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…
The man who did more for the culture and music of Sliabh Luachra through the gentle force of his personality is to be featured in a repeat of a Sé Mo Laoch programme on TG4 tonight at 9pm. And my thanks to Joe Martin for the reminder. Johnny O’Leary once said of the richness of…
Meanwhile, in Scartaglin tonight, 2014 TG4 Young Musician of the Year, Bryan O’Leary will put his vast knowledge of the music of Sliabh Luachra at the disposal of the Handed Down series organisers. Bryan will talk about the musicians of his own area in a programme he titles: Sliabh Luachra Icons – Remembering Gneeveguilla’s Musicians.…
Meanwhile, in Scartaglin tonight, 2014 TG4 Young Musician of the Year, Bryan O’Leary will put his vast knowledge of the music of Sliabh Luachra at the disposal of the Handed Down series organisers. Bryan will talk about the musicians of his own area in a programme he titles: Sliabh Luachra Icons – Remembering Gneeveguilla’s Musicians.…
Gale force winds blowing across Scartaglin last Saturday night had little or no impact on the Gael force within the local heritage centre. There, the Sliabh Luachra Young Musician of the Year Award was being decided and competition among the five finalists was stiff. The evening provided a feast of musical riches demonstrating again that…
An enthusiastic crowd of runners and walkers made their way around a 5km circuit of the Black Road via Scoil Muire Gan Smal. This cheerful and convivial crowd were made up of serious minded runners, beginners, grandparents, mums and dads, excited kids and tiny tots. This run was in aid of raising funds for the…
The discovery of 48 manuscripts containing 109 traditional tunes, from the mid 1800s gives us a historical glimpse into an older layer of Sliabh Luachra Music which predates the polkas and slides that characterise the music of the area today “The manuscripts came from the Curtin home at Stagmount, Rockchapel, and were presented to the late…
Dr. Crokes and their neighbours and old rivals Killarney Legion will go toe-to-toe in the third round of this year’s Kerry Senior Football Champion on this Sunday, July 13th at 6 30 PM at Lewis Road in Killarney. Thirty years ago, next month, the U-12 teams from the same two clubs battled it out in Fitzgerald…
A man in his 20s has been arrested in London in connection with the hit-and-run death of a father-of-four in Co Kerry in July 2012 – it has just been announced on RTE Radio 1 News “Paud O’Leary was knocked from his bicycle and killed near his home at Gneeveguilla. He was training for the…
