hear about events being organised and happening right where they ought to. Next month’s Sliabh Luachra Summer School in Tureencahill Community Centre is just one of these. This event will consist of three days of music, talks and performances to highlight the music and musicians of the Sliabh Luachra area on August… Read more…
There will be a distinctly Kerry flavour to the RTÉ Radio One traditional music programme, The Rolling Wave over the next couple of Sunday nights from 9pm. A chat with piper /presenter, Peter Browne early on Monday morning revealed that the World Fiddle Day recordings which he conducted on May 21st in Scartaglin will be… Read more…
A Sibéal Teo / Sé Mo Laoch TV crew from TG4 visited Scartaglin earlier this year in February to shoot part of their documentary on the life and times of box player extraordinaire, Jackie Daly. In the Scart segment of the shoot Jackie was accompanied by Matt Cranitch. The programme, now completed, includes interviews with:… Read more…
The Patrick O’Keeffe Traditional Music Festival will be held in Castleisland from Friday, October 28th to Monday, October 31st inclusive. There have been some years when the Gods have only barely concealed their collective sense of devilment and black humour. In that handful of occasions they steered the annual Patrick O’Keeffe Traditional Music Festival into… Read more…
Máire Holmes is the newly re-appointed Kerry County Council Writer in Residence – a position which is co-funded by the Arts Council of Ireland. Máire has a lifetime’s experience in literature. She is the author of many poetry books and plays. She has been writer in residence in Mayo, Connemara and the Aran Islands, and… Read more…
A busy as usual Handed Down Series of concerts and lectures will be launched at the Scartaglin Heritage Centre in conjunction with Culture Night 2016 on Friday, September 16th at 7-30pm. The launch will be accompanied by a free concert featuring the buttons and bows of Jackie Daly, Matt Cranitch and guests. The line-up for… Read more…
Kerry’s young singers and musicians did the county proud recently at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in Ennis. Four All-Ireland title holders joined Marian O’Flaherty for a special live show on Radio Kerry last Sunday night on Caint Chiarraí. In studio were: John Power, Sliabh Mish CCE, All Ireland 12-15, 1st English Men Singing; Timmy O’Flaherty,… Read more…
The Kerry County Council backed Culture Night 2016 will impact locally with a free concert at Scartaglin Heritage Centre by Jackie Daly and Matt Cranitch on Friday, September 16th at 7-30pm. The dual purpose event will also see the launch of the 2016 / 2017 season of Handed Down concerts and talks. Culture Night has… Read more…
One of the earlies and surest signs of the success of a first-time event or festival must be that the organisers are talking about next year as the current one is just winding down. And that is the plan with the Mike Kerry Arts and Music Weekend which enjoyed its initial airing to coincide with… Read more…
The RTÉ Radio One traditional music flagship, The Rolling Wave will include the second and concluding broadcast of recordings made at the May 21st World Fiddle Day in Scartaglin on this Sunday night’s programme from 9pm. The programme, like last Sunday’s broadcast, will feature the finest of fiddle music from the stage of the Scartaglin… Read more…
It’s great to hear about events being organised and happening right where they ought to. Next month’s Sliabh Luachra Summer School in Tureencahill Community Centre is just one of these. This event will consist of three days of music, talks and performances to highlight the music and musicians of the Sliabh Luachra area on August… Read more…
There will be a distinctly Kerry flavour to the RTÉ Radio One traditional music programme, The Rolling Wave over the next couple of Sunday nights from 9pm. A chat with piper /presenter, Peter Browne early on Monday morning revealed that the World Fiddle Day recordings which he conducted on May 21st in Scartaglin will be… Read more…
A Sibéal Teo / Sé Mo Laoch TV crew from TG4 visited Scartaglin earlier this year in February to shoot part of their documentary on the life and times of box player extraordinaire, Jackie Daly. In the Scart segment of the shoot Jackie was accompanied by Matt Cranitch. The programme, now completed, includes interviews with:… Read more…
