The first Handed Down of the 2016 / 2017 season looks at the life and musical times of local man, Dublin resident, the late Jerry McCarthy. It kicks off at 8pm sharp in the Heritage Centre Scartaglin on Saturday, October 22nd. Presented by master musician, Paudie O’Connor whose father was a Ballinthourig man and mother…
The 24th annual Patrick O’Keeffe Traditional Music Festival Castleisland, Co. Kerry, Ireland. October 28th – 31st 2016 Est. 1993. Provisional programme, subject to change. Friday, October 28th at 8.30pm. Official launch at the River Island Hotel. 10pm. Pub Trail begins with organised and impromptu sessions with Ireland’s top traditional musicians in pubs throughout the town.…
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…
There are people in many parts of the world who have made travel plans over the past couple of months and even weeks. Their destination: Scartaglin and Castleisland. They’re coming from the USA, from the UK and from the low, low lands of Holland and from all quarters of Ireland. All drawn by the draíocht…
Castleisland will feature in a repeat of the 2013 shot series Spillane an Fánaí on TG4 on this Wednesday night, April 27th at 10pm. with another showing on Sunday night, May 1st at 9pm. The half-hour look at the town, its attractions, its history and inhabitants was created by a Cork based company in May…
The 23nd annual Patrick O’Keeffe Traditional Music Festival Castleisland, Co. Kerry, Ireland. October 23th – 26th 2015 Est. 1993 The annual Patrick O’Keeffe Traditional Music Festival programme – which comes with an equally annual warning that it’s provisional by nature and subject to subtle change – has just been released by festival chairman, Cormac O’Mahony…
As an advisor and supporter of the fledgling Patrick O’Keeffe Traditional Music Festival there was none more ‘out there’ than the late Johnny O’Leary. When the hugely inexperienced committee of: Mary Jones, Mike Kenny and myself sat down to talk on the first few occasions we compiled a list of possible, festival friends. Johnny O’Leary…
The second in the ‘Handed Down’ series of talks / lectures / music will be held in Scartaglin Heritage Centre on the coming Saturday night, October 4th at 8pm sharp. This ‘issue’ of the series will examine the role of Castleisland and Cordal musicians and will be presented by Nicky and Anne McAuliffe. “They will…
Excitement is mounting these days in traditional music circles in the locality and out beyond. It’s particularly so among the huge numbers of fiddle players and their music loving followers therein. The weekend here in the Castleisland and Scartaglin areas will see a gathering of fiddle players and their disciples the like of which was…
