Culture Night, September 23rd, will see fiddle player and Sliabh Luachra academic, Matt Cranitch, launch the return of the award winning Handed Down series in the Heritage Centre, Scartaglen. The Handed Down committee is looking forward, with excitement and anticipation, to this season which sees the return of: Nickie McAuliffe, Pádraig MacMathúna, Matt Cranitch, Aoife…
Castleisland’s first Easter Sunday Dawn Mass was welcomed by the huge crowd which congregated at St. John’s Graveyard before the break of the special day. The weather was less than welcoming but it could have been worse – as was promised / threatened in the forecasts on Saturday night. Varying degrees of soft rain fell…
On Thursday night in Ballygarry House Hotel there was a special celebration for all associated with Presentation Secondary School Castleisland as the school saw a dream realised when its choir launched its first CD. Path to Special Event Principal Katherina Broderick, began proceedings by outlining the path to the special event for the large audience…
A group of 17 people, from Castleisland’s twinnned town of Bannalec in Brittany, spent four days with host families in Castleisland recently. The Bannalec group arrived on the ferry at Ringaskiddy. They were greeted by representatives of their host families and together they visited Cobh and Fota, before arriving back to a welcome reception in…
Anyone looking for a session of music tonight should come to Castleisland – where they will have a choice of two sessions at opposite ends of the town. Browne’s bar will have its usual and long running session from 10pm – where new musicians are always made welcome. Launch and Tunes Then on the other…
The Castleisland based Patrick O’Keeffe Traditional Music Festival has just launched its online tickets sale initiative for the 27th annual festival which runs this year from Friday, October 25th to Monday 28th inclusive. By Conor O’Mahony The special ‘Early Bird Weekend Pass’ will give patrons access to all the events that run over the course…
An official statement was issued earlier today by the Castleisland Parish Office with the news that Monsignor Dan O’Riordan’s official duties as a Parish Priest will conclude with the Vigil Mass on Saturday, July 13th. As a preamble to the statement, the office also provided some background on ‘Fr. Dan’s’ career. “Fr. Dan’s retirement comes…
Ceolchoirm Lá Le Pádraig – a traditional concert is being organised from 8pm to 10pm for the River Island Hotel in Castleisland on St. Patrick’s night. The event is being organised by Gaelscoil Aogáin to aid the development of its all weather pitch to be built at the rear of the school on College Road.…
The annual Con Houlihan, Commemoration Concert will take place in the Ivy Leaf Art Centre, Castleisland on this Saturday October 6th at 7.30 pm. A hard working committee, under the chairmanship of Dan Casey and President Donal P. Murphy, has left no stone unturned and nothing undone to provide a repeat of last year’s most…
Patrick O’Keeffe Traditional Music Festival Chairman, Cormac O’Mahony called a special meeting of the committee and it convened at Fagin’s Bar last night from 9:30pm. Top of the agenda was the funding issue for this October’s festival which will run from Friday 26th to Monday 29th inclusive. In a statement Cormac laid out the committee’s…
